This three-bedroom cottage is packed with charm - and as well as offering the opportunity of enjoying life in one of the area's most sought-after villages, it comes complete with a detached one-bedroom holiday let as a source of extra income. With lovely views over the village common at the front and rolling meadows at the rear, traditional features include inglenook fireplaces, exposed oak beams, pamment tiled floors, oak doors and cottage windows - the epitome of rural elegance.

Beck Cottage, Shotesham St Mary.  (Image: Pymm and Co)

Inside: The traditional stable front door opens to a welcoming entrance hall with exposed beams and a pamment tiled floor. A door leads into the lounge, which has a shuttered window, exposed brick inglenook fireplace (perfect for cosying up in front of during those chilly winter evenings), exposed beams and a door which leads to the stairs up to bedroom one. Another door leads to the open plan kitchen/breakfast room, which overlooks the cottage gardens. It has a fully double glazed floor to ceiling glass cube with bi-fold doors leading to the patio. The kitchen has quartz work surfaces and breakfast bar and a Range Master electric cooker. On this level there is also a separate dining room, which has an inglenook fireplace, wet room, utility room, study and a bedroom with a vaulted ceiling, oak flooring and direct access to the garden.. The first floor has two bedrooms. The principal bedroom has a triple-aspect view, vaulted ceiling and an en-suite bathroom. A galleried landing leads to the second bedroom, which has windows with shutters, exposed painted beams and stripped floorboards.

Beck Cottage, Shotesham St Mary. Beck Cottage, Shotesham St Mary. (Image: Pymm and Co)

Outside: There is a shingled driveway which has plenty of off-road parking. The cottage has mature shrub and flower borders to either side of the front door. The gardens extend to the rear and side of the property and there's a large raised patio, ideal for al fresco dining, with views reaching into the Tas Valley. The majority of the gardens are laid to lawn, with well-stocked borders. An old brick outhouse has been converted into a garden shed and there is a raised vegetable bed, plus a summerhouse which is for sale by separate negotiation. The holiday cottage, Barn Owl Lodge, is situated at the far end of the garden. The open plan property has a woodburner, double bedroom, en-suite shower room and its own private garden.

Contact: Beck Cottage is on the market with Pymm and Co with a guide price of £750,000. Contact 01603 305805 or visit pymmand.co.uk

Beck Cottage, Shotesham St Mary. Beck Cottage, Shotesham St Mary. (Image: Pymm and Co)

Beck Cottage, Shotesham St Mary. Beck Cottage, Shotesham St Mary. (Image: Pymm and Co)