A DRAMATIC kitchen-family room has been created at a semi-detached period cottage in the village of Sherfield-on-Loddon.

A special blue finish has been given to the wood-effect flooring in the room where a brick pillar divides the kitchen from the conservatory-style family area, which has a wide bay window with French doors to the garden (pictured).

Selling agents Bradford and Bingley Poulters describe the kitchen-family room as a "truly splendid architectural living space". The units are light oak and the glass roof of the family area is partially vaulted.

Slate flooring in the entrance lobby of Lilleshall Cottage continues into an inner hall and the downstairs cloakroom.

French windows feature in the sitting room, while the dining room, at the front of the house, has a bow window.

Upstairs, the cottage has an en suite bathroom - fitted with a corner bath - to the master bedroom. A Victorian-style bathroom serves three more bedrooms.

Lilleshall Cottage overlooks the village green and is selling with an asking price of £335,000.