ON THE MARKET
Address: Dane Cottage, The Street, Barham, near Canterbury
Price: £550,000.
Agent: Strutt & Parker

Put your feet up in style in the picture-perfect sitting room at Dane Cottage.

The 17ft x 16ft room has a wood-burning stove in a pretty brick fireplace. A large bay window opens to the front garden and concertina doors lead directly to the long kitchen/breakfast room, which stretches across the back of the cottage.

The Grade II listed village home has a second large reception room, which is used as a dining room and also has space for a sitting area in front of a dramatic old inglenook fireplace. This room has exposed timbers as well as a study and a downstairs cloakroom.

On the first floor are four double bedrooms and a family bathroom. This property has two staircases, one from the main hall and one from a back hallway.

Other great features of this house are the countryside views and the stone terrace, which wraps round the back of the house giving a lovely space for outdoor entertaining.

The garden is largely laid to lawn, bordered on all sides by a variety of mature trees. The gravelled driveway provides off-street parking.

Barham is a popular village in the Elham Valley, just under nine miles from Canterbury and less than a mile from the A2.

The village has a shop and a well-regarded primary school.

For information ring the agent on 01227 451123