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Hot property: Arts and Crafts-styled homes

From a Guildford manor designed by Philip Webb to a quirky Brooklyn confection known as ‘The Gingerbread House’

House, Guildford, UK, £7.5mn

Where Between the towns of Guildford and Cranleigh in Surrey, UK. Central Guildford is a 15-minute drive away, and the fastest train between Guildford and London Waterloo takes 30 to 40 minutes.

What A Grade I-listed manor house made up of two wings with separate entrances. There is a total of 10 bedrooms and six bathrooms, as well as various reception rooms, an indoor pool and a sauna. The grounds include a walled garden, meadow, lake, tennis court and moat — plus a second world war air-raid shelter.

Why The house’s history stretches back to the 11th century, and in the late 1800s Philip Webb, a pioneer of Arts and Crafts architecture, designed various extensions. Furnishings were provided by William Morris, a key proponent of the movement.

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