£1,575,000 So what can you get for your money? Well, this Grade II listed mansion is set in a mature four acre garden in Lincolnshire. Built in 1865, it still has lots of its original features and has just been restored. And it’s big - the rooms are spread over three floors and a basement and include seven bedrooms and five bathrooms – with a particularly impressive throne-like loo.
£2,000,000 This Gothic Manor House near Bath is also a Grade II listed building. Built of local stone under a tiled roof it’s a great example of gothic revival. From the gargoyles to the carved staircase, this place has been immaculately preserved. But something like this is a massive project to take on - there’s seven bedrooms and six receptions in desperate need of modernisation.
£250,000 Rather more manageable, if a little less grand is this modest chapel. There are lots of small chapels about that give you some of the feel of Gothic without all the headaches. This one in Northumberland would make a nice home. In fact, it’s already got planning permission to convert it into a four bedroom house or two separate holiday cottages.
£1,500,000 This Grade II listed house is straight out of a fairytale, with its woodland setting and thatched roof. It was built in the middle of the 19th century as a hunting lodge for a local well-to-do family.
The great thing with a project like this is that you can really go to town restoring the interior to its former glory.
£1,600,000 The great thing about buying historic buildings is that you buy a piece of local history. Take this early gothic house in Bentham. Originally it was part of Lord Shaftsbury’s estate, during the war it was used as a centre for evacuees and in the 1950s it became a school. Unfortunately inside there’s not much left of the original gothic features other than the mullioned windows, but the setting is priceless.
