On Cornwall’s southern coast, this thatched waterfront home overlooks the Fal Estuary with nearly an acre of gardens, a private historic quay, two slipways and a boathouse.

“What separates Staples Point is that its greatest assets can’t be recreated,” says listing agent Sam Michaud of Legacy Properties Sotheby’s International Realty. “The land, the frontage, the five lighthouse views, the privacy and the proximity to Portland cannot be replicated.”

This restored mid-19th-century Victorian country house is set on Scotland’s Kintyre Peninsula, around 2.5 hours from Glasgow and just minutes from ferries to the Inner Hebrides.