Standing guard over Tewkesbury Abbey, this grand building of about 1500 provides a captivating base from which to explore the interesting town of Tewkesbury, the Cotswolds and Cheltenham.

Listed Grade II*, the dairy was conceived to represent a tiny Italianate chapel topped with a bell tower, and with four corner pavilions.

This 18th-century cottage was attached to one of Wales's shrines of Nonconformity, the Maesyronnen Chapel. It sits on a high shelf above the Wye looking out across the Black Mountains.

Deep in the Surrey countryside stands a gatehouse built in the 19th century by one of this country’s most influential and talented architects, A W N Pugin.

From the time the Priest’s House was built around 1500, it played a central part in community life as both a village hall and local inn, hosting visitors and village feasts on saints’ days.

All cathedral closes have a special quality, but this is one of the very best. The Wardrobe is one of a succession of beautiful houses ranged around the delightful Salisbury Cathedral.

Beamsley Hospital is a circular almshouse encircling a chapel. Queen Elizabeth I gave consent for the foundation of Beamsley and it provided shelter for women until the late twentieth century.

This early 19th-century watermill still holds all its hoisting and grinding machinery, on the bank of a fast flowing burn near the west coast of the Mull of Kintyre.

At the dawn of the Railway Age in 1830, Liverpool Road Station opened as the world’s first purpose-built, inter-city passenger railway terminus. After a careful and sensitive restoration, the ... Read more

Half of The White House is timber-framed and medieval. The other half dates from the 18th century. It has a spacious farmhouse kitchen and large garden.

Woodspring Priory was founded in 1210 by William de Courtenay, grandson of one of the murderers of Thomas à Becket. Following the dissolution it became a serene family home. 

Calverley Old Hall was the seat of minor Yorkshire magnates for over 500 years until it was sold in 1754. The village of Calverley is worth exploring, while Leeds and Bradford are nearby.

The Bunkhouse accommodates a group of up to 12 people. The sleeping arrangements are basic - you will need to bring sleeping bags and pillows.

This Regency country house with great charm is deep in the Suffolk countryside. The well-stocked library, grand dining room and gracious bedrooms offer an elegant experience.

The walls of a Roman villa dated to about 60BC survive up to the middle floor of the present house, itself begun around 850AD. Shuttered windows open onto the valley, the waterfall and Tivoli.