LEES Farm Cottage stands in the heart of Hook village in half-an-acre of beautifully-landscaped and secluded gardens.

A family home to Janice and Derek Childs since 1982, the listed 17th century home is now on the market through estate agents Charlton Grace with a price guide of £995,000.

Until about 1950, Lees Farm Cottage (pictured) was two properties. It was then converted into a single house and extended by the vendors' predecessors, who lived in a caravan in the garden while the work was carried out.

The previous owner was a wood importer and laid solid Canadian oak floors in the reception hall and drawing room, where there is a storey-high exposed brick beehive-shaped open fireplace.

A study area leads off the drawing room, while the dining room, which also has the oak flooring, has reclaimed ceiling beams.

The Childs have also extended the house by adding a rear hall area and morning room, which has Chinese slate flooring.

A special feature of the morning room is an old well, which has been covered and illuminated.

The newest area of Lees Farm Cottage also has a laundry room and office and leads out to the garage.

The cottage has two staircases at either end of the house to reach the six bedrooms, some of which have original timbers.

The master bedroom has a dressing area and en suite bathroom, with a corner bath, and the second bedroom features a partly-vaulted ceiling. The family bathroom includes a separate shower cubicle.

The vendors use the sixth bedroom as a television room as it has a spiral staircase back down to the hallway, which links to the kitchen-breakfast room, where the oak units have marble worktops.

Behind and above the garage is an annexe, which was originally built as a playhouse for the Childs family's four children.

More recently, it has been rented out as it offers an open-plan living room and kitchen area, with a galleried mezzanine floor above for the bedroom, dressing room and bathroom.

Set within the front garden of Lees Farm Cottage is an old cow shed, which is now used as a storage outbuilding.