House and shed bordered by country road on river (9)
I believe the answer is:
lancaster
'house' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'bordered by country road on river' is the wordplay.
'bordered by' becomes 'cast' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'country road' becomes 'lane' (I've seen this in another clue).
'on' indicates putting letters inside (as in clothing 'on' a person).
'river' becomes 'r' (abbreviation for river).
'cast' placed within 'lane' is 'lancaste'.
'lancaste'+'r'='LANCASTER'
'and shed' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for lancaster that I've seen before include "it bombed" , "City in north-west England" , "He appeared in many films" , "county town" , "A rose-red city" .)