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The Coachman’s House, Dollarbeg, Dollar, Clackmannanshire
Price: £2.25m+ Savills 0131-247 3738.
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Haughley Park, Stowmarket, Suffolk
A Grade I-listed Jacobean manor in 240 acres of parkland with gardens that include a croquet lawn and a tennis court. It has ornate fireplaces and a grand, carved wooden staircase. 7 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, 5 reception rooms, study, offices, 2 kitchens, conservatory, 5-bedroom farmhouse, outbuildings.
Price: £4.25m Knight Frank 01394-334570.
East South Fork Rd, Utah, USA
A house in the Provo Canyon in Utah with a sports building that includes a basketball court, a squash court, a climbing wall and a games room. The house has floor-to-ceiling windows and open fireplaces. 4 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, split-level open-plan kitchen/living area, home cinema, 2-bedroom guest house, landscaped gardens, 29.6 acres.
Price: $43m Summit Sotheby’s International Realty +1 800 641 1884.
Thistle Hall, Wickham Bishops, Essex
A contemporary property built in a Georgian style with a lake and a synthetic putting green with a bunker and tees in the landscaped gardens. It has an indoor swimming-pool complex, a kitchen with a professional-grade oven, and French doors leading onto a terrace. 5 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, reception hall, 4 reception rooms, annexe, outbuildings, 25.63 acres.
Price: £5.5m Strutt & Parker 01245-258201.
The Old Vicarage, Bleasby, Nottinghamshire
A restored, Grade II-listed country house set in gardens that contain an all-weather tennis court. The first-class leisure facilities include an indoor heated swimming pool covered by a lantern-glass roof, along with a gym and games area. The house has open fireplaces and an open-plan kitchen and living area. 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 2 reception rooms, 3-bedroom coach house, stables, paddock, 5.3 acres.
Price: £2.45m Fine & Country 0115-982 2824.
Lancewood, Windlesham, Surrey
A contemporary house set in gardens that include a heated swimming pool and professionally surfaced half-court basketball court. It has floor-to-ceiling windows and a cinema. 5 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, dining kitchen, reception room, 1-bedroom annexe, 3.68 acres.
Price: £7m+ Strutt & Parker 01344-921985.
Galon Y Mynydd, Coed Y Bronallt, Pontarddulais, Swansea, Glamorgan
A modern house overlooking the River Loughor, with an outdoor, professionally finished football pitch with full-size Fifa-approved goal posts and an indoor swimming-pool complex. The house has stone floors and a state-of-the-art kitchen. 5 bedrooms, 3 dressing rooms, 6 bathrooms, open-plan kitchen/living area, 2 reception rooms, gardens.
Price: £2.5m Country Living Group 01437-616101.
Harmony House, Westham, Wedmore, Somerset
A detached, modern house overlooking landscaped gardens that include an enclosed football pitch and an outbuilding with a gym and a games room. The house has a glazed, 46ft open-plan dining kitchen and living area. 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, open-plan dining kitchen/living area, reception room, cinema, utility, cloakroom, outbuilding with gym and first-floor games room, garage.
Price: £1.79m Knight Frank 01173-171996.
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