The summer house

From grand villas with crooning Salzburg appeal to clapperboards that feel more Colorado than Cornwall, our round-up of Britain and Ireland’s best summer houses will take you from Nicholas Sparks’ chapters to the silver screen. Expect to find a Banshees Of Inisherin-esque cottage in a Dark Sky Reserve and a "front row" beach home in the West Country that could've been plucked from The OC.