Built in 1746 to celebrate victory over Bonnie Prince Charlie, this octagonal tower, sleeping four, has been scrupulously restored by the Landmark Trust …
Photograph: D Kirkham
The top-floor bedroom and first-floor sitting room are particularly grand, with intricate plasterwork and parkland views.
• 01628 825925, landmarktrust.org.uk. From £876 a week
Photograph: D Kirkham
This far-from-average barn conversion, sleeping 13, is a pretty 17th-century farm building. Inside it is decorated more like a trendy London loft than a country cottage … Photograph: guardian.co.uk
Set on the Broughton Hall Estate, on the way to the Lancashire border, it is surrounded by ancient oak trees and fields. Inside you'll find contemporary paintings, brightly coloured sofas and Arne Jacobsen egg chairs.
• 01244 356666, sykescottages.co.uk. From £2,335 a week (£180pp) Photograph: guardian.co.uk
In a lane winding up from the beach, this is a 17th-century cottage for six with a 21st-century makeover. Tongue-and-groove woodwork, a rolltop bath, iron bedsteads and a woodburner add character … Photograph: guardian.co.uk
Head to the beach, stride out on one of several footpaths or hunker down at Ye Dolphin pub.
• 0844 736 6276, gorgeouscottages.com. From £600 a week Photograph: guardian.co.uk
This recently built clapboard cottage for two is set in a walled garden on a farm. Inside it's simple and airy …
Photograph: Robert Wright
… with open-plan kitchen and sitting room, a large modern bathroom, oak floors and French windows. A welcome basket includes the farm's own apple juice, eggs and jam.
• 01759 373911, sawdays.co.uk. From £350 a week
Photograph: Robert Wright
A quintessential old stone cottage near Pickering (ideal for walks on the North York Moor), this grade II-listed cottage, sleeping six, has been imaginatively restored … Photograph: guardian.co.uk
… with an early 20th-century fireplace, beams, tongue-and-groove panelling, antique cupboards and cast- iron radiators. There's a modern kitchen and bathroom and a pretty garden.
• 01751 470243, igloo-properties.co.uk. From £348 a week Photograph: guardian.co.uk
