Country Property News

Top-end country house refurb specialists have seen enquiries double in the last year, and there's no sign of slowdown.

Johnson Design Partnership has won a rare Para 79 approval for a striking contemporary country house in Shropshire's green belt.

The Clees Hall Estate on the Essex/Suffolk border has been fully renovated and comes with its own airstrip and small vineyard.

Either "put your running shoes by the door" so you can jump on viewings instantly, says Clare Coode of Stacks Property Search in Cornwall, or "wait till the froth dies down".

The imposing Yarner Estate was once a popular hunting ground for the likes of Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward VI and Queen Mary. It's now on the market for the first time in over 50 years.

Chichester-based developer Jenny Prager has joined Jennie Hancock Property Acquisitions as a buying agent.

Reliance Industries, owned by Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani, has acquired the James Wyatt-designed Stoke Park in Buckinghamshire.

How businesses do business and employees live their lives in the brave new world will shape both the London and country residential markets, writes PV's Charlie Ellingworth.

It appears that Saudi Prince Bandar bin Sultan has sold Glympton Park in Oxfordshire to the King of Bahrain.

Back to work plans are boosting demand for town and city homes, says Savills, but the country house and coastal property markets are still riding high.

“The search for space is far from over but the trend has a more urban flavour now,” says Knight Frank research chief Tom Bill. “A

Higham House was reputedly visited by Henry VIII, and now features a show-stopping swimming pool complex.