A former sweet shop, in years gone by: Brook Cottage comes new to the market with a terrific double extension, creating an idyllic rural cottage.

With its pretty exterior, thoughtfully landscaped gardens, beautifully-presented and perfectly proportioned interior Brook Cottage offers a slice of the good life.

The cottage’s new layout creates space and warmth throughout: a light and airy reception hall with stairs and under-stairs cupboard leads you through to a cosy sitting room with feature fireplace and wood burning stove. A stunning kitchen/ dining room houses all the appliances you would expect in a modern home; from here, double doors lead out into the rear garden. A useful study completes the downstairs accommodation.

Stairs from the entrance hallway to the first floor lead you to a pretty family bathroom, double bedroom and a further single bedroom.

A guest bedroom suite is accessed via stairs behind a pretty wooden door off the dining room. This light and airy room easily accommodates a bank of built-in wooden wardrobes and accesses an en suite shower room.

Outside: The landscaped gardens are a joy, comprising of lawn areas, a number of mature specimen trees and full cottage-garden borders. The pretty brook is spanned by a picturesque wooden footbridge and attracts much wildlife: with kingfishers, ducks and otters cited as past visitors.

The Area: St Michael’s is a small hamlet on the Worcestershire/ Herefordshire border; the area is served by The Fountain Inn, a beautiful black and white public house, just a mile away and the nearby town of Tenbury Wells with a bustling high street of independent shops, cafes, bakeries, supermarket and cinema.