English manor houses

Gone are the days of white leather sofas and mirrored tables for the Beckhams: The glamorous family is looking at a lavish old country home with an eye for a new, more traditional style of living.

A look inside Castle Combe, often called the most beautiful village in England, complete with The Manor House, a five star country house hotel.

Old Rectory, Northamptonshire, UK, The rectory belongs to Castle Ashby Estate and is once where the vicar lived for the Parish Church of St Mary Magdalene which stands near the main house.

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Harlaxton Manor, Harlaxton, UK

Reddish House, in the Wiltshire countryside, was bought by Beaton for £10,000 in the 1940s

Harlaxton Manor HDR, Image processed from three RAW images from the Garden House Elevation, rear gardens

Farlam Hall, Cumbria

Set amid 14 acres of gardens and paddocks is St. Catherine's Court, Avon, a part-time residence for the British-born actress

This house has surely had one of the more glamorous histories in 20th-century England, and it could be yours for £4 million.