A medieval timber-framed building sitting on the church green at Clare, an unspoilt Suffolk market town. This welcoming and comfortable house exudes history.

Houghton West Lodge is one of four houses that guard the approaches to Houghton Hall,  one of England’s finest Palladian houses and once home to Britain's first Prime Minister.

A fine, two-storey Jacobean porch salvaged from a great house once beloved of the poet and playwright John Dryden but now lost.

The Summerhouse stands in beautiful woodland on the Shuttleworth Estate. The outstandingly fine brickwork of this foursquare folly is likely to date from the early 18th century.

This simple and evocative cottage, from around 1840, was built to serve one of the monumental pumping engines that sprang up as the Steam Age took on the challenge of draining the Fenland.

Built in the 17th century, the Warren House was home to the warrener of the estate. In the 18th century a decorative facade was added by Vanbrugh, Thomas Archer or Robert Adam.

Designed and constructed by James Mansergh and Robert Rawlinson, work began on Appleton Water Tower in 1877 to provide a clean water supply to the Sandringham Estate.

Freston Tower is a six-storey Tudor folly that looks out over the River Orwell. There is a single room on each floor with the sitting room at the top to take advantage of the unrivalled views.

Tucked away in the pinewoods of the Shuttleworth Estate, Keeper’s Cottage is a model gamekeeper’s home from the late 19th century. The estate was once renowned for its shooting parties.

Nearly a million bricks were used in the construction of this Martello Tower; the largest and most northerly of a chain of towers put up to counter the threat of Napoleon.

At the centre of Colchester's cloth trade, the windows were designed to give light to the weavers at their looms. A snug retreat from which you can explore the historic town.

Arriving at this thatched and timbered building on foot, the centuries fall away. Inside the late medieval walls survives a hall dating to 1250. The house is surrounded by Suffolk countryside.

An intriguing building with distinctive brick gable-end, unique in Norfolk. Its moulded timbers and late 16th-century wall paintings demonstrate the skill and care taken in its construction.

Warden Abbey is the last fragment of a once great abbey, founded in 1135, now stranded in quiet fields, of which the landscape speaks of past Cistercian wealth.

Manor Farm is a traditional thatched and timber-framed farmhouse. Its timbers have been dated to 1610, and apart from minor additions it has not been altered since.