The best properties for sale for around £500,000

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Gable Cottage, Upper Castle Combe, Castle Combe, Wiltshire.
A Grade II-listed semi-detached cottage in a village, with a paved courtyard leading to a studio and a large walled rear garden backing onto fields. It has beamed ceilings, exposed stonework and a stone fireplace. 2 beds, 2 baths, recep, kitchen.
Price: £500,000+ Hamptons 01225-685280.

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Echo Wood, Cabrich, Kirkhill, Inverness, Scotland.
A passive eco house built in 2011 with an EPC A-rating, with gardens that include a garage with an en-suite studio and kitchenette. It has an open-plan dining kitchen and living area with a contemporary log-burning stove. 4 beds, 3 baths, recep.
Price: £525,000+ Strutt & Parker 01463-719171.

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Chateau Ax-Les-Thermes, southwest France.
A chateau built in 1800 at the foot of the Pyrenees overlooking a village. It has large casement windows with external shutters, marble fireplaces and a wooden staircase leading to a landing where the walls and ceiling have been hand decorated by a local Ariege artist. 5 beds, 3 baths, recep, breakfast kitchen, swimming pool, gardens, 0.69 acres.
Price: €577,500 Groupe Mercure +33 5 6121 5201.

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Chateau Ax-Les-Thermes, southwest France. A chateau built in 1800 at the foot of the Pyrenees overlooking a village. It has large casement windows with external shutters, marble fireplaces and a wooden staircase leading to a landing where the walls and ceiling have been hand decorated by a local Ariege artist. 5 beds, 3 baths, recep, breakfast kitchen, swimming pool, gardens, 0.69 acres. €577,500 Groupe Mercure +33 5 6121 5201.

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Cemetery Lodge, Wood Lane, Ramsey, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire.
A renovated Grade II-listed Gothic-style cottage built in 1860 within walking distance of the town centre, with a front garden and a rear courtyard garden. It has a dual-aspect sitting room with a triple-bow window and open fireplace, and a dining kitchen with a Watson range cooker. 2 beds, dressing room/study, bath, recep, 2 outbuildings, parking.
Price: £500,000 Fine & Country 0330-333 1060.

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Rock Channel Quay, Rye, East Sussex.
A house now in need of some updating in a small development backing onto the River Brede.It has a decked terrace and a riverside garden with a timber summerhouse. 3 beds, 2 baths, recep, kitchen, garage, store.
Price: £450,000+ Batcheller Monkhouse 01424-775577.

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Woodfield Cottage, Luston, Leominster, Herefordshire.
A renovated Grade II-listed half-timbered cottage. It has leaded-light windows, exposed wall and ceiling timbers, a large inglenook fireplace with a wood-burning stove and a fitted kitchen with a door leading onto a covered dining terrace and the garden. 3 beds, 2 baths, 2 receps, kitchen, boot room, garden store outbuilding, parking, cottage gardens.
Price: £450,000 Knight Frank 01743-66420

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Port East Apartments, Canary Wharf, London E14.
A spacious apartment in a Grade I-listed converted warehouse close to the shops and transport links at Canary Wharf. It retains its beamed wooden ceilings and exposed brickwork, and has a balcony and a contemporary kitchen. Residents benefit from secure parking and a concierge. Bed, 2 baths, open-plan kitchen/living area.
Price: £500,000+ Savills 020-7531 2530.

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The Old Rectory, Front Street, Stanhope, County Durham.
An updated semi-detached Grade II-listed Georgian former rectory set in gardens with off-street parking in a popular market town. The house has marble fireplaces, a large drawing room in the former library that retains its panelled walls and bookcases, and a dining kitchen with a cast-iron spiral staircase leading to a mezzanine with a home office. 3 beds, bath, recep.
Price: £465,000 Finest Properties 01434-622234.

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