A Dumfries & Galloway, £850,000
Built in 1884, B-listed The Old Lifeboat Station has been a four-bedroom house since the late 1990s, making the most of its extraordinary setting with its own slipway, direct access to the sea and panoramic views of Auchencairn Bay on the Solway Firth. Offered for sale with contents included, the unique property is accessed via a track off the main driveway of Balcary Tower and has six acres of woodland carpeted with bluebells every May. The gulf stream-warmed garden is popular with seabirds, garden birds, and a local family of red squirrels. 'Vibrant' Auchencairn is the nearest village and the market town of Castle Douglas is a 20-minute drive away. Galbraith (01556 505346)
West Sussex, £3 million
The largely glass beachfront elevation of four/five-bedroom Concord (pictured, centre) gazes straight over The Solent towards the Isle of Wight. The house stands in the coastal village of Bracklesham Bay, with a popular watersports beach and a much-lauded café, Billy's on the Beach.
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Kitchen garden cook - Apples
'Sweet and crisp, apples are the epitome of autumn flavour'
The original Mr Rochester
Three classic houses in North Yorkshire have come to the market; the owner of one inspired Charlotte Brontë to write Jane Eyre
Get it write
Desks, once akin to instruments of torture for scribes, have become cherished repositories of memories and secrets. Matthew Dennison charts their evolution
'Sloes hath ben my food'
A possible paint for the Picts and a definite culprit in tea fraud, the cheek-suckingly sour sloe's spiritual home is indisputably in gin, says John Wright
Souvenirs of greatness
FOR many years, some large boxes have been stored and forgotten in the dark recesses of the garage. Unpacked last week, the contents turned out to be pots: some, perhaps, nearing a century old—dense terracotta, of interesting provenance.
Plants for plants' sake
The garden at Hergest Croft, Herefordshire The home of Edward Banks The Banks family is synonymous with an extraordinary collection of trees and shrubs, many of which are presents from distinguished friends, garnered over two centuries. Be prepared to be amazed, says Charles Quest-Ritson
Capturing the castle
Seventy years after Christian Dior’s last fashion show in Scotland, the brand returned under creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri for a celebratory event honouring local craftsmanship, the beauty of the land and the Auld Alliance, explains Kim Parker
Nature's own cathedral
Our tallest native tree 'most lovely of all', the stately beech creates a shaded environment that few plants can survive. John Lewis-Stempel ventures into the enchanted woods
All that money could buy
A new book explores the lost riches of London's grand houses. Its author, Steven Brindle, looks at the residences of plutocrats built by the nouveaux riches of the late-Victorian and Edwardian ages
In with the old
Diamonds are meant to sparkle in candlelight, but many now gather dust in jewellery boxes. To wear them today, we may need to reimagine them, as Hetty Lintell discovers with her grandmother's jewellery
