Old and new homes – in pictures

Historic home: Northumberland. The rooms are upside down in this beautiful stone and wood clad family home in Allendale, near Hexham, with the open-plan living area, kitchen and generous balcony on the first floor to take advantage of the stunning views over trees and countryside. The property has been sensitively refurbished and has walnut flooring throughout the open-plan area, plus a wet room on the ground floor alongside the master bedroom. Cost: £240,000.
Click here or call Rook Matthews Sayer, 01434 290029
Photograph: Rook Matthews Sayer

New build: Hertfordshire. This £375,000 three-storey home in Frogmore, near St Albans, was built in 2009 by Bellway and still looks in pretty pristine condition. The rooms aren’t huge – the kitchen/breakfast room, for example, measures 12ft by 9ft – but in these days of energy conservation that could be an advantage. The master bedroom on the top floor has an en suite shower room and separate dressing room. The garden is basically lawn, so perfect for a keen gardener who wants a project.
Click here or call Langleys, 01727 809857
Photograph: Langleys

Historic home: Norfolk. Holme-next-the-Sea is one of the most lovely, unspoiled villages on this stretch of coast, and this stunning £1.1m five-bedder must be one of the most desirable properties on it. The original building has been extended and very tastefully refurbished, incorporating oak flooring, wood-burning stoves and a four-oven Aga. But it’s the views that really sell it, over its own paddock and the surrounding fields towards Holme nature reserve and the sea beyond.
Click here or call Sowerbys, 01328 730340
Photograph: Sowerbys

New build: Ayrshire. Usually, new builds are squashed on to small plots and have shoebox-sized rooms. That can’t be said of this four-bed whopper, sited in the middle of seemingly endless fields and woodland near Willoxton with no other property in sight. Merkland House also comes with an onsite source of income: equestrian facilities including stabling for seven horses and an all weather arena, kennelling and planning permission for a cattery and four acres of land. On the market for £499,950.
Click here or call CKD Galbraith, 01292 268181
Photograph: CKD Galbraith

Historic home: Exeter. This Grade II-listed period property was originally part of the Manor House in Clyst St George, and still boasts many period features. Beautifully presented, several rooms have parquet flooring and we love the french doors going out from the sitting room into the charming lawned garden at the rear. There’s also room to park up to four cars plus a boat or caravan at the front. Yours for £499,950.
Click here or call Wilkinson Grant & Co, 01392 914131
Photograph: Wilkinson Grant & Co