Pug Cottage, The Green, Christian Malford, Chippenham, SN15

This cottage has character, charm and more importantly space to create a home within a thriving village.

Nestled on The Green this charmingly pretty cottage has undergone a sympathetic refurbishment to create a lovely home which is surprisingly spacious.

Approached across a porch into the sitting room, this spacious room has a multi fuel stove in a feature red brick fireplace, double doors lead into the garden room with doors ready to throw open into the garden.

The kitchen has been thoughtfully designed to create plenty of working space and storage, there is space for a Range cooker and integrated dishwasher. An open doorway leads into the attractive dining room with a bow window at the front complete with a window seat and storage beneath.

Adjacent to the kitchen is a useful inner hallway with a downstairs cloakroom and access to the rear garden. A useful utility room leads through into a boot room which has plenty of space for shoes. coats and hats, there is a door to the side of the house and a personal door into the garage.

Upstairs there are two double bedrooms and a good-size single bedroom. The principal bedroom has in built storage. The bathroom is large with a separate bath and rainfall shower, and twin sinks with storage below. The landing adjacent has enough room for a dressing table or desk.

Outside there is ample parking for several cars on the gravelled driveway leading to the single garage. There is a lawn and two mature apple trees. Access around the side of the house brings you into the rear garden which has been landscaped with two decking areas, one for cooking and one for socialising. Mainly laid to lawn with mature shrubs and trees.

Christian Malford is one of the few villages in the area retaining the facilities and amenities villages used to have. With a primary school, church, village shop/post office, pub and village hall, where there are many social events and activities arranged on a regular basis.

The village is just four miles N.E. of Chippenham, which has easy access to a wide range of shops, providing an excellent range of shopping facilities and amenities including mainline rail services (Paddington about 75 minutes) and modern sports/leisure centre; excellent road communications provide easy access to the major employment centres of Bath, Bristol and Swindon via the M4 together with London and the West Country.

Those with an interest in country and leisure pursuits are well catered for in the area and there is a good choice of both state and private schooling in the region.