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By Faye Greenslade
£420,000: a seven-bedroom barn conversion in Trie-Sur-Baise, France
£450,000: a two-bedroom cottage in Upton-St-Leonards, Glos
Trie-sur-baise, France
Enjoy views of the Pyrenees from your own barn conversion, available for about £420,000, in the market town of Trie-sur-Baise, south-west France.
There are seven bedrooms, each with vaulted ceilings and one with a first-floor balcony, plus a huge reception hall, sitting room, dining room and generous kitchen, all with oak beams. One acre of lush gardens complete the idyll.
Pau airport is 45 minutes away. Visit www.frenchestateagents.com.
Upton-St-Leonards, Gloucestershire
Gardens of a third of an acre, plus two barns ripe for conversion, come with this 17th century cottage in the village of Upton-St-Leonards.
Plenty of beams, exposed stone walls and timber floors feature throughout the lovely sitting room, sky-lit kitchen/dining room and study. Upstairs there are two en-suite bedroooms.
London is about two hours away by train. Murrays (01452 814655) is asking £450,000.
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