Snooping around

Property of the week: Titanic Mills, near Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. This former textile mill on a canal in the Colne Valley is a lesson in green living - and apartments boast a balcony, rustic vistas and en suites to each bedroom. Properties from £200,000. Sales 0845 2701370. Photograph: www.titanic-mill.com/www.titanic-mill.com

Wreck of the week: Glyn Garth, Ynys Mon, Anglesey. OK, so it's tiny (one bedroom), it's tired and it leaks, but this Victorian bathing house - built to serve a now vanished Bishop’s palace - has planning permission for expansion into a four-bedroom house. On sale for £350,000 - the extension will cost at least £100,000. Strutt & Parker 01244 354880. Photograph: Strutt & Parker /Strutt & Parker

Take three: bungalows. Bungalow one is at Shortridge Hall, Warkworth, Northumberland. Built into a listed Victorian wall, this five-bedroom property is one of four adventurous-looking homes erected in the grounds of a private mansion. Life is on a baronial scale - but the east coast mainline passes close by. Price: £775,000. Sanderson Young 01665 600170. Photograph: Sanderson Young /Sanderson Young

Take three: bungalows. Bungalow two in Bassenthwaite, near Keswick, was built in 1900 by a British ex-pat who had worked in India. The three-bedroom home is separated from the rest of the world by half a mile of driveway. The decor is neat, but dated. Price: £735,000. Penrith, Farmers’ & Kidd’s 017687 74546. Photograph: Penrith, Farmers’ & Kidd’s/Penrith, Farmers’ & Kidd’s

Take three: bungalows. Bungalow three is in Shifnal, near Telford, Shropshire. It's an elegant sandstone gatehouse with a reception room, three bedrooms and a bathroom. The grounds of the grange are your backdrop, but it sits intimately close to the A464 to Wolverhampton. Price: £320,000. Balfours 01743 353511. Photograph: Balfours/Balfours