Tales from the Country: ‘The plum among Dorset houses’ and other stellar sales of 2015

An enormous 16th century pile on the edge of Dartmoor - considered to be one of the south west's finest specimens - has been sold for a reported £2m.

The specialist heritage developer behind last year's dramatic £25m swoop on the former Police College at Bramshill has been confirmed as the buyer of four historic former prisons across the UK.

One of Greenwich’s biggest private houses has just been sold after hitting the market for a record £3.75m.