Country Property News
Early signs that ‘escape to the country’ momentum is peaking, says Knight Frank
The pace of country house price growth appears to be slowing - but demand continues to outpace supply by some margin.
Record number of stately home owners open doors to the public
20% more historic houses are open to the public now compared to 2009, says Boodle Hatfield.
‘Like stepping into a museum’: Important Arts & Crafts mansion offered for £8m
Norney Grange was designed by celebrated Arts & Crafts architect Charles Voysey, and has been featured in film and TV productions including Netflix's BAFTA-nominated The Dig and 2004 romcom Wimbledon.
Rescue of medieval hall in Gloucestershire scoops top renovation award
Stonewood's 'beautiful & clever' build was the big winner at the 2021 Master Builder Awards.
‘Once in a lifetime’ Scottish estate for sale for the first time in 539 years, asking £23m
A vast and historic Scottish estate in the Cairngorms National Park has come up for sale for the first time since it was bestowed to the Gordon family by King James III in 1482.
Channel Island mansion asks £39.95m, aiming for a new price record
Built in 2014, La Maison de la Vallette on Jersey "ranks as one of the finest private residences to have been created in Britain in recent years."
‘Architecturally brilliant’ Crown Estate grand design pitched at £12.5m
12,000 square foot residence designed by Theis & Khan and Octipi Studio will centre around a Grade II listed timber barn once owned by Prince Leopold I of Belgium.
In Pictures: Five of 2021’s best private client architecture projects
RIBA's national award winners for 2021 showcase 54 of Britain's best new architecture projects - including these five remarkable private homes...
£25m Surrey mansion sparks off-market bidding war
Knight Frank has tucked away £100m worth of property on the Wentworth Estate so far this year, including the spectacular Villa Oman.
In Pictures: Carbon neutral super-homes unveiled in Norfolk
Octagon Park is thought to be the first cluster of detached Passivhaus Plus homes in the UK, and will ‘push the boundaries of residential building performance’
Surrey planners approve a new ‘Para 80’ country house clause project
Manser Medal-winning architecture practice Eldridge has secured approval for a contemporary country mansion in the Surrey Hills, under the newly-updated Paragraph 80 of the NPPF (formerly Para 79).
Londoners buy a record number of homes outside the capital
London leavers bought 85% more homes outside the capital in the first half of this year than in H1 2019.