8 of the best houses for sale with beautiful gardens
The best houses for sale with beautiful gardens – from a house on the beach by the White Cliffs of Dover to a Grade II-listed 16th-century house with an award-winning garden business in Shropshire.
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High Garden, Kenton, Exeter, Devon.
A contemporary house built from local materials with gardens that have often featured in the National Garden Scheme. It has a 70-metre herbaceous border, 40 mixed bedrooms and a sun terrace running the full length of the property. 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, reception room, stable, 4.8 acres.
Price: £1.25m Fine & Country 01392-573900.
High Garden, Kenton Exeter, Devon.A contemporary house built from local materials with gardens that have often featured in the National Garden Scheme. It has a 70-metre herbaceous border, 40 mixed bedrooms and a sun terrace running the full length of the property. 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, reception room, stable, 4.8 acres.
Price: £1.25m Fine & Country 01392-573900.
Wollerton Old Hall, Wollerton, Market Drayton, Shropshire.
A Grade II-listed 16th-century house with an award-winning garden business and tearoom. The garden includes a hothouse and has walkways divided by topiaried box hedges. 6 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 3 reception rooms, 3 acres.
Price: £1.375m Knight Frank 01584-701824.
Wollerton Old Hall, Wollerton, Market Drayton, Shropshire.
A Grade II-listed 16th-century house with an award-winning garden business and tearoom. The garden includes a hothouse and has walkways divided by topiaried box hedges. 6 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 3 reception rooms, 3 acres.
Price: £1.375m Knight Frank 01584-701824.
Wollerton Old Hall, Wollerton, Market Drayton, Shropshire.
A Grade II-listed 16th-century house with an award-winning garden business and tearoom. The garden includes a hothouse and has walkways divided by topiaried box hedges. 6 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 3 reception rooms, 3 acres.
Price: £1.375m Knight Frank 01584-701824.
Wollerton Old Hall, Wollerton, Market Drayton, Shropshire.
A Grade II-listed 16th-century house with an award-winning garden business and tearoom. The garden includes a hothouse and has walkways divided by topiaried box hedges. 6 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 3 reception rooms, 3 acres.
Price: £1.375m Knight Frank 01584-701824.
Mermaid Cottage, St Margaret’s Bay, Kent.
An Art Deco house on the beach beside the White Cliffs and the sea wall at St Margaret’s Bay. The gardens are sheltered by an Art Deco-style wall. They have been laid out by an RHS Chelsea Flower Show gold medal winner and include a sunken garden and decked walkways. 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, open-plan dining/sitting area, kitchen, gym, beachfront.
Price: £1.395m Strutt & Parker 01227-473700.
Mermaid Cottage, St Margaret’s Bay, Kent.
An Art Deco house on the beach beside the White Cliffs and the sea wall at St Margaret’s Bay. The gardens are sheltered by an Art Deco-style wall. They have been laid out by an RHS Chelsea Flower Show gold medal winner and include a sunken garden and decked walkways. 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, open-plan dining/sitting area, kitchen, gym, beachfront.
Price: £1.395m Strutt & Parker 01227-473700.
Mermaid Cottage, St Margaret’s Bay, Kent.
An Art Deco house on the beach beside the White Cliffs and the sea wall at St Margaret’s Bay. The gardens are sheltered by an Art Deco-style wall. They have been laid out by an RHS Chelsea Flower Show gold medal winner and include a sunken garden and decked walkways. 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, open-plan dining/sitting area, kitchen, gym, beachfront.
Price: £1.395m Strutt & Parker 01227-473700.
The Hall, Angle, Pembrokeshire.
A waterside estate that has been in the same family for almost 300 years, set in ten acres of formal gardens and woodland. The house has high ceilings, ornate fireplaces and a range of outbuildings with potential for development. 11 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, grand hall, dining room, library, conservatory, wine room, 2 offices, dairy, stores, workshop, attic,
Price: £1.5m Country Living Group 01437-616101.
St Catherine’s Court, St Catherine, Bath, Somerset.
A renovated, Grade I-listed former priory with gardens admired by Gertrude Jekyll and registered by Historic Parks and Gardens. They include several levels with broad terraces. The house has leaded-light windows, stained glass, ornate plasterwork, wood-panelled rooms and open fireplaces. 10 bedrooms, 6 bathrooms, 3 reception rooms, ballroom, 2 kitchens, 5-bedroom lodge, 3-bedroom cottage, orangery, 14 acres.
Price: £12.5m Savills 01225-474500.
St Catherine’s Court, St Catherine, Bath, Somerset.
A renovated, Grade I-listed former priory with gardens admired by Gertrude Jekyll and registered by Historic Parks and Gardens. They include several levels with broad terraces. The house has leaded-light windows, stained glass, ornate plasterwork, wood-panelled rooms and open fireplaces. 10 bedrooms, 6 bathrooms, 3 reception rooms, ballroom, 2 kitchens, 5-bedroom lodge, 3-bedroom cottage, orangery, 14 acres.
Price: £12.5m Savills 01225-474500.
Woodside, Deepdene Wood, Dorking, Surrey.
A renovated house with professionally landscaped gardens which include a pond and a section that won an award at the Chelsea Flower Show. 7 bedrooms, 7 bathrooms, 2 reception rooms, study, cinema, cloakroom, garages, home office, workshop, gym, 0.5 acres.
Price: £2.35m Jackson-Stops 01306-887560.
Kings Grange House, Castle Douglas, Dumfries & Galloway.
An 1860s house set in gardens that have featured in Scotland’s Garden Scheme. They include colourful herbaceous borders, rockeries, managed woodland and 600 metres of single-bank fishing rights on the River Urr. 7 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 2 reception rooms, kitchen, library, study, sun room, annexe, workshop, kitchen gardens, orchard, 11.1 acres.
Price: £995,000+ Savills 0141-222 5875.
Farlam Ghyll, Farlam, Brampton, Cumbria.
A renovated former vicarage with a Victorian façade, set in outstanding gardens with a newly created walled courtyard garden that includes a fountain, a productive orchard and a raised terrace overlooking an ornamental pond. The house has decorative plasterwork, bespoke joinery, full-height French panelling and an orangery. 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2 reception rooms, study, kitchen/dining/sun room, workshop, 1.25 acres.
Price: £1.45m Finest Properties 0330-111 2266.
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