Author: Diane

Stanford Court is the Crown Jewel of the Teme Valley, the ancestral home of the Winnington family, standing in over 40 acres with a view across its magnificent lake and formal gardens.
This is the hall! It’s massive! Probably bigger than most people’s houses!

• Extensive garaging
• Air-craft hanger
• Boat house
• Tennis court• 43.505 acres 17.606 hectares

Sadly I didn’t win the euromillions last night so this is still just a dream!
7 Bedrooms
Great Hall with hammer beam roof
3 reception rooms
3 bed lodge
Historic remains of Roman bath house
Beautiful gardens
Tennis court, swimming pool
Stables, garaging, stores
Paddocks and woodland
83 acres

Inside there’s a real mix of modern and old. Stunning stone archways will make you smile for sure though! Absolutely beautiful.

Bloxworth House was built by George Savage in 1608 on an E shaped plan and can claim to be the earliest use of brick in the county. The house was bought by Henry Trenchard in 1689 and remained within the ownership of the Trenchard family and their descendents right up until 1964 when the Estate was sold. Bloxworth House was used as the home of Thomas Hardy’s heroine Bathsheba Everdene (Julie Christie) in John Schlesinger’s acclaimed 1967 film adaptation of “Far from the Madding Crowd”.

Lovely

The Mill: This five storey mill was converted by the current owner in the 1960s and has seen little alteration since. It has been vacant for the last 12 years or so and used more for storage and therefore is in need of refurbishment. It has a living room on the ground floor, a kitchen floor, three bedrooms and bathroom over two floors and an upper floor with panoramic views across the roof tops of Diss to the north and fields to the south.

superlambanana features heavily in this house. It is included in the sale apparently.

Grade II listed property of Tudor origin
remodelled in the Georgian period
7 bedrooms, 3 reception rooms
elegantly proportioned rooms
flagstone and Victorian-tiled floors
formal walled Mediterranean style garden
established kitchen garden
former coach house and stables
mill stream spanned by stone bridges

Portesham House is historically one of the most important houses in Dorset, being the former home of Vice Admiral Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy, who famously served as Flag Captain to Admiral Lord Nelson on HMS Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, and to whom Nelson spoke the well-known words ‘Kiss me Hardy’ as he lay on his deathbed.

This is a lovely looking house.

D’Oyly Carte Island is a totally unique Grade II listed residence of immense character with many interesting and unusual features, in all some 10,000sq.ft. The property is positioned on a private island in the Thames at Weybridge, accessed by its own private pedestrian bridge.
Very pretty!

Selgars Mill is a beautiful, converted mill featuring original mill mechanisms and courtyard with two separate cottages, within idyllic gardens and grounds including mill pond and lead.

Very pretty. Lots of land for the bees and a watermill to think about converting for energy!
Reception hall, first floor sitting room with balcony, study, kitchen/dining room overlooking mill pond, utility room, boot room, principal bedroom/bathroom suite, 5 further bedrooms and 2 bathrooms, 2 adjoining ensuite rooms. 2 separate two bedroom cottages. Period outbuildings, general purpose farmbuilding, extensive gardens fringed by the mill leat, mill pond, fields planted to woodland. About 8.25 acres.

Manor House retains many original features
flagstones, sash windows and ornate fireplaces
6 double bedrooms (1 en suite), 2 bathrooms
kitchen/breakfast room with Aga
garage block with fitness room and store
outdoor swimming pool
loose boxes
gardens and paddock, about 6 acres
EPC rating = E

Lovely outdoor pool and 6 acres! Plenty of outside space and a lovely big house too!

An attractive former School House currently configured as 2 properties. Kitchen, 3 reception rooms and conservatory. Bathroom, cloakroom and 3 bedrooms (1 en-suite). 2 Bedroom self contained attached cottage. Outbuildings, garage and workshop. Grounds of 0.6 of an acre.
Near the sea in my preferred area of the UK, and with plenty of space outside for bees and chickens. Lovely garden and nice house which has plenty of space too! A bargain! Very tempting!