8 of the best houses for sale with beautiful fireplaces
The best houses for sale with beautiful fireplaces – from a 15th-century cottage in Kent with an inglenook fireplace running the width of one wall, to a 17th-century palazzo in Wallingford, Oxfordshire
A renovated castle built in 1845 with formal gardens that include a narrow-gauge railway. It has ornately moulded ceilings and grand fireplaces. 17 bedrooms, 9 bathrooms, 3 state rooms, 2 lodges, 4 estate houses, stable yard with 3 flats, fishing on the Eye Water, 160 acres.
A renovated castle built in 1845 with formal gardens that include a narrow-gauge railway. It has ornately moulded ceilings and grand fireplaces. 17 beds, 9 baths, 3 state rooms, 2 lodges, 4 estate houses, stable yard with 3 flats, fishing on the Eye Water, 160 acres.
A Grade II-listed, 17th-century palazzo with six bedrooms, a five-bedroom manor house and a two-bedroom coach house set in 43 acres of gardens with a lake, swimming pool and tennis court. It has large open fireplaces with carved marble surrounds.
A Grade II-listed manor house originally built in 1925 as a showpiece for the British Empire Exhibition then dismantled and rebuilt in its current location. It has leaded-light stained-glass windows and a full-height great hall with a galleried landing with a grand fireplace. 8 bedrooms, 6 bathrooms, 3 receptions, study, office, outbuildings, gardens, paddock, helipad, gardens, 7 acres.
A Grade II-listed manor house originally built in 1925 as a showpiece for the British Empire Exhibition then dismantled and rebuilt in its current location. It has leaded-light stained-glass windows and a full-height great hall with a galleried landing with a grand fireplace. 8 beds, 6 baths, 3 receps, study, office, outbuildings, gardens, paddock, helipad, gardens, 7 acres.
A Grade II-listed manor house originally built in 1925 as a showpiece for the British Empire Exhibition then dismantled and rebuilt in its current location. It has leaded-light stained-glass windows and a full-height great hall with a galleried landing with a grand fireplace. 8 beds, 6 baths, 3 receps, study, office, outbuildings, gardens, paddock, helipad, gardens, 7 acres.
A Grade II-listed restored 17th-century former farmhouse extended in 1870. It retains its exposed beams, polished blue-brick flooring in the kitchen and has a brick inglenook fireplace in the living room. 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 3 receptions, breakfast kitchen, sitting room/bedroom 6, double garage with games room, pergola, summerhouse, gardens, 10 acres.
A Grade II-listed restored 17th-century former farmhouse extended in 1870. It retains its exposed beams, polished blue-brick flooring in the kitchen and has a brick inglenook fireplace in the living room. 5 beds, 4 baths, 3 receps, breakfast kitchen, sitting room/bed 6, double garage with games room, pergola, summerhouse, gardens, 10 acres.
A Grade II-listed Victorian manor on the edge of the Lake District National Park. The south wing was added in 1590 and the tower dates back to 1290. It has a solid oak staircase, original tiled floors, magnificent fireplaces and a study with a curved wall. 11 bedrooms, 7 bathrooms, reception, kitchen, conservatory, 2 cottages, one other cottage available by separate negotiation, Victorian stable block, 11 acres.
A restored, Grade II-listed Georgian house set in large gardens. It has grand open fireplaces and a kitchen that opens onto a family room and a bespoke conservatory. 5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 receptions, study, barn, orchards, paddocks, woodland, 4.65 acres.
This Grade II-listed, 15th-century house may once have been the village bakery. It is surrounded by gardens that include a pond, and has exposed timber studs, flagstone floors, and a country kitchen with an Aga and one large inglenook fireplace running the width of one wall and another with its original stone seat. 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 receptions, garden room, garage with loft space above.
A period property on the edge of Warminster surrounded by landscaped gardens that include a summer house and a Grade II-listed stable. It has stone-mullion windows, parquet floors, a panelled reception hall with a large Tudor-style fireplace with a wood burning stove, and a kitchen with an Aga. 6 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, 3 receptions, study, kitchenette, cellar, attic, outbuilding, 1.4 acres.
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Natasha read politics at Sussex University. She then spent a decade in social care, before completing a postgraduate course in Health Promotion at Brighton University. She went on to be a freelance health researcher and sexual health trainer for both the local council and Terrence Higgins Trust.
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