For those wishing to get away from it all — yet still be able to pick up a pint of milk without a 45-minute round-trip — Peter Daborn of Savills in Telford quotes £1.1m for Mount House at Llanfair Caereinion , eight miles from Welshpool, Powys. It ticks all the boxes of seclusion and beauty, while also being a practical place to live.

This handsome Victorian villa us set in some 10 acres of woodland and pasture on high ground on the edge of the town, with glorious views towards the Welsh mountains. Image 1 of 4

(Image credit: Savills)

(Image credit: Savills)

(Image credit: Savills)

(Image credit: Savills)

The house, which is unlisted, was built in 1873 for solicitor Edward Pickmere who, as town clerk of Liverpool, was associated with the building, in the 1880s, of the Vyrnwy r

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