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Twinkling lights, a fabulous tree, the smell of gingerbread – all sorts of ingredients come together to make a perfect Christmas house. But if you’re entertaining the whole family, one of the most important elements of all is space.
Elbow room around the festive table, floorspace for unexpected guests to camp out or enough sofas for those TV Christmas specials … here are six of the best houses with room for all that and more.
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.jpg "Manor Farm, Danbury, Chelmsford, Essex - Kitchen")
.jpg "Manor Farm, Danbury, Chelmsford, Essex - Dining room")
.jpg "Overbrook, Naunton, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire")
.jpg "Overbrook, Naunton, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire - Kitchen/dining room")
.jpg "Overbrook, Naunton, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire - Sitting room")
.jpg "Haggle House, Thorpe Abbots, Diss, Norfolk")
.jpg "Haggle House, Thorpe Abbotts, Diss, Norfolk - Reception")
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.jpg "Warberry Lodge, Bath, Somerset")
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(1).jpg "Higher Polmenna, Caerhays, The Roseland, South Cornwall - Orangery")
.jpg "Drawing room, Higher Polmenna, Caerhays, The Roseland, South Cornwall")
.jpg "Roskruge Barton, Manaccan, The Lizard, South Cornwall")
(1).jpg "Dining room, Roskruge Barton, Manaccan, The lizard, South Cornwall - Dining room")
.jpg "Roskruge Barton, Manaccan, The Lizard, South Cornwall - Hall")