Snooping around – in pictures

In the country: Lincolnshire. This good-looking four-bed ex-farmhouse in Fulbeck, near Grantham, has views of a paddock and lots of downstairs space. But it’s in need of a refurb, and has a shared drive.
On the market for £375,000 through Chesterton Humberts, 01476 514514 Photograph: PR

Wreck of the week: West Sussex. This four-bed stone cottage in Redford, near Midhurst, needs gutting and reconfiguring – £150,000 is a modest forecast on top of the £475,000 asking price. The property is serenely sited in the middle of a wooded common with rustic bliss in all directions, starting with its own half-acre, but an attached neighbour mars the isolation.
Jackson-Stops & Staff, 01730 812357 Photograph: PR

In town: Bristol. It’s a step away from Bristol’s prettiest quarter, Clifton, and is a large chunk of a Victorian semi with two receptions, two double bedrooms and its own private gardens front, back and side. A neighbour has access across front and side gardens.
On the market for £355,000, Knight Frank, 0117 317 1999 Photograph: PR

Dream home: Tyne and Wear. This former pub, a light house and the old lightkeeper’s house (now a council-owned wedding venue) are the only buildings on St Mary’s Island off the North Tyneside town of Whitley Bay and it’s up for sale for the first time in a century. 19th-century graffiti on some of the windowsills and gunshot in the doors illustrate a past as wild as the location. Included in the sale is a rowing boat and a "sweeping brush" to dislodge basking seals that block access to the shore. You can supplement the two bedrooms and reception rooms by refurbishing the attached long room, the barrel house where the beer kegs were once stored and the detached stone cuddy house. When the summer wedding parties disperse, it’s a wild hideway with limitless opportunities for bathing, boating and birdwatching in this site of Special Scientific Interest. The pub is on the market for £425,000.
Sanderson Young, 0191 2130033 Photograph: PR

Grand home: Biggar, Scottish borders, Cambuswallace was built in 1827 and retains a host of original features, including ornate cornicing, flagstone flooring and fireplaces. The property is huge - with eight double bedrooms, three bathrooms, four public rooms and a large family kitchen - but the asking price of offers over £900,000 also includes a two bedroom lodge cottage, stable range and paddocks. Set in six acres of gardens and private grounds. On the market with CKD Galbraith, 01721 722787 Photograph: PR