The local manor has been divided into four houses on a smaller but still-grand scale and this £595,000 one has landscaped its portion of the grounds with stately formality. A terrace of stone urns leads down to a sunken lawn scored with topiary beds and there’s planning permission for an orangery. You can admire this 18th-century rigour from the bow window of the sitting room and the third reception. The interior has been done up with luxurious bombast, and each of the four bedrooms has its own glamorous en suite.
Sanderson Young, 0191 2233500 Photograph: Sanderson Young
Chocolate boxes insist on thatched cottages having gardens like this with a picket fence and herringbone path cutting through rampant rosy borders, and a view of the Norman church to the front and floral terraces separated by a brick arch behind. The cottage was once owned by screenwriter and director Ronald Neame, whose films include The Poseidon Adventure and The Odessa File. It has been extended since its 16th century origins to supply two bathrooms, three bedrooms (a room off the inglenook fireplace in the living room could be a fourth) and a garage. Sale price: £525,000.
Evans & Partridge, 01264 810702 Photograph: Evans & Partridge
A 75ft pool stretches to the rear of this four-bedroom house with a sweep of lawn on either side and there’s a mature border in the part-walled garden. Trees shelter the property, which is a joint effort between the Georgians, Victorians and Edwardians. The panelled doors, soaring ceilings, elegant plasterwork and window shutters that they bequeathed survive, as do historic essentials such a separate storerooms for linen, china, wood and housekeeping. A steading on the estate has been partly developed and could become a separate home with the appropriate permissions. Sale price: £695,000
Strutt & Parker, 01330 826800 Photograph: Strutt & Parker
Built just inside the cemetery gates to house the attendant, this lodge house fronts a series of landscaped terraces backing on to a wildflower meadow with views over Carisbrooke and beyond. One of the sheds has been converted for use as a study, and extensions over the years have created two receptions, a kitchen breakfast room and two double bedrooms, most with dramatic stone-mullioned windows. Those with the nerves to face nights in a cemetery will enjoy the rare guarantee of peace from the neighbours. Sale price: £319,000.
Biles & Co, 01983 872335 Photograph: Biles & Co
This courtyard is small but lush with tropical growth shading a spa pool and one of the three bedrooms opening straight on to it. From the sundeck off the master suite are views over this miniature arcadia to the sea. Should you have change from the £206,500 asking price you could buy an adjoining plot of sloping land which would lend itself perfectly to an infinity pool. Inside are wooden ceilings and glamorous fittings, and occupants of the master suite get their own lounge.
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