Hampshire: £2.2m

Set in five acres, Oakley Farmhouse, on the Mottisfont Abbey estate, is for sale on a 68-year lease. The six-bedroom property has four reception rooms and comes with three barns, a tennis court, a croquet lawn, a wild-flower meadow and 270 metres of fishing on the Test. It is four miles from Romsey, 12 from Winchester. Knight Frank; 01962 850333, knightfrank.com

Norfolk: £395,000

On the Blickling Hall estate, this Grade II-listed, timber- framed thatched cottage, dating from about 1650, has 62 years remaining on the lease. It has four bedrooms, two bathrooms, a sitting room and a kitchen, and sits in just under one acre, 2½ miles from the market town of Aylesham and 12 from Norwich. Fine & Country; 01603 221888, fineandcountry.com

Kent: Informal tender

Castle Farmhouse, a Grade II-listed Elizabethan-style property on the Sissinghurst estate, is being restored as a seven-bedroom B&B with a two-bedroom self-contained flat. Viewings take place this Thursday and Friday; offers are invited by May 29, with a view to interviews in June. It is three miles from Cranbrook. Strutt & Parker; 01273 407059, struttandparker.com

Oxfordshire: £650 per month

On the edge of Buscot village, part of the Buscot and Coleshill estate, this cosy three-bedroom cottage is available unfurnished. Prospective tenants may be interviewed, and pets will be allowed only with prior written permission. It is four miles from Faringdon and a 30-minute drive from Oxford. National Trust Lettings; 01793 762209, rightmove.co.uk

Northumberland: £325 per month

This one-bedroom flat is in a converted granary on Ralph Shield Farm, a National Trust tenanted farm and part of the Wallington estate, with oil-fired central heating, a fitted kitchen and bathroom. There may be potential to stable a horse on the farm. It is 14 miles from Morpeth and 20 from Newcastle. National Trust Lettings; 01670 773900, rightmove.co.uk

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