This very clever scale model of a French chateau sits on a hill above the River Trent in the middle of the Lincolnshire countryside.

Houghton West Lodge is one of four houses that guard the approaches to Houghton Hall,  one of England’s finest Palladian houses and once home to Britain's first Prime Minister.

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.

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.

This is a self-contained flat in the former residence of the Union’s Steward, an important figure in the famous debating society, the Oxford Union, formed in 1823 to encourage free speech.

This tiny pavilion was a majestic grandstand for the enclosure in front. It is a mature expression in miniature of all that was best in Tudor and Jacobean architecture.

This eighteenth-century Gothic summerhouse sits beside the River Esk near Carlisle. Remote and peaceful, the three large windows in the main room give striking views over the river.

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

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.

Arriving at this thatched and timbered building on foot, the centuries fall away. Inside the late medieval walls survives a hall dating to 1250. The house is surrounded by Suffolk countryside.

Arra Venton was once both chapel and smithy. With its companions, it forms a typical farm hamlet on a green coastal shelf between moors and the Atlantic cliffs just west of St Ives.

Bath Tower is one of eight towers built in Caernarfon’s fortified walls in the late 13th century by King Edward I. Guests enjoy views of the Menai Strait and Caernarfon Castle.

Wolveton Gatehouse was completed during the reign of Henry VIII and was the gatehouse of probably one of Dorset’s finest medieval houses, the Elizabethan part of which is still a family home.

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.