Older properties that have been renovated but still have original features are popular with househunters wanting to blend character with modern-day convenience.

Mill Lane House is an 18th-century property in the village of Upper Arncott, on the market for £835,000.

Downstairs there is a sitting/dining room, kitchen/breakfast room, study and conservatory, family room and utility room.

The first floor features a master bedroom with an en-suite bathroom and a dressing room, plus three more bedrooms, one with an ensuite shower room.

There is also a family bathroom.

William Kirkland, of agents John D Wood, said: “This is an excellent family house of local stone with a blue slate roof, renovated to a high standard and set in pretty gardens with open fields to the rear.

“The main rooms are of generous proportions and much of the character of this mid- 18th-century house has been retained and enhanced by the use of natural wood floors, exposed beams, and sympathetic materials.”

Other features include electrically-operated gates that lead in to a gravel courtyard and a paved courtyard and series of fish ponds at the back.

For more information, or to arrange a viewing, contact John D Wood on 01865 311522 or visit johndwood.co.uk Dating back to the 1600s, The Old Bakery, in the village of Longworth, still has many of its original features, but has been modernised to create a family home.

There are four reception rooms, three with wood-burning stoves and all with exposed timber and stonework.

The kitchen/breakfast room includes handmade units with marble worktops, an island unit and oak flooring One bedroom and a bathroom are on the ground floor and the other three bedrooms and a second bathroom are on the first floor.

There is a garden with a patio and lawn behind the house and off-road parking at the front.

The Old Bakery is on the market for £595,000. For more information, or to arrange a viewing, contact Kemp & Kemp on 01865 510000 or visit kempandkemp.co.uk.