Properties in conservation areas
Rutland: Yew Tree Cottage, Tinwell, Stamford. An unlisted, period stone semidetached cottage dating from the 19th century. Yew Tree Cottage is positioned back-to-back with its neighbour, providing mutual privacy. 2 double beds, family bath, breakfast/kitchen, sitting room with French doors onto the garden, hallway/dining room, cloakroom, raised terrace, off-road parking, landscaped gardens on 3 sides, tandem driveway. £345,000; Savills (01780-484696).
Gloucestershire: Willowbrook House, Lower Dean. A Grade II Cotswold stone country house, in a hamlet within the conservation area of Turkdean village. The house is believed to date from the late 17th century, but has been extensively refurbished over the past five years. It sits in a small wooded valley with a stream running through the gardens, which have themselves been totally re-landscaped in recent years.…