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

Annicka Locket and James Terry took an upside-down approach to turn a derelict outhouse into a barn with a difference

This selection of striking projects shows the innovative ways in which a single-storey home can be transformed to meet the needs of its occupants

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

Lydia Macpherson and Nick MacKinnon, both poets, have turned a property on the wild Yorkshire Moors into a magical home

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