Hope Bay Studio is a group of three separate dwellings in 13 acres on the iconic White Cliffs of Doverwhich have amazing views out over the English Channel to the French coast.

Available for the first time in nearly 60 years, the property comprises a large property built in 1937 together with a reason built artist’s studio and two detached bungalows.

The whole property requires modernization but it is an offering full of potential with 13 acres of land along the top of the cliffs included in the sale. The main house has a drawing room, sun room, kitchen, breakfast room, five bedrooms and two bathrooms, while the guest bungalow has two bedrooms, a sitting room and a kitchen. The staff bungalow offers two bedrooms and a living room plus kitchenette.

These main dwellings sit in around three acres of landscaped gardens and the remaining land has been left as natural downland offering nature, wildlife and sea views for miles. The house is all adjacent to land owned for the most part by the National Trust.

The pretty seaside village of Kingsdown is just one mile to the north and offers a small selection of shops, a post office, butcher, a selection of pubs and a primary school. The historic town of Deal is just five miles and Dover is eight miles. The guide price is £1.4m. For more information visit www.jackson-stops.co.uk.

Tower 42, the first skyscraper built in London’s main financial district, was put up for sale at a 3 percent discount from the price its owners previously sought 17 months ago.

Funds managed by BlackRock Inc. and LaSalle Investment Management are looking for in excess of 290 million pounds ($457 million) for the 600-foot (185 meter) tower and five other buildings on the 2.2-acre (0.89-hectare) site, the companies said today in a announcement.

Tower 42′s owners withdrew it from the market in August 2010 even though they received major offers for the property, which had an asking price of more than 300 million pounds. At the time, they said they would proceed with their own redevelopment projects for the buildings and focus on leasing space to capitalize of rising office rents in the City of London.

LaSalle Investment has while replaced Hermes Real Estate as manager of the Royal Mail Pension Plan fund, which has a 50 percent stake in the estate.

Office values in central London have got on investor demand pulled by a weak pound and as a shortage of prime space is lifting rents. Jones Lang LaSalle Inc. was rehired to manage the property’s auction.

Its gardens, grounds and woodland beyond only a few hundred yards from the banks of the River Thames. It is private and privy at the end of a long drive bounded on one side with a garden wall and on the other a courtyard of the cottage and garages and farm buildings.

Adjacent to the entrance is the granary which houses a modern office. The farming area lies mainly to the east of the house and is divided into two main 100-acre blocks separated by a good hedge. Along the Thames the land is in lasting pasture interspersed with hedges and trees which is used to graze cattle and sheep.

The northern block is an arable rotation and is an area of flat land separated by a small bank. This would be a chance to create two full-sized polo pitches subject to planning permission for change of use.

The main house consists of a good drawing room with open-beamed ceiling and dining room, sitting room and the old dairy off the kitchen which doubles as a breakfast/ family room or it would make an awesome play room. The kitchen is well fitted with oil-fired Aga and handmade fitted kitchen. Upstairs the master bedroom suite has a dressing room and bathroom, on with the main guest suite and a further bedroom and bathroom.

On the second floor there are two extra bedrooms, sitting room and bathroom.

The mature and very well set up garden has been carefully tendered and well-maintained over the years. It is surrounded to the south by a wall and to the west by a pond. To the north side of the house is a low wall with gravel courtyard.

There are extensive outbuildings and garages within the courtyard and adjacent to the cottage which double as a great amusing space comprising stores, wine cellar and workshop. Across the lawn is a spacious office within the old granary and there is a delightful two-bedroom cottage with divide parking at the rear with garage.

In the farmyard are a number of large buildings formerly the farm building and grain store. Modern farming has mostly left these redundant and there are now a number of workshops and stores. Subject to planning and with some intelligent design, these buildings are a wonderful footprint for new equestrian or more modern agricultural buildings.

This is a rare chance to develop an extensive footprint of barns alongside about 210 acres of pasture and cultivatable land. Beyond the yard is an area of paddocks bordered by a small reservoir forming the bound of the property.
The estate is obtainable for sale freehold with vacant possession either as a whole or in three lots.

Lot 1: Farmhouse, cottage and buildings and around 6.61 acres.

Lot 2: About 102.36 acres of mostly flat ground in arable rotation. This land is flat and dry and would, subject to planning permission, make excellent polo pitches.

Lot 3: About 101.15 acres of mostly flat ground in permanent pasture with woodland along the north bank of the River Thames.

The property is available through Knight Frank for a guide price of £8,000,000. For more details, call (01491) 844900.

Simmons and Sons currently has a number of holdings offering between three and 28 acres of land.

At Middle Assendon is about 10.83 acres (4.38 ha) of pasture land offered in two lots, 6.15 acres (2.49 ha) and 4.68 acres (1.89 ha) of paddock land set in a charming setting. The land is enclosed by two mature hedgerow and stock fencing. Lot one is available for a guide price of £94,000 with lot two listed for £71,000.

Around 28.04 acres (11.34 ha) of pasture land is obtainable in a sought-after position on the edge of Emmer Green, Reading. The land is enclosed on two sides by a mature hedgerow and a stock proof fence along the boundary with Abbey Rugby Club.

Lot 1: Approximately 5.51 acres (2.23ha) of pasture for £90,000.

Lot 2: Approximately 5.51 acres (2.23ha) of pasture for £90,000.

Lot 3: Approximately 8.26 acres (3.34ha) of pasture for £135,000.

Lot 4: Approximately 8.26 acres (3.34ha) of pasture for £135,000.

Nearly 20 acres, part of which is a recently established equestrian ley, known as Long Ground and the remainder of which is cultivatable production is available in a beautiful rural location directly adjacent to the village of Chiselhampton.

Extending to close to 19.52 acres (7.90 hectares) the land is in an gorgeous rural location, with a guide price of £200,000. About 3.97 acres (1.61 hectares) of level grazing paddock with Maidenhead Thicket woodland on two sides and borders of mature trees on the left two sides is available through Simmons and Sons.

For more details on this and the above plots of land, call (01491) 571111.