Trading up, trading down

Trading up: Yorkshire. This 17th-century manor house guards Bainbridge village green in the midst of the Dales, and you can gaze across Wensleydale from the mullioned windows. Domestic expansion is eased by three reception rooms – all with fireplaces and one clad in Jacobean panelling – and five double bedrooms. Food lives on original stone shelves in the pantry and is cooked on an Aga. Wiring, plumbing and windows have been recently upgraded. Cost: £445,000. George F White, 01677 425301 Photograph: George F White Trading up: Somerset. This was once the ballroom of a mansion above Wiveliscombe, and its dissection into a four-bed home has left the drama of its dimensions undiminished. The open-plan living floor is topped by an elaborately moulded glass ceiling worthy of a Victorian railway terminus; lavishly proportioned windows light the orangery, study and library; and half an acre of formally landscaped gardens extend into woodland. Yours for £515,000. Jackson-Stops and Staff, 01823 325144 Photograph: Jackson-Stops and Staff Trading down: London. Float your assets, why don’t you. All you need is £155,000 for this two-bed motor yacht with a full residential licence in a secure gated mooring at Surrey Docks. Internally your horizons may be narrow, but when you tire of your usual postcode you can take house and home on holiday with you along Europe’s waterways. It’s been expensively fitted out with a panelled master bedroom, wooden, beamed ceilings and an elegant galley kitchen. Chesterton Humberts, 020 7357 7999 Photograph: Chesterton Humbert Trading down: Devon. A miniature remnant of Georgiana in the centre of Kingsbridge, and just a short stroll to the Salcombe estuary. Recent refurbishments have groomed the 26ft kitchen/living area and two double bedrooms and added an en suite and an upstairs bathroom. Unappealing looking necessities, meanwhile, can be concealed in the utility room. The rear courtyard is small but glamorous with a raised decked area. Cost: £187,500. Marchand Petit, 01548 857588 Photograph: Marchand Petit Bargain of the week: Northamptonshire. The small frontage conceals a large secret: four bedrooms, two reception rooms and a cellar lurk behind it. It’s in the Semilong district of Northampton and would ordinarily market for around £215,000, but the owners need a quick sale so will accept offers of £187,500. For that you get period glamour: four fireplaces, a tiled hall and dado rails, and a glass door opens the kitchen/breakfast room on to a professionally landscaped garden. Winkworth, 01604 824854 Photograph: Winkworth