Winning moves

From a contemporary waterside retreat to a supremely elegant Georgian townhouse, Holly Kirkwood selects the finest properties currently for sale across Guernsey

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St Peter Port, £6.5 million

Dating back to 1810, Courtil Brock is a handsome Regency villa with classically pleasing proportions located on the outskirts of St Peter Port. Downstairs, the principal rooms include an elegant drawing room, a library and a formal dining room off the entrance hall, with a further sitting room, kitchen, cinema and office completing the ground-floor rooms. Upstairs are five generous bedroom suites and there is room to extend at both the basement and attic level. Outside, the gardens and grounds feature detailed planting, a koi pond with a waterfall, a vegetable plot and a fragrant rose garden; a highlight is the oak tree planted in 1812 by Henry Brock, the property's notable first owner. Savills (01481 713463; www.savills.com)

St Martin, £3.8 million

Otterington is a pretty family home located in a sought-after residential area, within walking distance of the village of St Martin. Recently modernised, the accommodation comprises five large bedrooms, five bathrooms and four reception rooms, a cosy home cinema and a fully equipped health suite, with a sauna, a steam room and a spa. Outside, the mature gardens are ideal for entertaining, with pretty shrubberies, extensive lawns and terraces and a hot tub. The timber-frame outbuilding serves as a garage with a self-contained flat on the upper level. Savills (01481 713463; www.savills.com); Swoffers (01481 711766; www.swoffers.co.uk)