Hot property: five English conversions available to buy now
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Penthouse, London, £3mn
What A two-bedroom exposed-brick penthouse formed from two converted 19th-century warehouses that once stored ship sails. The apartment is one of five that sit above two offices, and has an allocated parking space.
Where In Shad Thames, an area close to Tower Bridge on the south bank of the river. The property is within a 15-minute walk of London Bridge’s railway and Underground connections.
Why The views. Doors from the principal bedroom, situated on a mezzanine that overlooks the open-plan living space, lead on to a terrace with a panorama of the city skyline including The Shard skyscraper.
Who Knight Frank
House, Wiltshire, £4.5mn
What A seven-bedroom country house converted in the 1930s from an 18th-century farmhouse and barns plus an older chapel. The property also has an adjoining two-bedroom cottage and a heated outdoor swimming pool.
Where On the banks of the river Avon, a five-minute drive west of the town of Amesbury and about 25 minutes north of the cathedral city of Salisbury.
Why The six-acre grounds include gardens designed by British landscape architect Tom Stuart-Smith, who has won nine gold medals at the Chelsea Flower Show.
Who Strutt & Parker
Penthouse, Essex, £425,000
What A penthouse apartment across two floors in a Grade II-listed former church that dates from the 19th century. One of the property’s four bedrooms is off a mezzanine, accessed via a spiral staircase. There are communal gardens.
Where In the town of Halstead, about a half-hour’s drive north-west of Colchester; London Stansted airport is 35 minutes by car.
Why A snug off the open-plan kitchen-dining/living space features a vaulted ceiling and nine original stained glass windows.
Who Leaders
House, Wiltshire, offers over £1mn
What A Grade II-listed 18th-century barn converted into a home in 2009. One of the six bedrooms is an en suite room on the ground floor.
Where In Collingbourne Kingston, a village about 15 minutes’ drive south of the market town of Marlborough. It is 20 minutes by car to Marlborough College, the private boarding school.
Why The original wooden beams survive throughout and are particularly striking in the main sitting area of the open-plan living space.
Who Carter Jonas
House, Teddington, £3.75mn
What A former Victorian working men’s club converted and extended to create a double-fronted, five-bedroom house. There is a home office on a mezzanine overlooking the kitchen.
Where Teddington, a suburb south-west of London that is a 15-minute drive from the riverside town of Richmond. The property is within a 10-minute walk of Teddington’s railway station with direct trains to London Waterloo.
Why For stylish entertaining: the nearly 5,000 sq ft of living space includes a large open-plan kitchen/dining area with a vaulted skylight plus two further reception rooms with high ceilings and recessed lighting.
Who Savills
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