Both of these seem to be well build and they will last for many decades if taken a good care of.

Both of them are very closed off. In case of the country house the other sides are most probably more open and the house itself *could* be quite good and reacting a lot to the surroundings (where you look, who sees you, where the sun is...).

The other example doesn't look very appealing and it is hard to give it any slack, it might be ok inside, but unless it is some kind of special atelier or a (sound/youtube/photo) studio, this just doesn't make much sense and it's not interesting in any way.