5 Houses On The Market With Beautiful Gardens

For some prospective buyers, house-hunting would more accurately be termed ‘garden-hunting.’ In the warmer months, having an outside space that you enjoy tending and relaxing in is akin to having another room in the house – and not just any old room, but one that makes you feel infinitely and instantly more relaxed and connected to nature, while also delivering a hearty dose of satisfaction at your handiwork. If these are the criteria that make your heart sing and your serotonin levels soar, then do have a browse at these houses with beautiful gardens on the market now – whether you’re in the market for a new place or just idly dreaming

Russel’s Green, Suffolk, £950,000

Inigo


If you dream of a real rural idyll, this 16th-century Grade II-listed thatch cottage is a real delight. Not only do the bones of the house offer wall-to-wall bucolic beauty thanks to the beams and the timber-clad converted barn, but the gardens are extraordinarily lovely. Near the pretty village of Wilby, the gardens span almost two acres, comprising orchards, meadows, veg patches and even a natural heated swimming pool. If we lived here, we’d rarely feel the need to leave. Find the full details here.

Temple Court, Bath, Somerset

Knight Frank, £1.75m


Temple Court’s far-reaching views over the valley are knock-out enough to make us swoon. But that’s not all. Quite aside from the glorious space inside (the house has some four reception rooms), the formal gardens come with an ornamental pond, a Japanese garden, and a stone temple with a crypt below. Exceptional. Find the full details here.

Castle Mill, Dorking

Jackson Stops, £2m


Set within a Designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty to the east of Dorking close to the River Mole, the Grade II-listed Castle Mill is surrounded by National Trust land with Box Hill just to the north. A mill has stood on the site since the Norman invasion, although the current one has been in existence since the 19th-century. We love everything about it, but perhaps most dazzling of all is the garden, complete with mill pond. There is also a raised terrace which sits next to the mill wheel – the ideal spot for a morning coffee or sundowner at dusk. Find the full details here.

The Sherry, Gloucestershire

The Modern House, £525,000


Built in 1945, this Swedish black timber-framed house in the Cotswolds village of Temple Guiting, is one of a series that were built to encourage ex-servicemen back into agriculture and forestry in the area after the war. As well as a shepherd’s hut and two large outbuildings, the garden is a sheer joy, thanks to its lovely and abundant garden, complete with vegetable beds and a glass house. The ideal cottage garden for green-fingered types. Find the full details here.

Invisible House, Warwickshire, £2m

The Modern House


If it’s an outdoor-indoor vibe you’re looking for, this exceptional four-bed home in Moreton Paddox – designed by Steve Smith – uses reflection and mirrors to create a series of interconnected rooms arranged over 3,000 sq ft. What it also does is to bring the greenery of the outside in – all the more impressive since it is set on a secluded plot among mature trees with ‘newly planted single stem silver birch and densely planted ferns’, meaning that there is is leafy greenery every which way you turn. A calming heaven, it’s like forest bathing indoors. Find the full details here.

By Nancy Alsop
August 2023