Fix up, look sharp

These dream projects need TLC, but are well worth the bother

- Annunciata Elwes

Suffolk, £1.25 million

This late-Georgian/early-Victorian Old Rectory stands in nine acres at the village of Horham—five miles from the picturesque market town of Eye and 10 from Diss—impossibly pretty in pink and an enticing renovation opportunity. Nature may have encroached a little on the façade of the house and the disused swimming pool, but the five bedrooms, three of which are warmed by fireplaces, are lovely, as is the drawing room with its French doors. Grounds include a large paddock and plenty of woodland, plus a timber-frame Suffolk barn, which is listed, but could be converted subject to permissions. Jackson-Stops (01473 218218)

A Cambridgeshire, £600,000