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

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

Listed Grade II*, the dairy was conceived to represent a tiny Italianate chapel topped with a bell tower, and with four corner pavilions.

Whiteford Temple is an ornamental granite folly with views towards the Tamar Estuary. It was built in the 18th century for Sir John Call, a military engineer who had made a fortune in India.

Mill House dates from 1700 and is mainly built of stone with a thatched and slated roof. No. 1 is the slightly larger of two cottages and has a wide fireplace in the sitting room.

Situated in the rolling landscape behind Hadrian’s Wall, Causeway House was built in 1770 as a farmhouse. Causeway remains the only house in Northumberland still thatched in heather.

Church Cottage was the very first Landmark acquired by Sir John Smith in 1965. A Victorian cottage,it is cosy accommodation in a beautiful part of Wales.

The Farmhouse is perched on a Cornish clifftop, typical of the farm hamlets that dot this area. The windows look out over the moors on one side and the wide Atlantic Ocean on the other.

The House of Correction, built in 1611, sits on the site of a medieval castle. A small prison such as this was intended to house minor offenders, today, only the grand entrance survives.

Situated on the Worcester and Birmingham Canal, Lock Cottage was built between 1790 and 1815. Many lock cottages were ruthlessly demolished during the 1950s, making this a rare survivor.

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.

One of the few medieval church houses to survive, the Parish House was built in about 1500, with fine views from the windows of the main room of the 15th-century church.

The Pineapple is one of our most unusual-looking Landmarks; an elaborate two-storey summerhouse with a pineapple-shaped dome. It is an eccentric work of genius with the finest masonry.

From the time the Priest’s House was built around 1500, it played a central part in community life as both a village hall and local inn, hosting visitors and village feasts on saints’ days.