Woodlands Vale, Ryde, Isle of Wight. A Grade II-listed 1870s house built in a French Renaissance style with grounds leading down to a beach. It has a conservatory with a double-height ceiling and cupola that was converted into a billiards room in 1894. 7 beds, 5 baths, 2 receps, office and flat, outbuildings, 30 acres. £4.5m Winkworth 020-8255 0088.
Minstrels Wood, Billingshurst, West Sussex. A Grade II-listed 17th-century timber-framed house with outbuildings that include a games room with a kitchen and an adjacent gym with a sauna. The house has exposed timbers and stonework, inglenook fireplaces and a country-style kitchen. 6 beds, 3 baths, 2 receps, stables with flat above, gardens, parterre hedging, paddock, 5.18 acres, £2.75m. Strutt & Parker 01403-886889.
Myers Castle, Auchtermuchty, Cupar, Fife, Scotland. This refurbished castle…