8 of the best lakeside properties for sale

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Narborough Hall, King’s Lynn, Norfolk.

A Grade II-listed, 15th-century hall overlooking a lake on an estate that includes the ruins of an Iron Age fort. 7 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, 3 receptions, kitchen, gallery, study, breakfast kitchen, 2 annexes, stable block, swimming pool, cricket pitch, walled garden, park, river frontage, 79 acres.

Price: £4m Savills 01603-229229.

Narborough Hall, King’s Lynn, Norfolk.

A Grade II-listed, 15th-century hall overlooking a lake on an estate that includes the ruins of an Iron Age fort. 7 beds, 5 baths, 3 receps, kitchen, gallery, study, breakfast kitchen, 2 annexes, stable block, swimming pool, cricket pitch, walled garden, park, river frontage, 79 acres.

Price: £4m Savills 01603-229229.

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Laverstoke Park Estate, Overton, Hampshire.

A Grade II-listed Palladian house on an estate available in three lots. Lot 1: main house with 11 bedrooms, 11 bathrooms, 7 receptions, 3 flats, farm, six estate houses, courtyard with 2-bedroom stable flat. Lot 2: 3 cottages, outbuildings. Lot 3: farmhouse, 6 cottages, outbuildings. 1,835 acres.

Price: £58m Knight Frank 07795-238550.

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Chedburgh Hall, Chedburgh, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.

A Grade II-listed 16th-century former farmhouse with later additions, with a range of outbuildings and gardens that include a large lake with a boathouse. The house has exposed beams and a dining kitchen with a wood-burning stove. 5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 receptions, garaging and parking, workshop, outbuildings, summer house, 4.3 acres. Price: £1.3m Jackson-Stops 01284-700535.

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Fursdon Farmhouse, Sherford, Kingsbridge, Devon.

A renovated 1750s Georgian house with lawns running down to a lake and woodland. It has marble fireplaces with wood-burning stoves and a dining kitchen in the orangery with doors leading onto the gardens. 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 2 receptions, study, 2-bedroom barn, stable block, agricultural buildings, tennis courts, lake, pasture. 13.3 acres.

Price: £2.85m Marchand Petit 01548-857588.

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Lakeside Drive, Esher, Surrey.

A renovated property situated in a quiet cul-de-sac, built in the 1970s by the award-winning architect Royston Summers. The house is situated beside an ornamental lake and surrounded by landscaped gardens. The modern interiors include open-plan reception rooms with floor-to-ceiling windows and a floating staircase. 4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 3 receptions, breakfast kitchen, loft, garage, swimming pool.

Price: £2.95m Knight Frank 01372-239984.

Lakeside Drive, Esher, Surrey.

A renovated property situated in a quiet cul-de-sac, built in the 1970s by the award-winning architect Royston Summers. The house is situated beside an ornamental lake and surrounded by landscaped gardens. The modern interiors include open-plan reception rooms with floor-to-ceiling windows and a floating staircase. 4 beds, 4 baths, 3 receps, breakfast kitchen, loft, garage, swimming pool.

Price: £2.95m Knight Frank 01372-239984.

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Broomshields Hall, Satley, Bishop Auckland, County Durham.

A Grade II-listed Georgian house in six acres of landscaped gardens with a lake, croquet lawn and a further 12 acres of woodland. It has a carved oak staircase, panelled walls, and grand fireplaces. 4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 3 receptions, kitchen, 1-bedroom cottage, studio, tennis court, 2 summer houses, 18 acres.

Price: £1.75 Finest Properties 0330-111 2266.

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Gartochraggan, Gartocharn, Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire.

An 1800s property on the southeastern side of Loch Lomond with private shore frontage with a slipway. It has a large kitchen with an Aga, and reception rooms with fireplaces with stone mantelpieces. 7 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 3 receptions, garden room, billiards room, office, kitchen garden, paddocks, woodland, workshop, outbuildings, garage, 22.5 acres.

Price: £1.45m Galbraith 01786-434600.

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Felin Brithdir, Rhydlewis, Ceredigion.

A range of properties comprising a converted mill house, a cottage, and a cabin accessed via a wooden walkway over a lake, all set in three acres of grounds with native woodland and a wildflower meadow. Main house: 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, kitchen, study/bedroom 3, reception. Cottage: open-plan kitchen/living area, mezzanine. Lake cabin: mezzanine, decked area and outdoor kitchen. Workshop/studio, double garage.

Price: £975,000 Inigo 020-3687 3071.

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