Homes with orchards

The Old Rectory, Cornwall. Make a pie with apples picked straight from the the back garden, and serve it with dollops of local clotted cream in the Old Rectory’s kitchen. The orchards surrounding this charming four-bedroom property near Torpoint have apple, pear and cherry trees. Store your fruit picking baskets in the medieval-style barn or the three-bedroom annexe, which is included in the £795,000 price tag.
Stratton Creber, 01872 240999 Photograph: Stratton Creber

Blaisdon Hall, Gloucestershire. The village of Blaisdon used to be overrun with orchards growing the local red plum, but a fire in the 17th century destroyed the homes and much of the farmland. Now this magnificent property boasts some of the few remaining Blaisdon plum trees. More a millionaire’s mansion than a family home, for £4.75m you get a ballroom, turret, carved oak staircase, three large “suite” bedrooms, seven further bedrooms and a separate three-bed gatehouse.
Strutt & Parker, 020 7629 7282 Photograph: Strutt & Parker

Cherry Tree Cottage, Surrey. Two large cherry trees frame the winding gravel driveway leading to this four-bedder, which nestles in a wooded hollow in almost an acre of land near Dorking. Dating back to 1690, the cottage has been tastefully extended and modernised with plenty of oak bressumer beams, exposed brickwork and an intact period-feature bread oven. The gardens include a pretty meadow with apple trees. Yours for £1.3m.
King & Chasemore, 01403 264444 Photograph: King & Chasemore

Oakbanks, East Sussex. If you take your fruit trees seriously this four-bed family home in Mayfield has the right equipment for you. As well as an apple orchard it also has a fruit cage to protect your crop from peckish birds. For £599,000 keen gardeners get plenty to keep them occupied, with an acre of grounds surrounding the well-maintained 1930s-style house.
Freeman Forman, 01435 873803 Photograph: Freeman Forman

Weston Mill House, Warwickshire. Two acres of gardens including a mature orchard of fruit trees surround this stone brick property. Originally built as a farmhouse, Weston Mill is now a little tired inside so you’ll need a little on top of the £895,000 asking price to spruce it up. But with its open fireplaces and five double bedrooms there is potential to create a warm and welcoming family home, and just think of freshly picked fruit bubbling into jam on the stove.
Strutt & Parker Moreton, 01608 650 502 Photograph: Strutt & Parker