Family homes with gardens
Three miles from Ipswich is the village of Bramford, where there is a grand Victorian house for sale, built in the 1840s as a hunting lodge. The tall sash windows on the rear of the house, on both levels, look out over the long back lawn, which slopes away. At the foot of the garden is a timber retreat surrounded by mature trees: ginkgo, sycamore and silver birch. Restored by its current owners, the retained period features include ceiling cornicing, restored floorboards and a stained-glass window above the stairwell. The Gripping river runs along the bottom of the village. Inigo 020 3687 3071 Photograph: Inigo.com
Two miles from the Georgian town of Holt, in the village of Bodham, is Church Farmhouse. It is set in 1.2 acres of grounds and with a collection of flint outhouses that have not yet been converted. The brick and flint property is set over three floors and has loads of character: traditional farmhouse kitchen and Aga, and open fireplaces in the 37ft sitting room. There are four bedrooms and three bathrooms on the upper floors. South-west facing, the gardens include wide lawns, flanked by stone walls and flowering borders. Beyond the lawns is an enclosed tennis court with a period barn that serves as a pavilion. Sowerbys 01263 710 777 Photograph: Sowerbys
To the east of the market town of Melton Mowbray (five miles away) and close to the Leicestershire-Nottinghamshire border, is the village of Stapleford. Set in a conservation area is a cottage for sale on the end of a row of eight red-brick almshouses, built in 1732 and set under pantile and thatched roofs. Through the cherry-red painted front door is the living room and dining room to the left, which lead through into the kitchen. Upstairs are three bedrooms. The property has gardens to the front and back, which is mainly lawn, with a mature hawthorn tree and a tall yew hedge, along with a summerhouse and fruit trees. Inigo 020 3687 3071 Photograph: Inigo.com
This three-bedroom, detached house is right for a family with an appetite for renovation. Subject to planning permission, the integrated garage could be transformed into an internal room, and the interiors need updating. There are two partially separated reception rooms running from the big bay window at the front to the back garden – a living room and dining room respectively, with a separate kitchen and a utility room. The street is just a few moments from the River Thames and Sunbury Park and close to Kempton racecourse and the famous antiques market. Dexters 01932 781 100 Photograph: Dexters
Beauty lies in the symmetry of this tall, red brick, five-bedroom farmhouse. Behind brick gate posts, the property lies in four rambling acres of gardens, orchards and a lake. It has five bedrooms, three bathrooms, a games room, a boot room, a cellar and a study. The games room has floor-to-ceiling windows that overlook the lawn. The heart of the home is the farmhouse-style, open plan kitchen-cum-dining room with a wood burning stone, an Aga and a central island. To one side of the house is a timber pergola and a flagstone terrace that wraps around the corner of the property to face the lawn. Morgan Aps 01905 384 848
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