The best houses for sale with libraries – from a country house in Surrey with a circular library, to a house in Pembrokeshire with a library with custom-made bookshelves
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Charles Hill Court, Tilford, Farnham, Surrey.
A country house with French, Dutch and British influences built in 1908. It has a formal drawing room with four sets of French windows and a circular library with a domed ceiling and its original cabinets. 6 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, 3 reception rooms, garden room, 2-bedroom lodge, 18 acres.
A country house with French, Dutch and British influences built in 1908. It has a formal drawing room with four sets of French windows and a circular library with a domed ceiling and its original cabinets. 6 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, 3 reception rooms, garden room, 2-bedroom lodge, 18 acres.
An estate with a Category A listed Baronial-style mansion surrounded by landscaped gardens. It has panelled walls, grand fireplaces and a library. 10 bedrooms, 5 reception rooms, 7 estate houses, parkland, hill grazing, woodlands, commercial forestry, reservoir, pheasant shoot, 3,459 acres.
An estate with a Category A listed Baronial-style mansion surrounded by landscaped gardens. It has panelled walls, grand fireplaces and a library. 10 bedrooms, 5 reception rooms, 7 estate houses, parkland, hill grazing, woodlands, commercial forestry, reservoir, pheasant shoot, 3,459 acres.
An estate with a Category A listed Baronial-style mansion surrounded by landscaped gardens. It has panelled walls, grand fireplaces and a library. 10 bedrooms, 5 reception rooms, 7 estate houses, parkland, hill grazing, woodlands, commercial forestry, reservoir, pheasant shoot, 3,459 acres.
An extended, updated Grade II listed Georgian house on the edge of a village surrounded by landscaped gardens overlooking open countryside. It has beamed ceilings, open fireplaces, a large breakfast kitchen with an Aga, and a 42ft party barn with a large library and an office. 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 3 reception rooms, outbuildings, 4 acres.
An extended, updated Grade II listed Georgian house on the edge of a village surrounded by landscaped gardens overlooking open countryside. It has beamed ceilings, open fireplaces, a large breakfast kitchen with an Aga, and a 42ft party barn with a large library and an office. 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 3 reception rooms, outbuildings, 4 acres.
A period property set in mature gardens just moments from the Pembrokeshire Coastal Path. It has a tiled entrance hall, large windows with window seats, marble fireplaces, a library with custom-made bookshelves and a large breakfast kitchen with a Rayburn range. 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2 reception rooms, study, attic, store, outbuilding with recreation room, 2.5 acres.
A period property set in mature gardens just moments from the Pembrokeshire Coastal Path. It has a tiled entrance hall, large windows with window seats, marble fireplaces, a library with custom-made bookshelves and a large breakfast kitchen with a Rayburn range. 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2 reception rooms, study, attic, store, outbuilding with recreation room, 2.5 acres.
A Grade II listed house on the edge of Malmesbury surrounded by formal gardens that include a preserved Victorian water garden. It has panelled walls, grand fireplaces, a library with ornate joinery, a large breakfast kitchen and a former chapel converted into a leisure complex that includes an indoor swimming pool and a gym. 14 bedrooms, 8 bathrooms, 4 reception rooms, games room, 3 flats, woodland, paddock, 12.5 acres.
(Image credit: Lychgate Cottage, Scaynes Hill, West Sussex. )
Lychgate Cottage, Scaynes Hill, West Sussex.
A small country estate dating back to 1720 set in grounds that include a bluebell wood and a stream. The house has beamed ceilings, leaded-light windows and a library with a beamed ceiling. 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 3 reception rooms, dining kitchen, 4-bedroom cottage, 16 acres.
A small country estate dating back to 1720 set in grounds that include a bluebell wood and a stream. The house has beamed ceilings, leaded-light windows and a library with a beamed ceiling. 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 3 reception rooms, dining kitchen, 4-bedroom cottage, 16 acres.
The Victorian Wing, Hunstanton Hall, Old Hunstanton, Norfolk.
This Grade I listed house combines a 1620s wing and an 1870s one restored by English Heritage after a fire to create a free-standing house set in the grounds of an estate bordered by a moat. It has oak-panelled rooms and a library with bookshelves sourced from an office building in London’s Jermyn Street. 6 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 3 reception rooms, 1.49 acres.
A Grade II listed period property set in landscaped gardens, with substantial grounds surrounded by open countryside. The house has high ceilings, decorative plasterwork, period fireplaces, a small library and a large kitchen that leads onto a breakfast room. 6 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 4 reception rooms, library, 1-bedroom annexe, cellar, traditional stable yard, sand school, workshops, barns, gardens, paddocks, woodland, 31 acres.
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