Top 8 Homes for Sale Featuring Stunning Fireplaces
Ayton Castle, Berwickshire
This renovated castle, constructed in 1845, boasts formal gardens featuring a narrow-gauge railway. The property showcases ornately moulded ceilings and impressive grand fireplaces. It includes 17 bedrooms, 9 bathrooms, 3 state rooms, 2 lodges, 4 estate houses, a stable yard with 3 flats, fishing rights on the Eye Water, and spans 160 acres.
Price: £3.25m Knight Frank 0131-222 9606.
Newington House, Newington, Wallingford, Oxfordshire
A Grade II-listed 17th-century palazzo that offers six bedrooms, a five-bedroom manor house, and a two-bedroom coach house. Situated within 43 acres of beautifully landscaped gardens complete with a lake, swimming pool, and tennis court. The home features large open fireplaces adorned with carved marble surrounds.
Price: £16m Savills 020-7016 3780.
Falconers, Moult Hill, Salcombe, Devon
This Grade II-listed manor house was originally built in 1925 as a showpiece for the British Empire Exhibition, later dismantled and reconstructed in its present location. It is distinguished by leaded-light stained-glass windows and a full-height great hall featuring a galleried landing and a grand fireplace. The estate comprises 8 bedrooms, 6 bathrooms, 3 reception rooms, a study, an office, outbuildings, gardens, a paddock, a helipad, and 7 acres.
Price: £5.5m Knight Frank 01392-423111.
Hoofield Hall, Clotton Hoofield, Chester
A Grade II-listed restored 17th-century former farmhouse that was extended in 1870. It preserves its exposed beams and polished blue-brick flooring in the kitchen, along with a brick inglenook fireplace in the living room. Amenities include 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 3 reception rooms, a breakfast kitchen, a sitting room that doubles as a sixth bedroom, a double garage with a games room, a pergola, a summerhouse, gardens, and 10 acres.
Price: £2.5m Jackson-Stops 01244-328361.
Tallentire Hall, Tallentire, Cockermouth, Cumbria
A Grade II-listed Victorian manor positioned on the edge of the Lake District National Park. The south wing dates back to 1590, while the tower originates from 1290. Highlights include a solid oak staircase, original tiled floors, magnificent fireplaces, and a study with a curved wall. The property offers 11 bedrooms, 7 bathrooms, a reception room, kitchen, conservatory, 2 cottages, an additional cottage available by separate negotiation, a Victorian stable block, and 11 acres.
Price: £1.75m Fine & Country 01228-583109.
Newton House, Newton-in-the-Isle, Cambridgeshire
This restored Grade II-listed Georgian house is set amid expansive gardens. It features grand open fireplaces, a kitchen that flows into a family room, and a bespoke conservatory. Additional features comprise 5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 reception rooms, a study, a barn, orchards, paddocks, woodland, and 4.65 acres.
Price: £1.1m Sowerbys 01553-766741.
Palm Cottage, Loose, Kent
This Grade II-listed 15th-century house may have originally served as the village bakery. Surrounded by gardens that feature a pond, it showcases exposed timber studs, flagstone floors, and a country kitchen equipped with an Aga. The home includes one large inglenook fireplace spanning the width of a wall and another with its original stone seat. It has 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 reception rooms, a garden room, and a garage with loft space above.
Price: £875,000 Inigo 020-3687 3071.
Boreham Grange, Warminster, Wiltshire
A period property located on the outskirts of Warminster, enveloped by landscaped gardens that include a summer house and a Grade II-listed stable. It features stone-mullion windows, parquet floors, a panelled reception hall with a large Tudor-style fireplace fitted with a wood-burning stove, and a kitchen with an Aga. The estate provides 6 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, 3 reception rooms, a study, a kitchenette, cellar, attic, outbuilding, and 1.4 acres.
Price: £1.5m Strutt & Parker 01722-344018.
