The Best Country Homes On The Market

Kingcombe Lane, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire

Sir Gordon Russell was one of the most influential furniture designers of 20th century Britain. And while it’s all well and good visiting the museum dedicated to his work, here’s your chance to own his former home which sits just a stone’s throw away. Complete with a garden table carved by the late designer in honour of Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation, his self-portrait in a stone waterspout, and oak panelling, staircases, bookcases and wardrobes designed by the Arts and Crafts practitioner, this property offers a rare opportunity to own a part of design history. 

Brought to life by architect Leslie Mansfield in quarried Cotswold limestone, this home is a beacon of traditional Cotswold design. Beyond the seven bedrooms in the main property, there is an additional self-contained flat, plus a gym, wild swimming pool and tennis court. 

£5.5m, search.savills.com and jackson-stops.co.uk 

Ashburnham Park House, Ampthill, Bedfordshire

While owning an entire Georgian manor can be a bit of an undertaking, owning a quarter of one offers up the best of both worlds. Though this estate dates back to 1219, it wasn’t until 1661 (when Charles II granted the land to Lord Ashburnham) that the central section of the mansion was built by Robert Grumbold – best known for designing Trinity and Clare Colleges in Cambridge. By 1769, the estate was owned by the Earl of Upper Ossory who employed Sir William Chambers, the architect of Somerset House, to remodel the side wings. 

Having briefly been used as the Head Office of Bovril, today the property, which comprises the left-hand (viewed from the front) section of the original mansion, spans just under 7,300 sqft of accommodation across four floors. Alongside the wealth of period features, this home boasts seven bedrooms, a gym, a workshop, a false door, a Winnie the Pooh mural, Capability Brown designed gardens, and original candlesticks and a clock included in the sale of the home. 

£2.25m, michaelgraham.co.uk

Marycourt, Odiham, Hampshire

Positioned on a quiet High Street in the quaint village of Odiham, this Queen Anne style home is recognised in the Pevsner Buildings of England series as ‘a splendid house’. Dating back to 1698, the brickwork pointing, entrance porch and main staircase are all Grade II* listed. From the reception hall, the house opens up into two formal spaces: a drawing room with an open fireplace and a dining room which is currently used as a study. Offering one of the largest private plots in central Odiham at 1.29 acres, the formal gardens are landscaped with mature borders, topiary, a rose archway and an orchard, alongside a swimming pool, paddock and Coach House with a study, sitting room, bedroom and bathroom. 

£4m, knightfrank.co.uk and search.savills.com

The Old Rectory, Berverston, Gloucestershire

Owned by the same family for almost 60 years, The Old Rectory is finally making a return to the market. Built in 1729 by the vicar Thomas Savage on the site of an earlier house, this Grade II listed country house boasts early 18th century proportions with generously sized rooms, high ceilings, sash windows, working fireplaces, and stone and hardwood floors.

Situated close to the parish church of St Mary, this four-bedroom home (plus two-bedroom cottage) is an integral part of the village’s architectural heritage. Inside, the property features a reception hall, drawing room, dining room, garden room, kitchen-breakfast room, wine cellar and study, plus a summer house, stables, greenhouse, outbuildings and tennis courts. 

£2.95m, bluebookagency.com

Triscombe House, Williton, Somerset

Beer lovers, this one’s for you – this pink-hued home boasts a fully-equipped commercial brewery. Built between 1902–1905 by Henry W Pollard and Sons of Bridgwater, and designed by renowned Arts and Crafts architect Sir Ernest Newton, the property remained in the ownership of the commissioning family until 1956. While a fire put the house under threat of demolishment in 2003, the previous owners saved it from a tragic fate, reconstructing and conserving the surviving period features.

Since then, the current custodians have continued to improve and renovate the home – with contemporary upgrades including a cinema room, wine cellar (designed to hold approximately 2,500 bottles), computerised garden irrigation, solar panels and a wood-pellet biomass boiler. Set within 20 acres of grounds, the estate features formal gardens, sweeping lawns, a walled kitchen garden, an orchard, paddock and woodland – plus a three-bedroom lodge, brewery and outbuildings. 

£6m, struttandparker.com

The Windmill, West Chiltington, West Sussex

While not quite the same as owning one of the country’s last working windmills, there is something particularly whimsical about living in a windmill-turned-home. Famous across its local enclave – where it features in the branding of both the local school and vineyard – this Grade II listed home started life in the early 1800s as Stock Mill. Operating until 1921, it was first converted into a family home in 1927 and later served as an observation post during WWII.

Since then, the current owners have carried out further renovations, including the repair of the mill’s sails; the owners host occasional ‘sail turning parties’ for locals to help keep the mechanism moving. Alongside the three bedrooms in the windmill itself, there is a fourth octagonal bedroom in the ground-floor extension which enjoys far-reaching views across the wooded countryside. The high-ceilinged, beamed living room sits below, with double doors opening onto the garden and a staircase leading up to the reading nook landing. 

£1.6m, hamptons.co.uk

Wrens, Beacon, Devon

A picture-perfect, pastel pink thatched roof cottage, Wrens sits just off a quiet country line within a peaceful hamlet on the edge of the Blackdon Hills. Dating back to the late 18th and early 19th centuries, this Grade II listed, four-bedroom home offers up charming brick fireplaces, timbered ceilings, exposed hardwood floors and an AGA. Running along the front of the house, on the south side, is a raised paved terrace, including a pergola with climbing plants, and large, well managed lawns interspersed with ornamental shrubs and trees, raised beds and a greenhouse.

£775,000, knightfrank.co.uk

Tanhurst Lane, Holmbury St. Mary, Surrey

This Queen Anne style house enjoys an elevated position in the Surrey countryside with south-facing, far-reaching views. Set within 12.3 acres, the grounds feature a tennis court, swimming pool, stone sun terrace, manicured lawns, formal gardens and a paddock. With its high ceilings, sash windows, original fireplaces and historic staircase, this seven-bedroom home beams with period charm. 

£3.75m, knightfrank.co.uk

Tan House, Newland, Gloucestershire

One of the finest surviving examples of post-Restoration architecture – with strong influences from Italian Renaissance design principals – this Grade II listed property was built around 1670 for eminent local tanner William Probyn and remained in his family for six generations. Bark tanning was vital to rural economies from the 17th to the 19th centuries and Tan House was one of two most renowned tanneries in the area – once boasting a corn mill, water-powered bark mills and 100 pits. Tan House also played an unlikely but essential role in cultivating pineapples, one of the most prized luxury fruits of the period, using leftover tanners’ bark. (The garden wall features stone piers topped with pineapple finials, as a reference to the property’s heritage.)

Preserved by the current owners, many of the home’s traditional features remain, including its sandstone facade, refined proportions, horizontal string courses, quoin stones, classical symmetry, bolection‑moulded stonework, oak staircases, stone fireplaces, panelled rooms, hand-crafted stucco ceiling, flagstone floors, a swept hipped roof with sprockets, cross-mullioned windows and some of the earliest examples of sash windows. Alongside the seven bedrooms and three reception rooms, the property boasts a substantial annexe, three original cellar rooms, and 14 acres of formal gardens, courtyards, paddocks and woodland. 

£1.59m, search.savills.com

Badynghams, Great Waltham, Essex

With origins tracing all the way back to 1371, this Grade II* listed property was first documented as the home of its namesakes – John and Agens Badyngham. Evolved over the centuries through a series of sensitive alterations and additions, the distinctive mid-16th century chimney was added during the tenure of Sir William Wade. A diplomat, Lieutenant of the Tower of London, and Clerk to the Privy Council in Elizabethan England, Wade played a central role in the prosecution of Mary, Queen of Scots and officiated at the trial of the Gunpowder Plotters.

More recently, a significant restoration in 1992 saw the extensive conservation of the historic brickwork and timbers. Today, this four-bedroom home retains its prime position on the village green, within the Great Waltham conservation area, between the medieval parish church and 18th century parkland, Langley’s Deer Park. 

£1.15m, search.savills.com

Pollards, Buckingamshire

The former home of Black Narcissus author Rumer Godden (the ground floor wing was added to house her writing room) and the explorer Benedict Allen (the fossils he collected as a child still litter the garden), this 18th century home is rich in history. Spanning across two floors, five bedrooms and four reception rooms, key features include the flint facade, red brick detailing, sash windows, clay tiled roof and exposed beams.

£1.7m, michaelgraham.co.uk

The Grange, Bedfordshire

Built in 1906, this property was first used as a private school and then as a base for the Armed Forces during the war. Now sympathetically renovated, this four storey home spans an impressive 12,500 sqft. With five reception rooms and 12 bedrooms each with ensuites and dressing rooms, plus a passenger lift, home gym, home office, games room and extensive parking, its next chapter may see it transformed into a country hotel.

£3.5m, michaelgraham.co.uk

Rowhook Farm, West Sussex

Dating back to the 15th century, this tile-hung family home is rich in period features, including original beams, striking fireplaces and classic Crittal windows. On the ground floor sits four reception rooms, a kitchen-breakfast room, study, guest bedroom and family bathroom. Elsewhere the converted barn with its vaulted ceiling and large inglenook fireplace is designed for entertaining. At the front of the house, a picturesque pond is framed by an array of mature and specimen plants, complemented by a rockery. Across the seven acres of grounds, there is a well-established rose garden, secluded swimming pool, terrace, summer house and tennis court.

£2,25m, knightfrank.co.uk

Wollerton Old Hall, Shropshire

Dating back to the mid-1500s, the current owners have run an established garden business from the property since the 80s. So it should come as no surprise that the gardens have most recently been awarded the Judges’ Choice prize at the Historic Houses AGM and will be featured in Monty Don’s British Gardens Spring 2026 issue. As you would expect from a successful, award-winning garden, the grounds are planted with a vast array of plants, trees and hedges, providing continual all year-round interest and colour. Inside, this Tudor home has been restored and sympathetically extended by the current owners. A central hallway connects all the ground floor rooms, including the drawing room, sitting room, panelled dining room and kitchen-breakfast room – all featuring open fires and period features. Upstairs, are six bedrooms with the principal suite boasting a large bathroom and walk-in wardrobe.

£1.375m, knightfrank.co.uk

Moreton House, Warwickshire

Positioned on the edge of Warwick’s picturesque Moreton Morell, in the heart of the village conservation area, this Grade II listed Georgian residence is surrounded by over three acres of landscaped grounds, including exclusive access to a private tennis court and several idyllic fishponds. Dating back to the 18th century, this seven-bedroom property boasts a handsome limestone frontage and brick wing with a wealth of period features, including open fireplaces, sash windows with shutters, and a central staircase.

£2.5m, butlersherborn.co.uk

Oxney Court, Kent

Set within 35 acres of enchanting grounds, Oxney Court has worn many faces over the years. In the 17th century the original timber frame house was demolished and a gothic baronial style manor constructed in its place during the 18th century, with additional renovations undertaken in the 19th century. (It was during this time that the home was owned by the uncle of the renowned botanist and Kew Gardens pioneer Sir Joseph Banks who laid down the spectacular gardens and grounds which remain today.) Then, during WWI, the house suffered severe fire damage and fell to ruin. Sold to new owners in 1997, they carried out a sympathetic reconstruction of the mansion house, with further work undertaken into 2014 to include an extension and ‘smart home’ features. Today, the estate offers a main house, guest cottage and a staff cottage, alongside formal gardens, woodland, a tree house, a swimming pool, tennis court, outdoor dining room and a stable block which provides a large guest annexe and cinema.

£6.5m, hardinggreen.com

Ombersley Court, Worcestershire

Set within 90 acres of manicured grounds on the edge of one of Worcestershire’s most coveted villages, this historic estate was built in the 1730s for the first Lord Sandys. Notable visitors include the Duke of Wellington who stayed after his victory at Waterloo (in a now historically preserved room), plus King George IV.

£13.5m, sothebysrealty.co.uk

Danley Lane, West Sussex

This country house sits within 7.5 acres of landscaped gardens, woodland and lawns, with a heated swimming pool, tennis court, detached gym and dedicated dog run. Approached via a carriage drive, the double-fronted façade – with its white render, rustic shuttered windows and tiled roof – has the feel of a French château with a touch of New England. Extended and refurbished in recent years, this turnkey property boasts an expansive open-plan kitchen/dining/family space, a study with garden views, a play/family room, snug, utility/boot room and terrace across the ground floor. Meanwhile, the upper floors offer up five double bedrooms (including the principal suite with dressing room, balcony and en suite bathroom), as well as a cinema room and bespoke sneaker room.

£6m, johndwood.co.uk

The Waterhouse, Hampshire

Although built in 2010, you wouldn’t be able to tell from its mock Georgian façade. The reception hall has the feel of an atrium with full height glazed vaulted ceilings, a contemporary staircase with gallery and glazed balustrade, and a water feature that runs through the floor beneath safety glass panels. Situated within a small, secluded valley amongst a Victorian water garden, this four-bedroom home enjoys direct access to Ashford Stream.

£3.375m, search.savills.com

Beltingham House, Northumberland 

Nestled beside St Cuthbert’s church in the peaceful hamlet of Beltingham, this Grade II listed Georgian dower house enjoys far-reaching views across the surrounding fields and valleys. This home’s rich history can be found in everything from the sash windows, wide window seats, stone flagged floors and cornicing to its graceful Georgian arch, stone walls, railings, original staircase and marble chimneypiece. Alongside the five bedrooms and various reception rooms, there is an additional wing with its own external staircase which can be used by guests or extended family as a self-contained annexe.

£1.75m, finest.co.uk

Ebberly House, Devon

Though few houses in Devon have a known architect to their name, this country manor boasts known other than Thomas Lee – the student of the renowned Sir John Soane. Built in 1816, this nine-bedroom estate features an octagonal hall, oval stair hall, a library, drawing room, a Victorian pleasure garden complete with a mature woodland, kitchen gardens, streams and lakes, plus a swimming pool, pool house and tennis court. And that’s not all, the estate comes with seven additional cottages currently let under Assured Shorthold Tenancies.

£6.95m, available via knightfrank.co.uk

Hope House, Somerset

This Grade II listed home dates back to the 1400s – with later additions made in the 16th, 17th and 19th centuries. Key features include the Jacobean panelling, Tudor chimneypiece and Medieval stone spiral staircase. Fun fact: the village of East Coker where Hope House resides had a special place in the heart of T S Eliot. In an attempt to respark his withering creative spirit, the poet started rewriting sections of Burnt Norton, but substituting them with East Coker, having chosen the area because his ancestor, Andrew Eliot, had left the village to travel to America in 1669. Eliot had visited the village two years earlier 1937 and it’s where his ashes were later kept.

£2.85m, bluebookagency.com

Holdwood House, Kent

Ahistoric it may be, this Grade I listed country home is a wellness fanatic’s dream. Highlights include the swimming pool, gym space, sauna, steam room, wet lounge and 40 acres of parkland.

£20m, knightfrank.co.uk

Sherborne House, Cotswolds

Not sure you can justify a country manor house of your own, but dream of living in a National Trust worthy property regardless? This duplex apartment in a historic Cotswold estate may just be the answer. Set within the 12-acre grounds of Sherborne House, this historic abode dates back to Medieval times when it was owned and run by the Abbots of Winchcombe Abbey. Purchased by the merchant Sir John Alleyn, in 1551 it was then acquired by Thomas Dutton, whose family went on to own it for over 400 years. Notable guests over the centuries include British aristocracy and frequent visitor Queen Elizabeth I. Used by the army during the Second World War, it briefly became an independent boarding school before it was sold on. Now a Grade II listed manor house with 30 apartments, residents can enjoy access to the private tennis court, indoor heated swimming pool, gym facilities and communal orangery.

£350,000, butlersherborn.co.uk

Gyrn Castle Estate, Wales

We may be in a Traitors dry-spell, but why not keep your turret dreams alive with your very own castle? Enjoy the views of Dee Estuary and Wirral Peninsula on a neighbourly pheasant shoot with nearby Mostyn Estate.

£2m, jackson-stops.co.uk

Springfield House, Northumberland

Nestled within the Northumberland village of Corbridge, this breathtaking country house has been brought back to life by renowned interior designer Fiona Barratt-Campbell. Built in 1874, this home blends period proportions with contemporary interiors. Key features include the newly reimagined library, the grand reception hall, open-plan living space, gym, Juliette balcony, cinema room, cocktail bar and beautiful landscape gardens complete with a tennis court, architectural treehouse and outdoor kitchen.

£4.95m, finest.co.uk

North Lodge, Warwickshire

Augustus Pugin really got around. In the 19th century, the renowned architect worked on everything from the post-1834 fire revamp of the Houses of Parliament to Alton Towers (yes, as in the theme park Alton Towers which started life as a historic manor house). His other notable achievement? Bilton Grange. Though the main estate has since been transformed into an independent preparatory school, the former gate house is now on the market as a wisteria-covered, six-bedroom, Grade II listed home.

£1.5m, fineandcountry.co.uk 

Stevenson House, Scotland

Dating back to 1560, this beautifully restored country residence boasts 22 acres of private grounds, including a tranquil stretch of the River Tyne. The three-storey home’s unique ‘grange plan’ design features a square layout around a central courtyard, while additional properties and a stable block also sit on the estate. Perfect for spotting wildlife, roe deer, brown hares and a variety of bird species are frequent visitors to the grounds.

£5.25m, finest.co.uk

No. 1 Wingfield House, Wiltshire

Though first built in the early 18th century, later 19th century additions saw this country manor grow a little too big for its boots. In the 1940s, the property was divided up into more sensibly (but still generously) sized country homes, with No. 1 Wingfield House sitting in prime position in the main part of the original home. Blending early Georgian and the Arts and Crafts styles, its interiors include a beautiful music room and living space with garden views.

£1.1m, search.savills.com