A medieval timber-framed building sitting on the church green at Clare, an unspoilt Suffolk market town. This welcoming and comfortable house exudes history.

The Birdhouse was designed in 1783 by the architect James Wyatt in a spectacular natural setting that could serve to define the Picturesque movement. Today, it is a romantic hideaway for two.

The Chapel is a tiny grey granite building in the rural hamlet of Lettaford, a settlement on the edge of Dartmoor that has been lived in since at least 1300.

Built in 1830, Clavell Tower stands high on the cliffs overlooking one of the most striking bays on the Dorset coast. Its location has captivated many including Thomas Hardy and PD James.

Our restoration of Danescombe Mine was one of the earliest conversions of an industrial building into a house. The result is a wonderful exotic hybrid in a wooded valley leading to the Tamar.

A fairytale cottage in a wild and beautiful glen, this diminutive former schoolroom makes a perfect hideaway or writing retreat for two, or even one.

A fine, two-storey Jacobean porch salvaged from a great house once beloved of the poet and playwright John Dryden but now lost.

The Summerhouse stands in beautiful woodland on the Shuttleworth Estate. The outstandingly fine brickwork of this foursquare folly is likely to date from the early 18th century.

This beautiful little pavilion has two distinct faces and has a breath-taking panorama. Approached from the wood, this rustic cottage with a thatched roof houses an elegant interior.

No.1 Shore Cottages is one of a terrace of simple fishermen’s dwellings reached by footbridge. Its front door opens onto the beach overlooking a beautiful cove, a favourite of birds and seals.

This tiny building is a miraculous survival, a medieval well chapel. It is built above an ancient and venerated spring that feeds three linked pools and that is still flowing today.

This simple and evocative cottage, from around 1840, was built to serve one of the monumental pumping engines that sprang up as the Steam Age took on the challenge of draining the Fenland.

Ty Uchaf means ‘the top’ or ‘highest’ house. It sits at the head of a valley above Betws-y-Coed. A datestone for 1685 was found in the tumbledown pigsty.

Built in the 17th century, the Warren House was home to the warrener of the estate. In the 18th century a decorative facade was added by Vanbrugh, Thomas Archer or Robert Adam.

At the top of the hamlet of Coombe, Mill House overlooks the bubbling stream.