There are eight of the best homes available for about £2 million

The finest homes for sale for about '2 million' range from a 15th-century chateau in Pas-de-Calais, France, to a houseboat anchored at Wandsworth's Prospect Quay in London

Picture 1 of 1 A view of a home in Cambridge, Kent's Lynsted. Kent, Lynsted, and Cambridge.

A 16th-century house with later additions that has been renovated and listed as Grade II. It features a sitting room with triple-aspect windows, open fireplaces, tiled and herringbone floors, and a recently renovated kitchen that opens into a conservatory. 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2 barns, a paddock, 3 receptions, a study/gym, and 7 acres.

2 million Strutt & Parker 01227-473700 is the price.

Picture 1 of 1: Estre-Blanche, Pas-de-Calais, France, a chateau from the 15th century. France, Pas-de-Calais, Estre-Blanche.

The earliest known cricket match took place at this chateau in the 15th century in 1478. It features a grand entrance hall, marble fireplaces, oak ceiling beams, a drawbridge, and a moat. Outbuildings, library, former chapel, two reception areas, five bedrooms, five bathrooms, and 16 and a half acres.

Hamptons International 020-3918 9635, 1 point 87 million.

View of The Tee Farm in Martley, Worcester, Worcestershire, image 1 of 2. The Tee Farm, Worcester, Worcestershire, Martley.

Surrounded by open countryside, this Queen Anne home has been renovated and is listed as a Grade II property. The breakfast kitchen features bi-fold doors that open onto the garden, an Aga, and a beamed ceiling. Typical courtyard outbuildings, a tithe barn, a barn with a home office, pasture, woodland, two reception rooms, a garden room, an enclosed loggia, four bedrooms, three bathrooms, and twenty-five acres.

Price: 01905-746881 (two million knights).

View of the sheep-filled fields at The Tee Farm in Martley, Worcester, Worcestershire. Martley, Worcester, Worcestershire, The Tee Farm.

Surrounded by open countryside, this Queen Anne home has been renovated and is listed as a Grade II property. It features a breakfast kitchen with bi-fold doors that open onto the garden, an Aga, and a beamed ceiling. Traditional courtyard outbuildings, a tithe barn, a barn with a home office, pasture, woodland, a garden room, an enclosed loggia, four bedrooms, three bathrooms, and twenty-five acres.

The cost is 2 million Knight Frank 01905-746881.

East End Manor, Norwood, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, depicted from above in image 1 of 1. An expansive view of the surrounding countryside can be seen from this Grade II-listed property. It still has its original inglenook fireplace, flagstone floors, and beamed ceilings. There are four bedrooms, three bathrooms, three reception areas, a kitchen, a breakfast room, a study, a two-bedroom cottage, a barn with a kitchen, a garage block, a workshop, a wine cellar, an orangery, gardens, and four and a half acres.

2 million Fine & Country 01924-234888 is the price.

Aerial photograph of The Lodge in Mildenhall, Marlborough, Wiltshire, image 1 of 1. The Lodge in Wiltshire's Mildenhall, Marlborough.

The architect Robert Abraham constructed this Grade II-listed home in 1824 as a Protestant free school. It has four wings that form a Latin cross. Open fireplaces, a country kitchen with an Aga, terraced gardens, and Gothic arched windows are all features. A breakfast kitchen, a garden room, a basement laundry, an outbuilding, a greenhouse, parking, gardens, four bedrooms, three bathrooms, and two reception areas.

The cost is 2 million Hamptons 01672-837178.

Picture 1 of 1 Pipistrelle Farm, Tivetshall Street. Margaret, Norfolk. . Farm Pipistrelle, Tivetshall St. Margaret, Norfolk.

A 17th-century barn that has been converted and is Grade II listed, featuring a two-bedroom cottage and several outbuildings. Its fireplaces are open, and its ceilings are double-height. Four bedrooms, four bathrooms, two reception areas, a garden room, a barn, gardens, and four acres.

Cost: Sowerbys 01603-761441, 2 million.

Picture 1 of 2: Park House, Bridgwater, Somerset, over Stowey. Bridgwater, Somerset; Park House, Over Stowey.

A house from the 19th century with a cottage attached, situated in a park with views of the Bristol Channel. It features a rustic kitchen with handcrafted cabinets and an Aga, wood floors, and elaborate fireplaces. Five rooms, three bathrooms, three reception areas, a conservatory, a three-bedroom cottage, a coach house, workshops, a swimming pool, a kitchen garden, a walled courtyard garden, paddocks, woodland, and ten to seventy-five acres.

Jackson-Stops 01823-325144; price: 1 point 95 million.

Park House, Over Stowey, Bridgwater, Somerset, with its gardens in view. Over Stowey, Bridgwater, Somerset's Park House.

Located in parkland with views of the Bristol Channel, this 19th-century home has an attached cottage. Wood floors, elaborate fireplaces, and a rustic kitchen featuring Aga and handcrafted cabinets are all features. 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 3 bedrooms, a conservatory, a 3-bedroom cottage, a coach house, workshops, a swimming pool, a kitchen garden, a walled courtyard garden, paddocks, woodland, and 10 to 75 acres.

1.95m Jackson-Stops 01823-325144 is the price.

Picture 1: One Caracoli boat for sale in Wandsworth, London's Prospect Quay. Caracoli, Wandsworth, London, Prospect Quay.

A four-bedroom houseboat with safe parking, a gym, and a swimming pool, moored in the Prospect Quay riverfront development. The boat features a well-equipped kitchen, wood floors, bi-fold doors that open onto the side decks, and an upper sun deck that is 55 feet long. Three bathrooms, five bedrooms, an open-concept kitchen and living area, a study, and a store.

Cost: two million dollars. The annual cost of residential mooring is about £6,000. 020-8788 6000 is River Homes' number.