There is something about an autumn weekend in the country that encourages you to slow down. Days begin with crisp mornings and walks through changing landscapes, afternoons stretch into long lunches and evenings are spent around the table with good company.
This month’s collection explores six country homes that each offer their own setting for an autumn escape, from grand historic estates to family homes surrounded by open countryside.
Leesthorpe Hall, Leicestershire
Leesthorpe Hall is a Grade II Listed country estate set within more than 20 acres of parkland, with grand interiors and a sense of history that runs throughout the house. Its drawing room, elegant dining room and substantial kitchen provide a natural setting for gathering with friends and family.
By Friday afternoon, the gravel drive begins to fill. Weekend bags are carried upstairs, drinks are poured in the drawing room and the dining table is set for the evening ahead. As conversation stretches long after dinner, it feels easy to imagine generations of guests gathering here for an autumn weekend in the country.
20.4 Acres | 10 Bedrooms | 6 Bathrooms | 6 Reception Rooms
Guide Price £6,250,000
Sold with
Finest
Camp Farm, Worcestershire
Perched above the Teme Valley, Camp Farm is surrounded by 61 acres of paddocks, woodland and rolling countryside. The landscape is every bit as much a feature as the farmhouse itself, inviting you to spend as much time outdoors as in.
There’s always somebody who insists they’ll “just go for a quick walk”. Two hours later, they’re still somewhere across the hillside with the dogs, while supper is already underway back at the farmhouse. Back inside, the boot room earns its keep before everyone gathers around the kitchen table to compare just how far they actually managed to walk.
61 Acres | 5 Bedrooms | 3 Bathrooms | 4 Reception Rooms
Guide Price £1,700,000
For Sale with
Morgan Aps
Milton Manor, Somerset
With its inglenook fireplace, elegant reception rooms and centuries of history, Milton Manor feels made for autumn. The Grade II* Listed house sits peacefully within its own grounds, where meadows and woodland create a wonderfully secluded setting.
As everyone returns indoors, coats are hung in the hallway and the fire is already crackling. Before long, lunch drifts into the afternoon as stories are shared in the drawing room, each one becoming a little more dramatic than the last. Often, it is the hours afterwards that become the most memorable.
7 Acres | 7 Bedrooms | 4 Bathrooms | 6 Reception Rooms
Guide Price £2,000,000
For Sale with
Roderick Thomas
Greenbank Farmhouse, Cumbria
Set within the Lake District National Park, Greenbank Farmhouse combines a substantial family home with paddocks, woodland, stables and uninterrupted views across the valley. It’s a place where the landscape naturally shapes the rhythm of the day.
Not every autumn morning begins at first light. Some start over coffee, watching the dogs race across the fields and promising that they’ll be “only half an hour”. At Greenbank, the surrounding fells encourage a slower pace, with walks continuing a little longer, breakfast becoming lunch and nobody in quite as much of a hurry as expected.
7.58 Acres | 5 Bedrooms | 6 Bathrooms | 4 Reception Rooms
Guide Price £2,000,000
For Sale with
Finest
Flatfield House, South Ayrshire
Flatfield House is an elegant Georgian country house where generously proportioned reception rooms, established gardens and traditional stables provide a backdrop equally suited to entertaining and quieter moments with family and friends.
As evening falls, guests drift effortlessly between the drawing room, dining room and library, each room offering a different atmosphere. Dinner stretches a little longer than planned, conversations wander from one room to the next and there is always somewhere else to settle into with a drink before the night is over. With ten bedrooms and plenty of space to gather, Flatfield House makes staying for the whole weekend feel like the obvious choice.
4 Acres | 10 Bedrooms | 4 Bathrooms | 5 Reception Rooms
Offers Over £850,000
Sale Agreed with
Goose & Co Property
The Priory, Leicestershire
Surrounded by mature parkland and a tree-lined paddock, The Priory pairs generous entertaining spaces with the warmth of a country family home. The breakfast kitchen and cosy snug make it easy to imagine everyone naturally gravitating to the same place.
By Sunday lunchtime, muddy boots are drying by the back door, the kitchen is busy one final time and nobody seems particularly eager to be the first to leave. The Priory feels like the sort of house where weekends end slowly and reluctantly, with plans already being made for the next gathering before the cars have disappeared down the drive.
6.5 Acres | 6 Bedrooms | 4 Bathrooms | 4 Reception Rooms
Guide Price £1,370,000
For Sale with
Country & Equestrian
Here’s to crisp mornings, muddy boots and autumn weekends that are remembered long after the season has passed.