A RESTORED cottage built for workers on the Portals Estate, in the Test Valley hamlet of Laverstoke, is selling through agents Knight Frank with a price guide of £325,000.

The 19th century semi-detached cottage retains period features and its ground-floor sitting room features an open fireplace and French doors to the garden, where there is a raised terrace. The fireplace is fitted with a wood-burning stove.

A kitchen-breakfast room, at the back of the cottage, has a partly-vaulted ceiling, and units are inset with an oven and hob. Leading off is a cloakroom and utility room.

Upstairs, the main bedroom has a partly-vaulted ceiling and shares a family bath and shower room with two more bedrooms.

Knight Frank says: "The cottage has been substantially and skilfully improved."

The agents describe the accommodation as "well presented and planned".