Snooping around: Homes near great pubs

Property of the week: Ironbridge, Shropshire. This piece of beautiful Victoriana has views over the gorge to Europe’s first iron bridge - you’re just a couple of minutes’ stroll away from this world heritage site. Inside, three of the four bedrooms have cast-iron fireplaces, there’s an inglenook in the kitchen/diner, and long sash windows and woodblock flooring throughout. Dramatic views stretch from the four-tiered garden Cost: £329,950.
Nock Deighton, 01952 432533 Photograph: Nock Deighton/Nock Deighton

Wreck of the week: Hayle, Cornwall. This Edwardian house - with a guide price of £300,000 - is derelict and possibly doomed. It’s built of shuttered concrete - £100,000 may restore it for the short term, but you could build something in its place for £300,000. It’s close to the beach and soon-to-be-revamped harbour, and has 2.75 acres of land. Similar-sized estates around here fetch £750,000. You won’t raise a mortgage on the current structure.
Miller & Son, 01326 213238 Photograph: Miller & Son/Miller & Son

Take three: homes near great pubs. This Victorian semi near Saffron Walden, Essex, overlooks the village green across which sits the Cricketers, Jamie Oliver’s parents’ pub. £375,000 buys you a large living room with a fireplace and two box bay windows, two receptions, a kitchen/breakfast room, utility room, two bedrooms, two bathrooms, a garage and workshop. Outside there is a generous garden with a stylish brick patio.
Mullucks Wells, 01799 520520 Photograph: Mullucks Wells/Mullucks Wells

Take three: homes near great pubs. This is a budget foothold in the Strand-on-the-Green conservation area in west London. For £325,000 you get an open-plan reception room/kitchen, a bedroom and a bathroom. The house has been glamorously renovated and there is a decked courtyard garden. Next door is the Bell & Crown, a waterfront pub once used by smugglers. This is, however, one of the smallest freehold detached houses in west London - it’s 8ft wide.
Riverhomes.co.uk, 020 8995 0500 Photograph: Riverhomes.co.uk/Riverhomes.co.uk

Take three: homes near great pubs. Three pubs are a few minutes’ amble down the lane from this three-bedder near Etchingham, East Sussex, including Rudyard Kipling’s favourite watering hole, the Bell Inn. For £585,000 you get two reception rooms, a galley kitchen, larder, bathroom and carport. There is unspoilt period allure in the two inglenooks, exposed timbers and wooden floors, while outside lushly planted gardens offer spectacular views.
Freeman Forman, 01435 883800 Photograph: Freeman Forman/Freeman Forman