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" A wonderful Grade II listed four bedroom detached cottage set in large gardens of just over 0.5 acre and set within this sought after and quiet rural village. The house has a wealth of period features and with good ceiling heights and is light and airy throughout. Of particular note is the spacious sitting room, this is a fabulous room, double aspect with French doors to the garden and an inglenook fireplace, the central support beam is believed to come from a local mill. There is a separate dining room with parquet flooring which leads off the kitchen/breakfast room. Upstairs there are four bedrooms and a family bathroom, the generous master bedroom is double aspect with an ensuite bathroom off. In all this cottage offers a rare opportunity to update and add ones mark on a beautiful period cottage, there is scope to extend or reconfigure and possible development subject ro gaining the necessary consents.

Situation
The village is characterised by its many pretty cottages and is centred around a traditional village duck pond and village pub and has the only working windmill in Wiltshire. The market towns of Hungerford (about 6 miles to the northeast) and Marlborough (about 8 miles to the northwest) offer a good range of services and amenities, whilst the nearby village of Great Bedwyn (about 2 miles) provides for most day to day necessities, together with a rail station to London Paddington ideal for commuters. The surrounding downland countryside is designated as an area of outstanding natural beauty and it includes nearby Savernake Forest with many walks and good riding facilities.

Outside
The cottage is set off the lane with a lawned garden to the front and side with a gravel driveway leading to a double garage and ample parking. The double garage has dual access to both sides. There is a south easterley facing garden room to the side with a fine outlook over the garden and fields beyond. The garden extends to 0.562 acres in all and is mainly laid to lawn with mature borders, shrubs and specimen trees. A fine kitchen/ vegetable garden lies at the top of the garden, with greenhouse and garden shed and a wonderful outlook over the adjoining fields and countryside beyond.