The best of the market... English houses with beautiful gardens

East Sussex

Southease Place, , near Lewes. A 17th-century Grade II house and magnificent mature gardens in a secluded setting. 6 beds, 3 bath, 2 receps, kitchen, utility room, cloakroom, study, 2-bed cottage, outbuildings, summer house, barn, swimming pool, tennis court, 2.5 acres.

pounds 550,000 Strutt & Parker 01273-475411.

Surrey

Flint Cottage, Mickleham. A Grade II Georgian house in mature gardens adjoining National Trust land. 4 beds, 2 bath, dressing room, 2 receps, kitchen, breakfast room, utility room, cellars, detached Victorian chalet, tennis lawn, outbuildings, 3 acres.

pounds 650,000 Hamptons 01306-885466.

Suffolk

Sutton Hall, Bradfield St Clare. A 16th-century moated house in a secluded setting with lovely wild flower gardens. 6 beds, 3 bath, 3 receps, study, kitchen, conservatory, work room, cloakroom, greenhouse, 1.77 acres.

pounds 430,000 Bidwells 01284-767338.

Berks

Riverside House, Hungerford. A Grade II Georgian town house, currently an antique shop, with a pretty riverside garden. 4 beds, 3 bath, 5 receps, office, 2 cloakrooms, study, kitchen, former coach house, outbuildings, frontage onto the River Dun, 1 acre.

pounds 650,000 Strutt & Parker 01635-521707.

Somerset

Christon Court, Christon, near Axbridge. A Grade II Georgian house with a walled garden, 17th-century gazebo and a cider orchard. 4 beds, 2 bath, 2 receps, kitchen, music room, cellars, self-contained 2-bed wing

4 acres. pounds 480,000 Savills 01225-474550.

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