Standing guard over Tewkesbury Abbey, this grand building of about 1500 provides a captivating base from which to explore the interesting town of Tewkesbury, the Cotswolds and Cheltenham.

This very clever scale model of a French chateau sits on a hill above the River Trent in the middle of the Lincolnshire countryside.

Listed Grade II*, the dairy was conceived to represent a tiny Italianate chapel topped with a bell tower, and with four corner pavilions.

Built by the Reverend Hudson Heaven in 1896, St Helens church stands as a beacon on the top of the island with a commanding view over the Bristol Channel. Located within the village, the vestry pro ... Read more

A tiny, circular tower standing on the boundary of a cricket pitch, Prospect Tower was built around 1808. Approached along an avenue of walnut trees, Lord Harris called it his “whim.”

A Georgian folly within an outstanding Picturesque garden, the Ruin was built in about 1766. On the edge of a steep wooded gorge, it was one of several buildings scattered across the gardens.

Bramble Villa is in the St John’s Valley and has stunning views over the sea towards Devon. Lundy’s beauty, community and way of life make it a world apart.

The Carpenter's Shop sits in Coombe, a hamlet at the forgotten junction of two wooded valleys in North Cornwall and just half a mile from the sea at Duckpool.

This gatehouse is all that is left of Cawood Castle, once a stronghold of the Archbishops of York. It was here that Cardinal Wolsey was arrested for treason on King Henry VIII’s orders in 1530.

There can be no more romantic, remote or secluded cottage in Cornwall than this one, named after the creek on the Helford River near which it stands down a track in deep woodland.

The surviving cross-wing of a late-medieval timber-framed hall-house in a peaceful woodland clearing in the Kent Weald.

Villa dei Vescovi is a Renaissance villa nestled in the vineyards and orchards of the Euganean Hills. One of two rooftop apartments, with views of the elegant orchards.

Villa dei Vescovi is a Renaissance villa nestled in the vineyards and orchards of the Euganean Hills. One of two rooftop apartments, with views of the elegant orchards.

Deep in the Surrey countryside stands a gatehouse built in the 19th century by one of this country’s most influential and talented architects, A W N Pugin.

From the time the Priest’s House was built around 1500, it played a central part in community life as both a village hall and local inn, hosting visitors and village feasts on saints’ days.