Leaving London behind, Sophie and Richard Vermont transformed an 18th-century stable block on their farmstead into an idyllic rural retreat

Sensational gardens don’t go to ground over the winter months and the new owners of any one of these charming properties will buy into a home where the external landscape may even take top billing

This north-facing plot has been smartly redesigned for every day, family living

Anwnn, Brockloch Forest, Carsphairn, Castle Douglas, Scotland. A timber-framed cottage in open countryside near a village. It was built around ten years ago and has a staircase made from former church

Mark Aspinall’s 1920s bungalow needed a lot of TLC, but now it’s the most inviting place to be in

Characterful and historic boltholes don’t have to be unaffordable and this quintet has come to the market with asking prices of six–rather than seven–figures