Property: Best properties on the market - Houses on the edge of villages

North Yorks

Camp House Farm, Ripon. A traditional farmhouse with superb interiors. Hall, drawing room, dining room, sitting room, study, large kitchen (with Aga cooker), laundry, 4 beds, 2 bath, dressing room. Yard, gardens, field, partly converted barn, extensive buildings and stabling, 9 acres. pounds 400,000. Strutt & Parker 01423-561274.

WILTSHIRE

Till House, Stapleford. Barn conversion with entrance hall, cloakroom, sitting room/playroom, 6 beds (one with office), utility room, dining hall, wine cellar, garage and outbuildings. Gardens with river frontage, 1.5 acres. Offers in excess of pounds 400,000. Strutt & Parker 01722-328741.

LINCOLNSHIRE

Clare Cottage, Pickworth. A renovated and extended period house. Hall, study, sitting room, conservatory, dining room, 4 beds, games room. Single- storey outbuilding with yard. Formal gardens with listed medieval arch. Paddock. 2.89 acres. Offers in the region of pounds 395,000. Savills 01780- 766222.

EAST DEVON

The Old Vicarage, Tipton St John. A former vicarage on the edge of the village with lovely views over the Otter Valley. 3 reception rooms, office, kitchen/breakfast room, utility room, 5 beds, 3 bath. Integral garage and domestic outbuilding. Gas central heating and level garden. In the region of pounds 330,000. Knight Frank 01392-423111.

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE

Boughton Hall, Boughton. The major part of a stone country house with southerly views over parkland. Entrance hall, reception hall, drawing room, dining room, kitchen/breakfast room, sitting room, cloakroom, utility room, master bedroom with en suite, 4 further bedrooms. Swimming pool, garage, 2.5 acres. Offers in excess of pounds 385,000. Bidwells 01604-605050.

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