House prices: Where in the UK you can get a mansion for £1 million
06-02-2016
If you had £1m to spend on a house, what would you be looking for?
A farmhouse in the countryside, or a grand manor in Scotland? Acres of land or the perfect location? All for the same price as a shoebox in Mayfair.
Take a look at our selection of 16 of the most stunning £1m mansions on the market in the UK...
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Eardington Manor, Bridgnorth, Shropshire
This Georgian country manor boasts four reception rooms, 12 bedrooms, stables, a paddock, swimming pool and more than four acres of land.
The mansion is in the heart of the village of Eardington, Shropshire, which is roughly one mile south of the market town of Bridgnorth.
Eardington is believed to have been inhabited by humans for thousands of years and an Iron Age settlement has been unearthed close to the village.
Guide price: Excess of £1,000,000
Hannaford House, Barnstaple, North Devon
Grade II-listed Hannaford House is about three miles from Barnstaple and is set in the rolling wooded North Devon countryside.
Featuring a walled garden, heated swimming pool and an attached rear wing, the 4,300 sq ft home comes with seven acres of land.
There are also outbuildings and, beneath the gardens, a stream runs at the property’s southern boundary.
Guide price: £1,000,000
Pyne Farm, Crediton, Devon
This five-bedroom farmhouse is Grade II-listed and comes with an incredible 47 acres in total, which is available as a whole or in three lots.
The property is surrounded by a number of similar farmsteads and the land lies either side of a valley, which has a stream running through it at the bottom.
It is seven and a half miles from Crediton and about 15 miles from Exeter.
Guide price: £995,000.
Westhanger, Cleeve, North Somerset
Westhanger features views to the Welsh coast and is four and a half miles from Bristol Airport. It has six bedrooms, five reception rooms, four bathrooms and is a Grade II-listed building.
The house was built in 1820 at the end of the Regency period and is described in Pevsner’s Buildings of England as “a handsome neo-classical house”.
Guide price: £1,050,000
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Oaklawn, Malvern, Worcestershire
Oaklawn is just a short walk away from the shops and train station of Malvern in Worcestershire and is built of mellow honey coloured Bath stone.
The partly-walled garden includes plum trees and soft fruit while there is a greenhouse at the back of the three-storey house.
Guide price: £1,000,000
Glebe Cottage, Hound Green, Hampshire
This cottage, which sits on the edge of the Hound Green hamlet in Hampshire, is thought to date back to the 1700s and has had Victorian and 1960s additions.
Hound Green is near the villages of Mattingley and Heckfield, and is just over three miles away from Winchfield station, which has regular services to London Waterloo.
It has two bathrooms and the kitchen - where the original cottage is believed to have been located - is fitted with a solid fuel Aga.
Guide price: £1,100,000
Kirkhouse, Traquair, Scottish borders
This historic family house dates back to the mid-18th century and comes with stabling, a tennis court and more than eight acres of land.
The home has recently been altered to accommodate a two-bedroom annex which has its own family kitchen, log stove, living room and conservatory.
Kirkhouse, which is around seven miles east of Peebles and 30 miles south of Edinburgh, also boasts a tennis court and a practice wall.
Guide price: Over £1,100,000
Hollycroft, Bessels Meadow, Sevenoaks
This five-bed detached family house offers a double garage, five bedrooms and three reception rooms and is located in an exclusive residential development in Bessels Green, to the north of Sevenoaks.
It also has its own swimming pool, while there is parking for several cars on a tarmac driveway.
Guide price: £1,000,000
Monkwood, Colinton, Edinburgh
This four-bedroom home, built in 1906, has had only three owners in 100 years and features a workshop and a three-car garage.
The house is nestled in the village of Colinton, which is just a few miles to the south west of Edinburgh and has become a popular and exclusive place for substantial family homes in the area.
Guide price: In excess of £1,050,000
The Old Rectory, Buckerell, Devon
This house was built in 1829 when Edward Coleridge, the first cousin of the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, extended it from a three-roomed house into a large Georgian Rectory.
The house, which has a tennis court and boasts stunning views over the Devon hills, used to be a schoolhouse and has both a piggery and a paddock.
It is three miles from Honiton and 16 miles from Exeter.
Guide price: In excess of £995,000
Park House, Budleigh Salterton, Devon
With six bedrooms and a rich history, the renovated Park House in Budleigh Salterton is one of the most important buildings in the town, according to estate agents Strutt & Parker.
It used to be the home of Vice Admiral George Preedy, who laid the transatlantic cable in 1858, and is only a five minute walk from the South West Coastal Path, the footpath which stretches 630 miles from Minehead to Poole Harbour.
Guide price: £1,000,000
The Old Manor, Longdon-upon-Tern, Shropshire
The Old Manor in Shropshire has a paddock, six bedrooms, four bathrooms and a courtyard, while planning permission has also been granted for a double garage.
The little village of Longdon-upon-Tern is seven miles from Telford, 11 miles from Shrewsbury and 23 miles from Wolverhampton, while the grounds extend to just over three acres.
Guide price: £1,100,000
Ivy House, Christleton, Chester
This Grade II-listed house is set over three floors and is situated within the village of Christleton, near Chester.
It includes a garaging workshop and five bedrooms and its pristine gardens are laid out in different sections around the house.
Ivy House is around 30 miles from both Liverpool and Manchester airports, and is just two miles from Chester.
Guide price: £995,000
Lynch Court, Eardisland, Herefordshire
This 17th-century mansion features a wildlife pond, tennis court and a remarkable 12 bedrooms.
It is set in around nine acres of gardens on the outskirts of the village of Eardisland, which is about five miles west of the market town of Leominster in Herefordshire. It is 14 miles from Hereford and 18 from Ludlow.
Guide price: £1,100,000
The Manor, Abbotts Ann, Hampshire
This Grade II-listed Georgian property was built by Thomas “Diamond” Pitt of the East India Company in 1719 and is attached to an adjoining house which used to be cottages for the Manor’s staff.
The house boasts a nursery alongside its master bedroom, and Abbotts Ann is just couple of miles away from Andover.
Guide price: £1,100,000