Ascog House is situated on the sheltered east coast of the Isle of Bute. With elegant and airy principal rooms on the first floor, it is a typical 17th-century laird’s house.

Recently restored, Belmont is a fine 18C villa in Lyme Regis which has been owned by pioneering business woman, Eleanor Coade, and author, John Fowles.

Crownhill Fort was built in the 1860s to protect Plymouth. It's situated at one of the highest points in Plymouth, with half a mile of tunnels below. Today you stay in the Officers’ Quarters.

Llwyn Celyn is an exceptionally important medieval house that sits in the beautiful Llanthony Valley in the Black Mountains.

Saddell Castle, built in the early 16th-century, looks out across the Kilbrannan Sound to the Isle of Arran in a magnificent location on Saddell Bay.

Elton House is in the very centre of Bath, close to the abbey. It is a handsome and spacious Georgian building, one that you can imagine characters from Jane Austen novels emerging from.

This Regency country house with great charm is deep in the Suffolk countryside. The well-stocked library, grand dining room and gracious bedrooms offer an elegant experience.

Goddards was designed by Edwin Lutyens in 1898, with a garden by Gertrude Jekyll. It is considered to be one of Lutyens' most important early houses.

A large classical villa built for the Heaven family which looks down a wooded valley and out to sea.

The walls of a Roman villa dated to about 60BC survive up to the middle floor of the present house, itself begun around 850AD. Shuttered windows open onto the valley, the waterfall and Tivoli.

A fine example of a Scottish country villa, Auchinleck House was built around 1760 for the 8th Laird of Auchinleck. The grand architecture combines classical purity with baroque exuberance.

Fort Clonque was built in the 1850s as a defensive outpost against an expanding French navy. Today, you reach your dramatic holiday setting by causeway and a drawbridge, surrounded by waves.

The grand Saddell House commands and overlooks the centre of Saddell Bay with wide views of the Isle of Arran on one side and up the glen on the other.

Set around a courtyard, this monumental stables has the feel of a college or even, on a sunny day, an Italian piazza. Enjoy views of the rolling Devon countryside through the high windows.

Wortham Manor is a beautiful medieval and Tudor house of the highest status, built by an aspiring gentleman. The North porch leading to the great hall has been dated to 1450.