Snooping around – in pictures

Around town: Plymouth, Devon. This Victorian mansion going for £389,950 has been given a chic refit, including a palatial bathroom – one of three serving seven bedrooms. It also has walled gardens and long views across the city. The steps up to the front door are very steep.
Lang and Co Photograph: Lang and Co

In the country: St Ann’s Chapel, near Kingsbridge, Devon. Despite its quaint looks, the cottage is new inside. The hamlet is in an area of outstanding natural beauty close to the sea. For £249,950 it is wedged rather close to the other cottages in this conversion of a site next door to the village pub. The garden is just a courtyard.
Marchand Petit Photograph: Marchand Petit

Wreck of the week: London SW12. A penthouse flat that needs stripping out and a total refit. It’s beside Clapham Common and a stroll to the tube, with views across London’s skyline from its sizable roof terrace. Round here, £479,950 gets you just the one bedroom.
Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward Photograph: Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward

Surreal estate: Great Bardfield, Essex. The fascination of The Cage House, a Grade II-listed, five-bed, detached ­village house, is not so much its period features or beautiful half-acre gardens. It’s that the house is so-named because the 19th century lock-up – the cage – where the village drunk would be left overnight to sober up, sits on the edge of the drive. Now a tiny museum, the cage is run by the Bardfield Historical Society and open free to the public on summer weekends. On sale at £750,000.
Fine & Country Photograph: Fine & Country