Homes for sale in remote parts of Britain – in pictures

Bulcamp Drift, Suffolk

In 2001, two agricultural barns were refashioned into two homes, with separate entrances, but one connecting internal door. Whitehouse Barns has been run as holiday lets (planning restrictions mean it has to be unoccupied for 45 days a year between January and March) but could form one large, eight-bedroom lateral home. They both have four bedrooms and an open-plan kitchen-living space all set in 1 acre, with decking on to the River Blyth. Walberswick and Southwold (think beach hut-lined promenade) are a short drive away. £950,000. The Modern House, 020 3795 5920

Photograph: The Modern House

Spartylea, Northumberland

Down a long drive, sits a two-bedroom cottage in a quiet rural village on the edge of the North Pennines. The kitchen to the rear has the best views of the countryside and the glass back door opens on to a patio, linking the house with the timber-framed, insulated summer house. The village has a post office and it’s a short drive to the Northumberland national park – famous for its rare species, wild coastline and Dark Sky park, one of the best locations in the country for stargazing. £300,000. youngsRPS, 01434 608 980

Photograph: YoungsRPS

Pontfaen, Pembrokeshire

At first glance, through the forest, this is more treehouse than home. The open-plan living space of this slate, stone and glass property is cantilevered over the River Ysgir. Its name, Ty Hedfan, means hovering home in Welsh. The award-winning five-bedroom property has a living-dining-kitchen level around a terrace. The small village is a 15-minute drive from Brecon and a five-minute drive from Brecon Beacons national park. It is hillwalking country, but there’s also mountain biking, horseriding, kayaking and white-water rafting. £1.1m. The Modern House, 020 3795 5920

Photograph: The Modern House

Ardentinny, Argyll and Bute

At the bottom of a wooded glen, surrounded by dense forest, is a farmhouse that comes with 12 hectares (30 acres), an orchard, stone-wall sheep pens, workshops and a stone barn. The traditional property, which has bright red chimney pots and red joinery along the pitched roof, has four bedrooms and two bathrooms plus a scarlet Aga. The village sits on the western shore of Loch Long on the Cowal peninsula, close to Argyll forest park and north of Dunoon, a port town built around a castle mound with a Victorian pier and the ferry to Gourock. £545,000. Savills, 0141 222 5875

Photograph: S Cook/Savills

Hopton, Norfolk

On the edge of this hamlet, between Bury St Edmunds and Diss, in the rolling fens that stretch between Norfolk and Suffolk, is the Georgian property Hopton House. Lawns slope away from the stone steps leading up to the sandstone facade and gabled porch. There is a Victorian extension to the back. Black, red-and-white chequered tiled flooring runs through the hallway, with the restored property painted in muted, vintage tones. A trio of deep sash, shuttered windows allow light into the main sitting room and the core of the house, all in half an acre. £925,000. Inigo, 020 3687 3071

Photograph: Inigo