Country Property News
Vendors prepare to come off the sidelines as prime country house market beats expectations
'There is a window of opportunity for buyers and sellers as the economy settles and before a UK general election is called,' says Knight Frank, as the firm predicts a further 3% 'recalibration' for country…
‘Landmark transaction’ sees £25mn Norfolk stately home sell within weeks
After an award-winning restoration programme, Wolterton Hall has been sold on the open market for the first time in the estate’s 300 year history.
Proposed planning change would ‘destroy’ national parks, warn critics
"It is one of the most bonkers examples of environmental destruction I could think of," says the CEO of the Yorkshire Dales national park, as the government seeks view on "giving farmers greater freedom…
In Pictures: Presidential Shropshire estate asks £4.5mn
"This magnificent estate is, quite simply, one of the finest in north Shropshire," says Savills.
Prime country houses post biggest price drop since the GFC
...but high numbers of cash buyers are keeping the top-end moving.
‘Archetypal English country estate’ in Hampshire asks £15mn
Woodcote 'carefully balances a sense of grandeur with the needs of modern family life and is steeped in architectural and local history', says Savills.
In Pictures: American retailer transforms English stately home into an extraordinary furniture showroom
RH has grand plans to build a global luxury interior design and retail empire beyond the USA - starting with the transformation of a stately home in Oxfordshire.
Cotswold manor house on major Roman Villa site seeks £7.85mn
Hints of Roman heritage shine through in this 'quite magical' Gloucestershire family home.
National Trust buys Lutyens & Jekyll masterpiece in Surrey
Designed by Edward Lutyens for influential garden designer Gertrude Jekyll, Munstead Wood 'is an 11-acre horticultural gem', says the new owner - which plans to open the Arts & Crafts house and grounds…
Historic Herefordshire estate hits the market after ‘a quite extraordinary renovation’
The Sir William Chambers-designed Poston House has been meticulously refurbished at the hands of Francis Sultana, creating an outstanding country estate - which is now on the market.
Developer secures £7.4mn to build two new luxury homes on ‘exceptional’ Marlow site
Two significant new detached houses are to built on a 15 acre site in a Buckinghamshire Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.