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PIDDLE VALLEY, DORSET
Make a clean break and head for The Wee House, a pretty brick/flint cottage in the Piddle Valley, Dorset, on the market for £195,000. On the ground floor a fully fitted kitchen/breakfast room leads to a dining room, study, bathroom and sitting room with French windows.
Two cosy bedrooms with storage/dressing areas are upstairs. The garden has herbaceous borders, shrubs and a rockery area. Nearby, the county town of Dorchester has a mainline station with trains into Waterloo taking about two-and-a-half hours.
Through Symonds and Sampson (01305 265058).
CHEVELEY, CAMBRIDGESHIRE
Daisy Cottage, a little piece of history dating back about 400 years, can be bought for £165,000 in Cheveley, Cambridgeshire. Period details, including brick flooring, exposed beams, a window seat, open fireplace and wood panelling, have been retained throughout the charming interior.
An entrance hall, kitchen, sitting and dining rooms are downstairs with two bedrooms and a bathroom upstairs. The front garden is enclosed by a flint wall and a small courtyard garden at the rear is filled with climbing plants. Trains from Cambridge (18 miles away) take one hour into Liverpool Street.
Contact Jackson-Stops and Staff (01638 662231).
