Snooping around – in pictures

In town: Lincolnshire. This four-bedder in Stamford is huge and graceful, with elegant period features in the bedrooms and three receptions, and views over town. Yours for £585,000, the basement would also make a decent gym. It’s a shame the main garden is across an alley and you have to negotiate separately for parking.
Smiths Gore Photograph: Smiths Gore

In the country: Inverness. This is set in 1.5 acres amid lovely countryside near the hamlet of Daviot, but only nine miles from town. All three bedrooms are doubles, and there is a conservatory off one of the two receptions. Beware that the rough track could be tricky in winter. Cost: £245,000.
Strutt & Parker Photograph: Strutt & Parker

Wreck of the week: Cornwall. This is a two-storey stone barn in Lostwithiel with permission to be a three-bed house. Cattle and haystacks would currently feel at home; humans may desire plumbing and electricity. It is loftily perched in a tiny hamlet with views over farmland, nine miles from the coast, tucked away up a half-mile rough stone track. Yours for £150,000.
Smiths Gore Photograph: Smiths Gore