The best of the market... houses on hill-tops

KENT

Wells View, Penshurst. An early Sixties house standing on a high ridge facing west. 5 beds, 4 bath, 2 receps, study, kitchen, utility room, breakfast room, cloakroom, exercise room with sauna, cellars, garage, guest cottage, swimming pool, tennis court, six-hole golf course, summer house, stables, 19 acres. pounds 975,000 Knight Frank 01892-515035.

DORSET

The Penthouse, Flaghead, Canford Cliffs. A modern penthouse in an exclusive cliff-top location with views over Poole Bay. 3 beds, 2 bath, 1 recep, kitchen, utility room, cloakroom, balcony, store rooms, garage, communal gardens with access to the beach.

pounds 500,000 Hamptons 01962-842030.

DEVON

Bar Lodge, Sharpitor, Salcombe. The upper floors of a late-Victorian house dramatically perched above The Bar at the entrance to Salcombe Harbour. 4 beds, 1 bath, 1 recep, kitchen, utility room, 2 balconies, garden, sun terrace, steps down to foreshore. pounds 275,000 Marchand Petit 01548-857588.

DEVON

Moorlands Brake, Wrangaton, South Brent. A house on the edge of Dartmoor with views over the South Hams. 3 beds, 3 bath, 3 receps, garden room, kitchen, outbuildings, garage, stone barn and stables, 4 acres. pounds 250,000 Knight Frank 01392-423111.

HANTS

The Bee House, Hurstbourne Priors. A Grade II* early 18th-century former gazebo overlooking the Bourne Valley. 3 beds, 2 bath, 2 receps, galleried hall, 1 acre. pounds 225,000 John D Wood 01264-332121.

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