SINCE being built in the Victorian era, a village cottage has been extended into a spacious three-bedroomed family home, which stands in a 180ft-deep garden.

Simply known as The Cottage, the property is in the village of Monk Sherborne and is selling with a price guide of £375,000 through estate agents Dreweatt Neate.

Inside the entrance porch are glazed doors into the sitting room where there is an original cast-iron fireplace and the stairs to the bedrooms and bathroom.

The room has an arched opening to the kitchen and a door to the dining room where there is a feature fireplace and a range of built-in cupboards. A rear lobby is large enough to use as a utility area.

The Cottage also has a study, cloakroom and conservatory with French doors to the garden terrace.

Several fruit trees grow in the garden and the guide price includes a garden shed, greenhouse and summerhouse.