Built and once owned by a notable Belle Époque architect, this villa sits directly on the Mediterranean at Cap d’Antibes, the wooded peninsula between Cannes and Nice and one of the French Riviera’s most tightly held residential enclaves.

On the market for the first time in over 200 years, Lake Delaware Farm dates to 1787, when Gertrude Livingston and Revolutionary War general Morgan Lewis built it while the Catskills were still largely untamed, densely forested, and home to Native American tribes.

In the 1970s, a concrete “spaceship” appeared among the colourful Art Nouveau villas of Cusano Milanino, less than 30 minutes north of Milan.

Hidden within the medieval village of Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, between Monaco and Italy, the residence was assembled from several historic village properties, with terraced gardens overlooking the Mediterranean that Grace Kelly later described as “small but precious.”

One of the most iconic scenes in 007’s Casino Royale comes in the final moments of the film, when James Bond tracks Mr. White to the edge of Lake Como, where a turreted villa rises above the water like something between a castle and a stage set.

Before designing Parc Monceau in the 8th arrondissement, Louis Carrogis Carmontelle laid out one of France’s earliest romantic parks at this 18th-century château less than an hour from Paris.

With a rare Baroque-influenced façade and a prominent position on The Green, this early 18th-century former rectory has a more theatrical architectural character than its Oxfordshire village setting might suggest.

The restored Worcestershire estate includes a 12-bedroom Georgian main house, historic stables, and 36 ha (90 acres) of grounds shaped by more than three centuries of ownership.

Listed in the MICHELIN Guide, the heritage-designated Merrill House in Picton offers 14 guest suites, restaurant and bar infrastructure with a commercial kitchen, and a climate-controlled wine cellar in one of Ontario’s best-known wine-country regions.

Listed with Denniel Immobilier and published exclusively on Francis York, the 109-acre estate carries centuries of aristocratic, architectural, and motoring history.