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QUENINGTON, GLOS

Make the perfect escape to a Cotswold-stone village house in Quenington, Gloucestershire. The beamed interior is on three floors with a bathroom, three bedrooms and two attic rooms ideal for turning into extra bedrooms, on the upper floors. On the ground floor is a large reception hall, a cosy sitting room with an inglenook fireplace and a Smallbone kitchen. The house also has a cellar and neat bordered gardens. Kemble station to London takes about 75 minutes. Estate agent John D Wood (01285 642244) is asking £425,000.

FORDWICH, CANTERBURY

A house full of history is yours for £465,000 in Fordwich, near Canterbury. The fully restored listed village cottage dates back to 1470. Period details include oak panelling in the sitting room bearing a biblical inscription, an inglenook fireplace and a wood-burning stove in the kitchen. Two bedrooms and a family bathroom are on the first floor with a further two bedrooms at the top of the house. The charming walled gardens contain an outhouse, chicken coop, fruit trees and a vine. London can be reached by train in under two hours. Contact Hobbs Parker (01233 506220).