Picture postcard perfect Pinhorne Cottage at Calbourne.
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Location...Calbourne
Bedrooms...Three
Price...Guide £380,000
Agent...Creasey Biles and King
Tel...01983 527744
WHEN zooming in from above on a beautiful centuries-old thatched cottage you would first see lovely unspoilt countryside, then the heart of pretty rural village followed by the home itself, amid delightful gardens.
Detached Pinhorne Cottage, dating from around 1730, is close to the green in Calbourne, a village in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty made famous by picturesque Winkle Street and with scenic downland and forest walks close by.
Having earned a big tick in the location box the Grade II listed cottage goes on to impress with its quintessential country cottage looks and the immense charm of its three-bedroom interior.
Carefully and lovingly renovated and updated by its owners it has many lovely old features, such as exposed ceiling beams, window and door lintels, doors and panelling to its stairwell and two bedrooms.
Both the sitting room and dining room have a superb feature fireplace as a focal point — one with a bread oven niche.
However, in these rooms and the front-facing upsairs bedrooms you are likely to be drawn to a built-in windowseat, from which you can enjoy views of the garden and its many visiting birds and look out to the village and downland beyond.
With its thatch in tip-top condition, the cottage is cosy in winter and cool in summer and white walls throughout give it an appealing bright, fresh feel.
Practicality is a strong point as tiled and wooden flooring downstairs is a good match for muddy boots after countryside walks.
The cottage’s large, secluded surrounding garden are also easy to look after with lawned areas interspersed with shrubs and plants in beds.
Screened by a hedge the home stands side-on and well back from Lynch Lane, with a rear driveway providing parking and leading to a garage. A path leads through the gardens past a beautiful crab apple tree laden with vivid red fruit and two front paved terraces to the stable entrance door.
Off the entrance lobby, with a short flight of stairs to the first floor, is the inviting sitting room with a heavily beamed ceiling, a fireplace with flagstone hearth and access to a charming study with a pretty low window.
This room — suitable as a fourth bedroom — along with the bathroom, store area and utility room with WC, are all beneath a cat-slide roof with a sloping ceiling adding character.
An inglenook fireplace with gnarled old beam over and ceiling beams feature in the delightful dining room with access to the storage area, utility room and bathroom.
Next door is the light kitchen with attractive Chinese terracotta floor tiles, a front door and windows overlooking the rear and side gardens. In addition to a range of pine units it has an integrated dishwasher.
Along with a white suite the downstairs bathroom has fully tiled walls and flooring in an appealing neutral shade.
An unusual-shaped chimney breast is the central feature of the enchanting main bedroom with original ceiling beams.
This room along with bedroom two with stairs to the attic and bedroom three all have a super front outlook to the village and downs.
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