Wonky floors, ancient staircases and narrow doors mean historic properties are rarely ideal holiday lets for disabled guests. This stylishly converted stable block, sleeping two, is the exception: it's all on one level, with wide doorways, ramps and a roll-in wet room... Photograph: PR
Oak and slate floors and wood beams add character to the otherwise contemporary furnishings; there are sweeping views of the South Downs; and French doors open on to a sunny patio, with a shared outdoor pool.
• 01730 829720, hampshirehideaway.co.uk. From £475 a week Photograph: PR
Views don't get much more romantic than the one at this Georgian folly a few metres from the Solent. Just outside Calshot, and surrounded by the North Solent national nature reserve, the top-floor houses a sitting room with shell-pattern plasterwork and a kitchen... Photograph: Landmark Trust
The two floors below each have a bedroom (one twin, one double). For extra magic, climb up to a roof terrace and spot ships passing below, or make your way to the beach through a tunnel said to have been used for smuggling.
• 01628 825925, landmarktrust.org.uk. From £1,254 a week. Pet friendly Photograph: Landmark Trust
A pine-framed kit house just outside the New Forest national park, this sleek eco-hideaway has underfloor heating, oak and stone floors, and solar-powered hot water. Sleeping eight, the house has a large open-plan ground floor, with a dark grey and wood kitchen at one end and a glass-walled lounge with a cylindrical red woodburner at the other... Photograph: Matt Chisnall/PR
In the middle is a large wooden dining table. Cycling, sailing and strolling are popular guest activities. As is ambling over to the nearby Gun Inn for views of the Solent and lunch or a dram (it stocks over 200 whiskies).
• 07974355101, sawdays.co.uk. From £750 a week Photograph: Matt Chisnall /PR
This retro deckhouse on Chichester harbour is one of a small development of stilted dwellings built in the 1960s as yachters' weekend homes... Photograph: PR
Sleeping five, number three has been designed with a nod to the building's heritage: an all-white kitchen is accessorised with Keeler dining chairs and a red Topan-style light. Popular with families (bedroom two has bunks), the house also has a sunny balcony and access to a large, shared lawn.
• No phone, holidaylettings.co.uk. From £422 a week Photograph: PR
Tucked among hedgerow-fringed lanes, six miles from Winchester, this converted Methodist chapel makes a surprisingly cosy cottage for two. Its small size means guests don't have to battle with the haughty proportions of some church conversions... Photograph: PR
The main living area remains at full-height, its large windows intact, so there's plenty of light. A Shaker-style kitchen reflects the galleried bedroom above it, and And sensibly positioned French windows lead out on to a patio and garden. Go for a hike along one of many surrounding footpaths, cycle around the South Downs or head south, to Portsmouth, to refresh your naval history.
• 01747 828170, hideaways.co.uk. From £487 a week Photograph: PR
