Plush pads in the country

Pembroke Farm, Penrith, Cumbria, £1.25m. The average farmhouse in the UK now costs £1.27m, up from £1.15m this time last year. Pembroke Farm is a grade II listed farmhouse with five bedrooms set in 10 acres. Photograph: Knight Frank

Hawthorn Cottage, Marden, Wiltshire, £425,000. Affordable? Even the most traditional cottages come with a very modern price tag. Photograph: Knight Frank

Lilac Cottage, Bibury, Cotswolds, £550,000. The average price for a three-bedroom cottage is now £547,000. Lilac Cottage, a grade II listed semi-detached Cotswold stone cottage, has recently been sold for £550,000. Photograph: Knight Frank

Mildmay House, Twyford, near Winchester, £2.8m. Dream on … only those with mega City bonuses or an existing weekend pad in Monaco need apply. There are 15 buyers for every manor house on the market, forcing the average price of such properties to over £3m. Mildmay House comes with a self-contained flat and office. Photograph: Knight Frank

Beechwood Farm, Tring, Buckinghamshire, £3.25m. Farmhouses are in even greater demand than manor houses with a reported 29 buyers chasing each property in the hotspots of Tunbridge Wells, Ascot and Worcester. Photograph: Knight Frank