Bake Off: 13 homes with showstopping kitchens
The Great British Bake Off is back on our screens and there’s a lot to take in. When we’re not rooting for our favourite contestants, admiring their creations and giggling at the show’s innuendos, we’re swooning over the nation’s most famous kitchen. If it puts yours to shame, why not move to a home with a wow-factor kitchen of its own? Start your search with this baker’s dozen of properties on the market.
1. Teversal, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, £340,000
Three-bedroom Rose Cottage is a character-packed property with a delightful secluded garden. Every room is pristine, including the bespoke handmade kitchen, fitted with oak worktops, a traditional Belfast sink, an island and a larder ingeniously concealed behind panelled sliding doors on cast iron rails. Find out more from Yopa.
2. Leith, Edinburgh, offers over £430,000
Dramatic black walls and cabinets in this open plan kitchen/dining room show off the high ceiling and make the setting ideal for intimate after-dark gatherings. It’s the hub of a spacious two-bedroom first floor flat in a B-listed Georgian building, close to independent cafes, bars and restaurants in The Shore, a historic harbourside district. Through MHD Property via ESPC.
3. Birchington-on-Sea, Kent, £850,000
This recently-refurbished five-bedroom detached house has direct access to the seafront at Minnis Bay, so it’s only fitting that its shiny new kitchen is as blue as the ocean. Nearly 20ft long, it features an expanse of units down one wall and is centred around a large island incorporating an induction hob and breakfast bar. A roof lantern above bathes the entire room in natural light. Find out more from Purplebricks.
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4. Fen Drayton, Cambridgeshire, £850,000
If you’re looking for a period property with a quintessential farmhouse kitchen, Grade II listed College Farm House is bound to be a leading contender. This 300-year old, 3,000 sq foot house has five bedrooms, three reception rooms and a big but cosy kitchen with a beamed ceiling and Aga. No excuse for soggy bottoms here. Through By Design Homes.
5. Harrogate, North Yorkshire, £950,000
With its sunny yellow walls, bright hand-painted base units and island and richly-patterned tiles, this cheery kitchen wouldn’t look out of place in the Bake Off tent itself. However you’ll be pleased to learn that the structure is somewhat more solid, as it’s in a five-bedroom extended house on a corner plot, near the centre of this attractive spa town. Contact Dacre, Son & Hartley.
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6. Great Alne, Alcester, Warwickshire, £1.15m
The current owners of three-bedroom Hope Barn – which was converted in 1989 and has a two-bedroom annex – have carried out a range of improvements. They must surely be extremely proud of the refitted, vaulted kitchen with its understated cupboards and drawers, polished granite work surfaces, central island and breakfast bar and three-oven aubergine coloured Aga with five gas burners. Via Pritchard & Company.
7. Great Haseley, Oxfordshire, £1.25m
A newly-built, single-storey three-bedroom barn sitting in two acres of land and containing a vast, vaulted kitchen/dining/family room. Contemporary dark matt cabinets run down one side, and there’s a sleek island unit and a full-height glass wall to make the most of far-reaching countryside views. Planning permission has been granted to add an extra floor, almost doubling the living space. Through Carter Jonas.
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8. Longridge, Preston, Lancashire, £1.5m
Few Jacobean houses can be as well-preserved and as tastefully interior designed as Grade II-listed Old Rib Farm. As well as five double bedrooms, and features galore – such as the original front door – it boasts a state-of-the art, two-tone Shaker-style kitchen. This includes an island with Dekton work surfaces, a three-oven electric Aga, two dishwashers, a wine fridge and drinks cupboard, making entertaining a piece of cake. Through Fine & Country.
9. Brook Green, London SW6, £1.795m
The ground floor of this wedge-shaped, four-bedroom Victorian terraced has been opened up to create a reception area at the front, a custom-built mid-blue kitchen in the middle and a dining area at the back, leading out to a walled garden. An L-shaped bank of units helps to separate the living and kitchen zones and an island provides additional workspace. Find out more from Finlay Brewer.
10. Carnbargus, Perranporth, Cornwall, offers over £2.5m
Bargesi, an ultra-modern four/five-bedroom house close to the north Cornish coast, was completed earlier this year. Both its eco and design credentials are impeccable as it includes a ground source heat pump, a floating steel staircase, floor-to-ceiling glazed walls, high vaulted ceilings and a cantilevered principal bedroom suite. The icing on the cake is the double-height, top-end Nolte kitchen, overlooking the garden ponds and circular terrace. Contact Knight Frank.
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11. Portsmouth, £2.5m
Occupying a corner plot on a cobbled street in Old Portsmouth, Periscope House has an unusual claim to fame. For the kitchen in this eclectic steel and timber four-bedroom, four-bathroom house appeared in the 2004 Thunderbirds movie. Designed by Pininfarina – a name often associated with Ferrari - for Italian company Snaidero, the Acropolis kitchen is concentric, futuristic and unlike anything we’ve ever seen before. Through Fry & Kent.
12. Enborne, Newbury, Berkshire, £3m
Anyone looking for a beautifully restored 18th century farmhouse will regard three-bedroom Vanners Farm – comprising a three-bedroom main house, a two-bedroom annex and outbuildings – as the best thing since sliced bread. Particularly when viewing the generously-sized kitchen, complete with copious storage, an electric Aga, room for a dining table and an adjoining pantry. From Blue Book Agency.
13. Hawling, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, £14m
Queen Elizabeth I and Lewis Carroll are among the notable names who visited Hawling Manor, a 16th century Cotswold stone country house. Having expanded over the years, it now has nine bedrooms, a library, drawing room, dining room, morning room, a study and a timeless Shaker-style kitchen with an island, Belfast sink and multi-oven Aga. For sale through Sotheby’s International Realty.
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