Snooping around: Homes with tennis courts

Property of the week: Fulham, London. Chelsea’s “Italian village” was created in 1925 by the sculptor Mario Manenti, who bought two Victorian houses and modelled them on artistic communities near his Florence home. The whitewashed walls, lantern-lit lawns, grapevines and walnut trees mean you don’t need artistic imagination to think you’re in a rustic hideaway. Two large rooms and a couple of cellars are your lot. Cost: £575,000.
Chesterton, 020 7384 9898 Photograph: Chesterton/Chesterton

Wreck of the week: Abbey Street, Carlisle. Previous subsidence means underpinning is required at this three-bedroom, grade II-listed town house. In addition, the generous attic rooms and stair access don’t conform with building regulations, and it needs rewiring, replumbing and a new heating system and fittings. Budget for about £100,000 on top of the £150,000 asking price. Only chain-free, ready-to-proceed purchasers will be considered.
Hayward Tod, 01228 810300 Photograph: Hayward Tod/Hayward Tod

Take three: homes with tennis courts. This converted stable block sits in the former grounds of a priory near Kirbymoorside in North Yorkshire. Half of the copious back garden has been turned into a hard court, with room for a patio and lawn. Inside are two receptions, a conservatory, a kitchen, a cloakroom, four bedrooms, two bathrooms and a garage. A neighbour is attached to one side, and it could do with an update. Yours for £395,000.
Illingworth-Wood, 01751 431107 Photograph: Illingworth-Wood/Illingworth-Wood

Take three: homes with tennis courts. The biggest dilemma at this three-bedder in Duncton, West Sussex, is whether to limber up on the tennis court or idle around the lake and orchards in the 85 acres of shared grounds that once belonged to a stately home. For £595,000 and a £400 a month service charge you get two receptions, a kitchen/breakfast room and three beds. A balcony and french doors in the sitting room look to the South Downs.
Jackson-Stops & Staff, 01730 812357 Photograph: Jackson-Stops & Staff/Jackson-Stops & Staff

Take three: homes with tennis courts. The sitting room of this four-bedder in Gillingham, Dorset, used to be the summerhouse to a 14th-century manor, now divided into apartments. Inside is a reception room, a kitchen/breakfast room, a utility room and two bathrooms. Outside, six acres of the old grounds are for communal use with a tennis court, swimming pool, croquet pitch and lake. It’s immaculate but dated, and yours for £525,000.
Jackson-Stops & Staff, 01747 850858 Photograph: Jackson-Stops & Staff/Jackson-Stops & Staff