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.

Castle Cottage was built against the Castle Keep by the Post Office in 1887 as a cable station. This cosy cottage has spectacular coastal views and is the ideal place to explore Lundy's beauty.

A clock tower overlooking the Exe estuary, ‘like a sleek racing yacht turned through 90 degrees and planted in the beach.’

The Pigsty’s classical design was supposedly inspired by Squire Barry’s travels around the Mediterranean in the 1880s and offers striking views of Robin Hood’s Bay.

A Georgian folly within an outstanding Picturesque garden, the Ruin was built in about 1766. On the edge of a steep wooded gorge, it was one of several buildings scattered across the gardens.

Canons Ashby is a 16th century house, hardly touched since 1710. Our Landmark is at the top of a tower, and its light and pretty rooms have views of the beautifully restored gardens.

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.

One of three Landmarks in the remote upland hamlet Rhiwddion, Ty Capel was built in 1860 for the slate quarrying community that once lived and worked here.

Bush Cottage is a quintessential English cottage sat alone in amongst verdant rolling hills. With a front door framed in roses, it was built of timber felled in 1548.

Coed y Bleiddiau is a small railway cottage at a remote private halt on the restored Ffestiniog & West Highland Railway.

Freston Tower is a six-storey Tudor folly that looks out over the River Orwell. There is a single room on each floor with the sitting room at the top to take advantage of the unrivalled views.

This 18th-century cottage was attached to one of Wales's shrines of Nonconformity, the Maesyronnen Chapel. It sits on a high shelf above the Wye looking out across the Black Mountains.

Villa dei Vescovi is a Renaissance villa nestled in the vineyards and orchards of the Euganean Hills. One of two rooftop apartments, with views of the elegant orchards.

Villa dei Vescovi is a Renaissance villa nestled in the vineyards and orchards of the Euganean Hills. One of two rooftop apartments, with views of the elegant orchards.

A fisherman’s cottage, on an exceptional medieval abbey site in a tiny and exclusive sandy cove between Portofino and Camogli.