Homes for sale with kerb appeal in England and Scotland – in pictures

From the arched windows and decorative chimneys of a Victorian police station to a white seaside cottage highlighted in vivid blueA white seaside cottage in Elie, Fife, picked out in a striking vivid blue. Photograph: Savills/BNPSFri 28 Aug 2026 02.00 EDTIpswich, SuffolkIn the Victorian quarter is Morpeth House, with a blue plaque commemorating a former resident, the stamp dealer Charles Whitfield King. This is not the most instantly noticeable thing about the front of the house. The grand facade has tall sash windows and there is detailing in a deep red. Mature trees soften the brick edges. Over three floors, it has seven bedrooms and three reception rooms, many with the original fireplaces, cornicing and ceiling roses. In the grounds are a coach house and an octagonal garden hidden away. £950,000. Jackson-Stops, 01473 218 218 Photograph: Jackson-StopsElie, FifeA short walk from the beach is a bright white three-bedroom terrace cottage with masonry picked out in vivid blue. It overlooks the bustling high street in this seaside town 42 miles from Edinburgh in the East Neuk of Fife. Through the double front door is a sitting room to the left with a central fireplace and large leaded window. The dining room is on the right, and the kitchen is at the back with access to a private garden. Upstairs are three double bedrooms. There is sailing and water sports at the harbour, two golf courses and the popular Ship Inn. £525,000. Savills, 0131 247 3738 Photograph: Savills/BNPSRadcliffe on Trent, NottinghamshireOn the popular Cropwell Road, close to the golf course, is Elm House, a six-bedroom, detached Victorian home with a symmetrical facade. It sits behind a low brick wall, a wrought-iron gate, with a drive on one side and a neat lawn on the other. Through the timber-panelled front door is a traditional home with period features, albeit one that has been modernised, too. The back garden is walled. This small town is to the south-east of Nottingham and the other side of the water sports centre, Holme Pierrepont. £1m. Fine & Country, 0115 982 2824Photograph: Fine & CountryYork, North YorkshireAlma Terrace is a mottled Victorian police station that had three holding cells and two dwellings for live-in officers. It has been transformed into a five-bedroom house with an office (rather than an officer) and a bar (rather than cell bars). On a corner in Fishergate, close to Rowntree Park, the handsome property has symmetrical arched windows and decorative chimneys. Kitchen units are stainless steel and there is underfloor heating running throughout the ground floor. There is a south-west facing courtyard garden. £1.15m. The Modern House, 020 3795 5920Photograph: The Modern HouseClapham, LondonUnlike so many properties in these parts, this terrace Victorian cottage has not been converted into flats. The two-up two-down home sits on a residential road close to the diamond conservation area and Clapham Old Town, on the Battersea side of the vast common. The front door opens into a hallway and then into a double reception room. The kitchen-diner is at the back where two sets of glass doors lead into the paved back garden. The current owners have already secured planning permission for a full loft extension at the front and back. £850,000.Marsh & Parsons, 020 7501 3666Photograph: Dexters