Snooping around – in pictures

In town: East Anglia. This is newly renovated and set in Norwich’s coveted Golden Triangle area, and is yours for £395,000. It has two receptions, four bedrooms and a study, and retains original fireplaces and shutters. It’s a shame the back garden is small and there is no designated parking.
Abbotts
Photograph: Abbotts

In the country: South Ayrshire. Recently renovated and on the market for £160,000, this sits on the edge of the riverside village of Barr, near Girvan, with views over the Stinchar valley. It has three bedrooms, although the third is the size of a box room, and 0.17 acres of land with outbuildings.
CKD Galbraith
Photograph: CKD Galbraith

Wreck of the week: Oxfordshire. Despite being barely habitable – about £100,000 is needed to sort it out – this two-bed 18th-century toll house could be well worth it. It’s in the handsome village of Tetsworth, near Thame, in a good school catchment area and has space to expand in the back garden. It does, however, front on to a main road and the Grade II-listing will inhibit any drastic plans. Cost: £220,000.
Hamptons
Photograph: Hamptons

Dream home: West Sussex. Lilliput Lane, the model company, still sells a miniature of this early 15th-century house, renaming it Gossip Gate. Once a tavern and a bakery it is one of the oldest buildings in the village of Lancing, near Brighton, and heavy beams, an inglenook, a bread oven and multiple fireplaces chart its progress through the centuries. Gradual enlargements have created four receptions, three bedrooms and a dressing room, while outside is a decent spread of garden. Yours for £650,000.
Jackson-Stops & Staff, 01903 885886
Photograph: Jackson-Stops & Staff