Yahoo Finance Property: 12 lush properties with picture-perfect gardens
Now that the weather’s finally improving and with the upcoming RHS Chelsea Flower Show to inspire you, there’s really no excuse for not getting your garden looking its best. If you can’t face the thought of landscaping, planting and waiting for everything to grow, why not find a home that’s already blessed with a beautiful garden? From contemporary courtyards to country estates, all these properties for sale boast impressive outside spaces. But unless you have green fingers and plenty of spare time, remember to budget for a gardener.
1. Harborne, Birmingham, £975,000
This immaculate house was designed by noted local architect Holland William Hobbiss and has five double bedrooms, two bathrooms, a spacious kitchen/diner and three reception rooms. Both the lounge and dining room open out into the south-west facing landscaped garden, with a large wide patio, manicured lawns, ornate topiary and a central water feature. There’s even a bar and seating area where you can unwind with a cold beer after a spot of pruning. Through Hunters.
2. Betchworth, Surrey, £1.6m
Few homes lend themselves to entertaining quite like this five-bedroom converted mill, as it benefits from three reception rooms, a big basement – which could be used as a wine cellar and games room – and a fantastic garden with a waterfall flowing into a brook. The current owners extended the outside space by buying the orchard on the far side of the stream and love throwing parties with drinks, dinners and dancing beside the water. They’re leaving care instructions so that the new occupants can continue to enjoy as much as they have. Via Fine & Country.
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3. Ettington, Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire, £1.65m
Stamford Hall Farmhouse is the main house in a small development of five converted dwellings. There are five bedrooms, three reception rooms, a vaulted kitchen/breakfast room and an office, though the layout could easily be rejigged. The eight acres of grounds include a paddock, courtyard a and a partly walled garden with a wide expanse of level lawn flanked by borders filled with established plants. Contact Pritchard & Company.
4. Crowcombe, Taunton, Somerset, £1.65m
Set in the midst of the Quantock Hills, Middle Halsay is a 16th century four-bedroom farmhouse that’s been sensitively modernised while retaining original features such as panelling fireplaces, exposed timber beams and stone walls. It comes with a self-contained one-bedroom annex, a two-bedroom coach house run as a holiday let, a thatched summer house and medieval barn, a heated outdoor swimming pool, stables, equestrian facilities and 11 acres of land and is surrounded by secluded ornate gardens, rolling lawns, colourful borders and paved terraces for al fresco dining. Via Strutt & Parker.
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5. Teignmouth, Devon, £2m
A gorgeous garden with large, landscaped terraces on two levels is among the many highlights of Buddleford House, which sits above Teignmouth with views out to sea. Although it looks like a period property, it was built in the mid-1980s and includes a huge principal bedroom suite on the second floor, four further bedrooms, a kitchen/breakfast room, utility, dining room, sitting room and study. Available through Dart & Partners.
6. Compton, Winchester, £2.1m
So cute you almost want to give it a hug, this four-bedroom timber-framed thatched house dates from the 17th century and was enlarged in the 19th when the garden was laid out in an Arts and Crafts style. Combining both formal and informal areas, you’ll find clipped yew hedges, topiary, abundantly planted borders, a pond, croquet lawn, wildflower meadows and fruit trees. Find out more from Knight Frank
7. Brighton, East Sussex, £2.495m
This fully-renovated Regency house is flooded with light and its claim to fame is that it starred in ad campaign for The White Company. An open plan kitchen/dining room, utility and office/gym are on the lower ground floor, a double sitting room and family room are at raised ground level, and three bedrooms and three bathrooms occupy the upper two floors. These are complemented by a Mediterranean-style walled courtyard garden with palm trees, a water feature – and no grass to mow. Through Winkworth.
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8. Lymington, Hampshire, £2.6m
18th century Elm Grove House is known locally for its wisteria-clad exterior and curvy serpentine wall, believed to have been built by prisoners of war in the early 1800s. It has a dining room, sitting room, study, family room, a modern kitchen, three bedrooms a one-bedroom annex and south facing garden with well-stocked beds providing colour throughout the year. Apparently, the lawn was once a parade ground. Find out more from John D Wood.
9. Ullenwood, Gloucestershire, £2.65m
The Lodge at Dryhill consists of a contemporary four-bedroom Cotswold stone house and an 18th century barn annex, in a secluded setting with countryside views in every direction. The meadow garden is based on that at Hauser & Wirth, a pioneering arts complex in Somerset. For more information, contact Butler Sherborn.
10. Frampton, Lincolnshire, £2.7m
Eight-bedroom modern mansion Cedar House lies in over two and a half acres of gardens designed by Chelsea Flower Show gold medallist Steven Welsh. They’re divided into a number of separate areas: a main walled garden with an elevated lawn overlooking the lake, a sunken kitchen garden, a swimming pool and terrace, a copse and an enclave for exercising the dog. Through Poyntons.
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11. The Sky Apartments, Battersea Power Station, London, from £7m
For a unique perspective on London, check out these dual-aspect, duplex apartments positioned between the four chimneys on top of this iconic structure. They’re centred around Boiler House Square, a new residents’ only garden, and each has its own private garden accessed via a retractable roof and created by accomplished Chelsea Flower Show medal winner Andy Sturgeon and LDA Design. The three designs, based on different parts of the Power Station’s industrial heritage – air, water and fire – dictated the layouts and choice of planting. Contact Battersea Power Station.
12. Knightsbridge, London £19.995m
Small but absolutely stunning, the outside space of this six-storey, six-bedroom townhouse was conceived with colour and theatricality in mind. Inspired by the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, it incorporates a running waterfall and pond, wall climber plants, concealed coloured lighting and huge exterior mirrors to enhance space and light. The interior décor takes its cue from Venetian palazzi, featuring lavish plasterwork and marble throughout. Via Beauchamp Estates.
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