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

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.

The tower was built as a folly in 1821 with a pretty sitting room on the first floor. The third floor was added in 1943 by the Germans as an observation point, with views in every direction.

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.

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.

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.

Bridge Cottage is an idyllic thatched cottage situated in Peppercombe, a steep and wooded valley through which a stream runs down to a meadow before tumbling to a beach in a fine waterfall.

This third floor apartment has amazing views, through the chimney pots of the town, of Mounts Bay and St. Michael’s Mount.

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.

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.

Hawkers Cottages are a pair of stone, cob and thatched cottages, named after the famous Vicar of Morwenstow, who lived here in the 1820s.

Cowside is an atmospheric base to explore the Yorkshire Dales National Park, a rare survivor from the past both for its unaltered state and the wall paintings in its parlour.

Margells sits in Branscombe, a village that stretches down a picturesque valley towards the sea. The cottage, which we restored in 1976, is a fine example of a thatched 16th-century house.

A castellated and most romantic Gothick retreat overlooking the Usk Valley, cradle of that branch of landscape aesthetics so justly called the Picturesque.

This inn on the Rosslyn estate sits next to the world-famous Chapel, which can be viewed from the sitting room. Its previous guests have included Queen Victoria and William Wordsworth.