Country Property News
In Pictures: ‘Joyous & eccentric’ Dorset home named UK’s best new house
The Red House, a contemporary family home in rural Dorset by David Kohn Architects, has been named RIBA House of the Year 2022.
Kent planners give Para 80 consent for a contemporary country house on an historic fort site
Holloway Studio has designed an ultra-modern family home near Upnor Castle, securing planning approval via the 'Country House Clause' route - which demands 'truly outstanding' architecture in rural locations.
£15mn price tag for ‘one of the best blue chip generational properties in Jersey’
Le Clos du Coleron was designed as a holiday home for the Boot family - founders of Boots the Chemist - by the renowned architect Arthur B Grayson.
‘One of the most iconic waterfront homes in the South West’: This spectacular Devon house has a private harbour & beach
“Frankly in all of my career I have never seen anything quite like Inverdart Boathouse," says Sarah-Jane Bingham-Chick, head of Savills Exeter; "it really is quite magical."
Country property market continues to surge as ‘more traditional rhythms’ emerge
Britain's country house market continues to romp along at pace, says Knight Frank, as "pent-up demand keeps the race for space alive.
Market towns see property prices dip as the countryside property boom cools
After two years of punchy growth, house prices in 25 regional market towns have fallen by an average of 2% in the last 12 months.
‘Fit for a king’: Trophy development plot in Berkshire pitched at £35mn
King’s Beeches once housed the residence of the Thai royal family, and has planning for two new luxury mansions measuring a combined 65,000 sq ft.
Prime country house price growth cools sharply as supply improves
Britain's country house market "is normalising" after a two-year pandemic-driven boom, suggests Knight Frank as price growth peaks.
Contemporary reinvention of a period farmyard creates ‘a house of rare distinction’ in Hampshire
In Pictures: A listed 17th-century farmhouse has been joined to an 18th-century threshing barn via a contemporary "architectural intervention" in Hampshire's South Downs, creating an "entirely unique"…
‘Extremely unique’ Cheshire mansion offered for rent
Eccleston Paddocks "really is a once in a generation opportunity to live in one of the UK’s most beautiful homes," says Savills.
Watch: Fire-gutted stately home to be reinvented as ‘an x-ray of a great house’
A fire-ravaged historic mansion in Surrey is to be reinvented as an ambitious "x-ray" of a Georgian stately home by the National Trust.
In Pictures: The 29 best-designed buildings of the year
RIBA's National Award Winners represent the UK’s best new buildings and provide an insight into the UK’s latest design and economic trends.