Grade II houses in the south of England; The best of the market...

Somerset

Ellicombe Manor, Ellicombe, nr. Dunster, An Elizabethan manor house with beautiful gardens set within the Exmoor National Park. 6 beds, 3 bath, 2 showers, 5 receps, cloakrooms, 4 cottages, swimming pool, garages, stabling, courtyard, 5 acres.

pounds 750,000 Jackson-Stops & Staff 01823-325144.

Oxon

The Preston Crowmarsh Estate, nr. Wallingford, An 18th-century house in a conservation area with frontage on the River Thames. 5 beds, 2 bath, 2 receps, study, conservatory, kitchen, utility room, cloakroom, stabling, coach house, swimming pool, mooring berth and full riparian rights, 2 listed cottages, 8.9 acres. For sale in lots. pounds 1 million (whole)

John D Wood 0171-493 4106.

Kent

Baker's Farmhouse, Goudhurst. A Kentish Hall house with 15th-century origins in a rural location. 6 beds, 4 bath, 2 receps, kitchen, utility room, outbuildings, large barn, swimming pool, stables, landscaped gardens, 19.5 acres.

pounds 675,000 Knight Frank 01892-515035.

Sussex

Old House Farm, Coolham, A medieval farmhouse on a small rural estate. 5 beds, 3 bath, 3 receps, kitchen, 17th-century Sussex barns, stabling, cottage, indoor riding school, 60.6 acres. For sale in lots. pounds 800,000 (whole)

Knight Frank 01483-565171.

Hants

Cooper's Farmhouse, Ellisfield, An 18th-century farmhouse in a conservation village. 4 beds, 2 bath, 2 receps, study, cloakroom, kitchen, cellar, barn, 2.63 acres.

pounds 500,000 Hill & Morrison 01256-702892.