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

A fairytale cottage in a wild and beautiful glen, this diminutive former schoolroom makes a perfect hideaway or writing retreat for two, or even one.

Houghton West Lodge is one of four houses that guard the approaches to Houghton Hall,  one of England’s finest Palladian houses and once home to Britain's first Prime Minister.

This beautiful little pavilion has two distinct faces and has a breath-taking panorama. Approached from the wood, this rustic cottage with a thatched roof houses an elegant interior.

A Georgian folly within an outstanding Picturesque garden, the Ruin was built in about 1766. On the edge of a steep wooded gorge, it was one of several buildings scattered across the gardens.

No.1 Shore Cottages is one of a terrace of simple fishermen’s dwellings reached by footbridge. Its front door opens onto the beach overlooking a beautiful cove, a favourite of birds and seals.

Whiteford Temple is an ornamental granite folly with views towards the Tamar Estuary. It was built in the 18th century for Sir John Call, a military engineer who had made a fortune in India.

This Gothic folly sits on the edge of the Gibside estate. It stands in the highest part of the park in a grassy clearing, looking down on an octagonal pool with views over the Derwent Valley.

Brinkburn Mill sits next to the River Coquet at the bottom of a thickly-wooded valley. A mill has been on this site since medieval times, with the present building dating to about 1800.

The views of the coastline from the verandah of Castle Bungalow are magnificent. This 1920's Boulton and Paul bungalow has snug wood-lined rooms and lattice windows.

This special haven of tranquillity gives uninterrupted views of the sea toward the Isle of Arran. Fittingly, 'Cul na Shee' translates to "nook of peace" in Gaelic.

In the middle of a hamlet, Ford Cottage overlooks the bubbling stream as it winds its way towards the sea half a mile away at Duckpool.

This snug cottage on the towpath of the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal was built for the man who maintained not just the lock but also the stretch of canal up to the next lock.

Nearly a million bricks were used in the construction of this Martello Tower; the largest and most northerly of a chain of towers put up to counter the threat of Napoleon.

The Pineapple is one of our most unusual-looking Landmarks; an elaborate two-storey summerhouse with a pineapple-shaped dome. It is an eccentric work of genius with the finest masonry.