Now that apple-crumble season is upon us, Arabella Youens finds five charming houses that come with their own orchards

Patrick Brompton, Bedale, North Yorkshire. A renovated, Grade II-listed Queen Anne house dating from 1703 with outbuildings and a 200-year-old stable block with four apartments. It has a kitchen with

The owners of a Cotswolds manor house have rekindled its centuries-old spirit and transformed it into a welcoming family home full of style and warmth

Three magnificent country houses in Welsh river valleys offer commercial prospects, fishing–and blissful peace

Stone-flagged floors, dressers, scrubbed tables and a hound snoozing in front of a glowing range cooker are the hallmarks of a classic farmhouse kitchen. Arabella Youens finds homes with hearts

These four glorious properties need only a modicum of tender loving care and offer great rewards to the far-sighted