An inglenook, a wood-burner, three sets of windows.
You enter through a snug panelled hall with exposed timbers and a large open fireplace. The sitting room beyond is triple-aspect — windows on three sides, double doors out to the garden, and a brick inglenook with a wood-burner at one end. It's the kind of room that swallows a wet afternoon whole.
- Triple-aspect with garden doors
- Brick inglenook with wood-burner
- Exposed beams and oak trusses
Range cooker, granite, a long table.
Farmhouse-style cabinetry, granite worktops, a Range cooker with gas hob and electric ovens, and a breakfast bar for informal mornings. A formal dining room sits just off the kitchen, with views to both gardens, comfortably seating eight for the kind of slow Saturday lunch this house was made for.
- Range cooker, gas hob, electric ovens
- Granite worktops and breakfast bar
- Formal dining room sleeping eight
Four bedrooms, two floors.
The principal bedroom occupies the front of the house with triple-aspect windows, a small fireplace, and views over the gardens and pastureland. Two further bedrooms sit off the upstairs landing — one with built-in wardrobes, one with a wash-hand basin. A fourth bedroom on the ground floor offers an alternative for guests who'd rather not climb stairs. Throughout: oak beams, leaded windows, and beds made up with proper linen.
- Principal bedroom: triple-aspect, garden views
- Two further upstairs bedrooms
- Ground-floor bedroom with garden views
- Wet room and second bathroom
West-facing, wood-fired, made for evenings.
The west-facing garden is bordered by mature hedgerow, with sun terraces, well-stocked beds, and a small orchard. At its heart sits a wood-fired cedar hot tub, set on gravel among the camellias — six can soak comfortably, and the chimney draws woodsmoke up into the trees. There is also an old pond, ornamental cherry trees, and a path that leads through the orchard out to the paddock beyond.
- Wood-fired cedar hot tub, seats six
- West-facing garden with mature borders
- Orchard, pond, sun terraces
- 7.5 acres of paddock beyond
Eggs collected at first light, still warm.
A small flock of laying hens free-ranges across the back lawn — gentle, sociable birds who tolerate guests cheerfully and lay reliably. Children take to them quickly. Guests are welcome to collect their own eggs in the morning; on a good day there are more than a household of eight can manage, and the surplus is yours.
- Fresh eggs each morning, weather permitting
- Children welcome to feed and collect
- Free-ranging on the back lawn
An old house, with a few new ideas in it.
The cottage has been quietly furnished over many years — a Windsor rocking chair beside the inglenook, framed prints of the local lanes, a trio of Ron Arad Tom Vac chairs propped against five-hundred-year-old beams. Old and new sit easily together here. You'll keep finding things; that's part of the point.
- Antique furniture and books
- Modern design pieces among original timbers
- A house that rewards a slow look
