Woodlands, Bridstow, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire.

Price guide: £835,000

DON'T let the name mislead you, Woodlands is a beautiful Victorian country house, complete with cottage annexe and outbuildings, at the centre of three acres of landscaped and established gardens, two paddocks and tennis court with pavillion.

The setting may be idyllic and secluded, but the four-bedroomed property is wihin minutes of Ross and the motorway-dual carriageway network.

Principal room sizes are generous and both house and cottage (which has one bedroom) have conservatories opening onto flagstone terraces.

For full details and viewing, contact Morris Bricknell (01989 768320.