Old and new property gallery

Historic home: Warwickshire. This two-bedder has been around for 430 years and, despite some 1930s rejigging, looks much as it would have done in Shakespeare's day. Once a nursery in the village of Broad Marston, it is glorified by a well stocked and landscaped garden where lurk a dovecote, pigsty, summerhouse and thatched log store. The good looks continue into the thickly beamed, quarry-tiled inside with inglenook and woodburning stove. Cost: £350,000.
Hayman Joyce, 01386 858 510 Photograph: Hayman Joyce/Hayman Joyce

Historic home: Powys. This was built for the Lord High Sheriffs of Brecon in the 17th century, and much of the befitting grandeur has survived. Huge fireplaces expand the three receptions and kitchen, and the owners are revamping the top floor to swell the six bedrooms to nine and add another bathroom. The teeming tumult who will occupy this vastness can be decanted into the five acres of grounds with pond and paddock. Yours for £595,000.
Clee Tompkinson & Francis, 01550 720440 Photograph: Clee Tompkinson & Francis/Clee Tompkinson & Francis

New build: Leicestershire. A recent survey claims Market Harborough offers the best quality of life outside the south of England. And the developer of this riverside complex reckons you get London chic for half the price: studio flats start from £99,950. Most have a balcony or terrace overlooking the waterside gardens and bathrooms are garnished with Villeroy & Boch. The station is nearby and London an hour away.
Andrew Granger, 01858 431 315 Photograph: Andrew Granger/Andrew Granger

New build: Glasgow. From gh20, as these towering chunks of glass and concrete are known, it will be a riverside walk into central Glasgow. Communal gardens lead to the water's edge across from the famous shipyards, and most residents will be able to gaze over the Clyde and the city to the Camspie hills from their balconies. Inside is glamorous open-plan living, which has won the complex two media awards. Prices start from £109,950 for a studio.
gh20, 0800 008 7008 Photograph: gh20/gh20

Over the sea: Barbados. This £408,200 two-bed bungalow is dwarfed by its lushly landscaped gardens, more than 11,000 sq ft of them. There is a pool a leap away from the veranda and a walkway shared by neighbours to the beach. The master bedroom and TV room open on to one patio and the expansive living room on to another. This is a select residential quarter of the town of St Peters, which is surrounded by white sandy shore.
Knight Frank, 020 7629 8171 Photograph: Knight Frank/Knight Frank