Long Melford, Suffolk

The Sluice Gate is a detached one-storey house dating back to the 1800s. In the five-acre grounds there is a large detached studio with countryside views and bi-folding doors on to the secluded riverside garden, which surrounds the house. It has a fitted kitchen and a shower room, so there’s no need to “go home” if you get stuck into a masterpiece. The main house, which began life as the “sluice cottage” to regulate the water supply to a mill, has been significantly extended and has a colonial-style interior and six bedrooms. £1.6m. Carter Jonas, 01787 844 290

Clapham, London

Originally a series of industrial workshops and stables with a large hayloft above, this was converted more than 20 years ago into a unique three-bedroom house with a large glass-fronted artist’s studio above. It is lovely inside with arches and high ceilings. What’s more, it is tucked away from the road with a long driveway, off-street parking and a courtyard garden, complete with the original stable cobbles, greenhouse and fish pond. Internal and external staircases lead up to the studio. £2.495m. Knight Frank, 020 3051 4417

Chinnor, Oxfordshire

Originally dating from the 1900s, this house has been transformed into a light-filled, contemporary, five-bedroom house on 3.6 acres in a private hillside setting. It comes with a detached artist’s studio complete with a wet room, a mezzanine study/bedroom platform and a high-quality sound system. The studio also has its own terrace, which, like the large terrace at the back of the house, offers astounding westerly views, with the gardens set on different levels. £1.395m. Knight Frank, 01494 853 819

Bucknell, Shropshire

Though Orchard Court has the look and feel of a period dwelling, this timber-framed, four-bedroom house was only built in 1992. At the bottom of its riverside garden is a large former garage – complete with a wood-burning stove – that has been converted into an artist’s studio and workshop. Also on the 0.8-acre private plot are a summer house and greenhouse, plus other stores and sheds. Bucknell is a popular village with shops, primary school and two pubs. There are trains to Shrewsbury and, from there, to Manchester and London. £650,000. Strutt & Parker, 01584 873 711

Llanvihangel Crucorney, Monmouthshire

Pwll Llaca, a traditional stone farmhouse, is just over the English/Welsh border from Herefordshire, on a quiet country lane outside a village reputed to have the oldest pub in Wales, the Skirrid Mountain Inn. The five-bedroom house comes with outbuildings including a detached studio with floor-to-ceiling windows and great views towards Y Graig, an abandoned hillside village. The market town of Abergavenny, with good transport links to Cardiff, Bristol and Birmingham, is seven miles to the south. £750,000. Fine & Country, 01873 736 515