Our pick of the houses to hit the market via Country Life this week includes a Cornish home with a clifftop location and a house by the Thames with a music room that must be seen.
Hampshire — £6,500,000

A gorgeous country house so well-fitted to its location you’d think it had been here centuries; in fact, it’s just a decade old.

For sale with Knight Frank. See more pictures and details for this property.
Hampshire – £4,850,000

Six bedrooms, five reception rooms and a pool house, plus two separate cottages and 26.7 acres in this Test Valley dream home.

For sale with Savills. See more pictures and details for this property.
Berkshire — £4,250,000

Just a couple of miles from Windsor and close to the Thames at Runneymede is this rather amazing home that’s full of unusual touches — not least the octagonal music room.

For sale with Strutt & Parker. See more pictures and details for this property.
Hertfordshire — £3,000,000

A quintessential, Grade II-listed house that’s on the outskirts of Greater London — and just a mile from the Tube.

For sale with Knight Frank. See more pictures and details for this property.
Cornwall — £2,850,000

A beautiful house in what the agents call ‘one of the county’s most exclusive and best-regarded settings’ — and it’s hard not to agree.

For sale with Lillicrap Chilcott. See more pictures and details for this property.
Gloucestershire — £1,350,000

In a glorious building near Chipping Campden, a three-bedroom apartment with rooms on a wonderful scale — as well as hassle-free access to 35 acres of grounds including tennis court, croquet lawn and a swimming pool.

For sale with Pritchard & Company. See more pictures and details for this property.
Best country houses for sale this week
From a vast Shropshire masterpiece to an idyllic West Country farmhouse, here's our pick of the best property for sale