Hunker down in an architect-converted 3,100 sq ft bunker (used by the RAF in the Second World War) in Ventnor, on the south coast. There are two bedrooms, a gallery space and two Nissen huts with rental potential.

From a brickyard to a modern industrial home, this industrial conversion in London’s Twickenham is strikingly simple and replete with design details.

Built in 1959, a four-bedroom bungalow designed by the modernist architect Patrick Gwynne. It is grade II listed and has 2,150 sq ft of living space. Henley-on-Thames station is a short walk away.

This fabulous modernist house was built in 1935 as a home for the composer Sir Arthur Bliss. It’s set in 25 acres of gardens and ancient woodland and it is, to coin a phrase, blissful and I want it.

London’s suburbs truly took shape in the Twenties and Thirties. We say these interwar homes deserve a fresh assessment

Downsizing is not the sole preserve of empty nesters. With interest rates at 14-year highs homeowners may choose to downsize to reduce mortgage repayments. This three-bedroom blacksmith’s forge is packed with character.

A Suffolk home that can transform to suit the weather is a self-sufficient triumph on tracks.

An unusual find, especially in this condition. I love this midcentury modern A-frame house in Cranbrook, Kent.

This south London apartment celebrates historic features inherited from its time as a Victorian school.

Formerly a bungalow, the rebuilt five-bedroom property has a new top floor and a contemporary design that focuses on light and natural colors

This period cottage on a half-acre plot has been extended with real imagination. Now double the size, its more than 2,000 sq ft of space includes five bedrooms, a study, a basement and a stylish garden annexe with kitchenette and shower room.

Set in the delightful town of Darlington, England, the four-bedroom residence comes with timber paneling, garden views, and a bright-yellow front door.

Meredith Bowles of Mole Architects is the design mind behind this high-spec eco home in the western part of Cambridge’s conservation area. Built in 2011, the 2,460 sq ft single-storey timber-framed property is arranged around a mature south-facing garden with an unusual sweetgum tree.

As working partly at home, partly in the office becomes the new norm, buyers have to balance space and affordability with an easy commute

This award-winning timber-framed ‘long house’ used heat-recovery technology before it was cool

Materiality is celebrated at this tranquil South London property – a Victorian-era stable that’s been converted by MW Architects and Kinland into a texture-filled four-bedroom home.

This blackhouse-inspired bolt hole, designed by local architects, is a slice of Skye paradise that’s perfect for foodies and nature lovers

The ”celebrated example of postmodernism” was inspired by the TV personality herself and was met with huge acclaim when completed in the eighties

Today, after many experiments – this time with space and light – a 1930s-built former science lab in Forest Gate, east London, has been transformed into a light and art-filled home

The small forest is thought to have inspired The Wind in the Willows and, in its midst, is a cave, once a smugglers’ lair. Right on the water’s edge – more Ratty’s riverbank home than Badger’s sett – is this four-bedroom house with two bedrooms on the ground floor.

Design-led estate agency has earned a certificate for its sustainability and social credentials.