HAMPSHIRE farmland and Watership Down country create a peaceful and rural setting for a period cottage that has a price guide of £335,000 with agents Knight Frank.

Hare Warren Cottage (pictured) is one of a semi-detached pair, reached by a single track lane, adjoining Hare Warren Farm near Whitchurch.

The gabled cottage dates back about 200 years and is extended.

In the last two to three years, it has been refurbished to include new plumbing, electrics, central heating and drainage.

Inside the entrance porch is a door into the beamed sitting room, which has a large open fireplace, and the separate dining room features oak floorboards.

Limed oak units and a range cooker are fitted in the kitchen, and, upstairs, the three bedrooms are served by a family bathroom. The cottage has the extra facility of a downstairs shower room.

The front lawn is edged by heather borders and, at the back of the house, the lawn is overlooked by a terrace. There is also a greenhouse.

Knight Frank says: "Virtually all the rooms from the cottage have fine views over the adjoining countryside area."