Two newly built six-bedroom homes in Nuneham Courtenay combine a rural location with contemporary design.

Woodside and The Courtyard each come with approximately nine acres of land, including a courtyard-style garden, lawn and woodland.

The detached houses are part of the three-strong New Barn Farm development, built by local company Brookes Cavendish, which is a renovation of a 20th-century farm.

The properties still have some original features and have open-plan sitting and dining rooms.

The Courtyard has a separate family room, two bathrooms, four dressing areas and an internal balcony.

Woodside includes a library with floor-to-ceiling shelving, a family room, glass-surrounded first-floor landing, dressing area with each bedroom plus individual bathrooms with twin sinks, baths and separate wet rooms.

Both houses are fitted with underfloor heating and other features include iPod docks, HD TV distribution system, audio systems, integrated touch-screen for audio and lighting control and voice and data networks.

Each also has full-length glass windows, oak timbers and a separate annex for use as office space or extra living space, plus a three-car garage.

Prices are £1.4m for The Courtyard and £1.6m for Woodside.

For more information, contact agents Allen & Harris on 01491 835135 or e-mail Wallingford@ sequencehome.co.uk For those who prefer urban life, two new properties in the centre of Oxford have many eco-friendly features.

Numbers 3 and 4 Tattersalls, in Islip Road, are spread over three floors and have four bedrooms and three bathrooms.

The ground floors are open-plan and have under-floor heating, wood-burning stoves and folding doors at both ends of the living rooms, solar panels, compost bins and water butts.

The houses are on the market at a guide price of £695,000 each.

For more information, contact agents Scottfraser 01865 759500 or visit scottfraser.co.uk