Trading up, trading down

Trading up: Lincolnshire. Pevsner was enraptured by the Lincolnshire village of Moulton, and this Georgian house is one of the finest in it. Original wall panelling and window shutters survive in the morning room; French windows lead from the study to expansive gardens; there is an extra sitting area down steps from the living area: and there is a breakfast room in the kitchen. Five bedrooms should absorb the weekend guests who will wish to share your grand new circumstances. On the market for £395,000.
longstaff.com, 01775 766766. Photograph: longstaff.com

Trading up: County Durham. You can recklessly expand your household in this six-bedroom house in the centre of the market town of Wolsingham in County Durham. The three bathrooms alone dwarf the average living room, there are two beautifully groomed, wooden-floored reception rooms with fireplaces, and a conservatory links the refitted kitchen/breakfast room with the long, walled garden. On the market for £395,000.
georgefwhite.co.uk, 01388 527966. Photograph: georgefwhite

Trading down: North Yorkshire. Its charms are even greater inside than out. It’s within the conservation area of Welburn, in an area of outstanding natural beauty in the North Yorkshire hills. The beams and panelling in the sitting room and kitchen have been painted with magazine chic, there’s a working fireplace, two beamed, stylishly renovated bedrooms and an elegant upstairs bathroom. The kitchen is large enough for family breakfasting. On the market for £199,950.
carterjonas.co.uk, 01904 558200. Photograph: carterjonas

Trading down: Norfolk. This is one of a cluster of old fishermens’ cottages in the coastal village of Blakeney. Hollyhocks bloom in summer around the shared courtyard and the quay is a brief stroll away. It has been newly refurbished with Pamment flooring and a wood-burning stove in the living room. There are two bedrooms. Alas, your bit of the courtyard is the only garden you get. On the market for £287,550.
Jackson-Stops.co.uk, 01603 612333. Photograph: Jackson-Stops

Dream home: North Yorkshire. It’s the garden that does it – over a quarter of an acre of lawn leading down the England’s fastest flowing river, the Swale, with 180 degree views over the water. A walled cottage garden shields it from the North Yorkshire village of Brompton-on-Swale to the front, and an orchard lies behind. There are four bedrooms and four reception rooms with handsome helpings of beams and fireplaces, but you might want to sacrifice one of these to create a larger kitchen. On the market for £595,000.
Jackson-Stops.co.uk, 01325 489948. Photograph: Jackson-Stops