AN INGLENOOK fireplace and old bread oven are features of the sitting room in a semi-detached period cottage in the village of Monk Sherborne.

Fayreleigh is a listed cottage that has views over fields and farmland from its setting on the edge of the Hampshire village.

Its heavily-beamed kitchen, which has a range cooker, has a door out to a newly-built conservatory. A study is set between the kitchen and dining room. There is also a dining room and a downstairs bathroom for the three first-floor bedrooms.

The price guide of £380,000 through agents Lane Fox includes a garage with a loft room.

Fayreleigh dates from the 18th century and has a wood-burning stove fitted in the inglenook fireplace.