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LLANFOIST, MONMOUTHSHIRE
Spend lazy summer days at this idyllic £250,000, three-storey house beside the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal at Llanfoist, near Abergavenny. The house has 13 acres of land, including lawns, ornamental ponds and woodland, all set within a World Heritage site. A sitting room and bathroom are on the ground floor with a dining room, kitchen and utility room below. Upstairs, three bedrooms with fitted wardrobes and a cloakroom enjoy views over the canal and countryside. Trains into Paddington take about two hours and 40 minutes. Through Archer & Co (01291 626262).
HALWELL, DEVON
In South Devon, close to the South Hams coastline, £175,000 will buy this restored cottage in the pretty village of Halwell. The character interior features a generous sitting room centred by an oak-beamed fireplace, a slate-tiled kitchen and utility room/study. A family bathroom, master bedroom with en-suite shower room and two further bedrooms are on the first floor.
Outside, a decked area and an easymaintenance, flint-gravel garden, leads to a paved courtyard and two useful outhouses. Travelling to London takes three hours and 15 minutes by train. Through Marchand Petit (01803 847979).
