This week: English cottages for pounds 300,000 or less

BEST PROPERTIES ON THE MARKET

DORSET

Yew Tree Cottage, Donhead St Andrew, near Shaftesbury. A stone thatched cottage with lovely views. 4 beds, 2 bath, 2 receps, kitchen, cloakroom, garden. pounds 250,000. Strutt & Parker 01722 328741.

SOUTH DEVON

Primrose Cottage, Galmpton, near Kingsbridge. A Grade II 17th- century thatched cottage with views across a pretty valley. 3 beds, 1 bath, 2 recep, kitchen, utility room, garden. pounds 135,000. Marchand Petit 01548 857588.

NORTH YORKSHIRE

Rose Cottage, Scriven, Knaresborough. A Grade II 18th-century stone cottage overlooking the village green. 2 beds, 2 bath, 2 receps, garden room, kitchen, cloakroom, utility room, garden. pounds 275,000. Strutt & Parker 0171 629 7282.

BUCKS

Yew Tree Cottage, Little Hampden, near Great Missenden. A pretty country cottage dating from 1790 in a rural position. 2 beds, 1 bath, 2 receps, study, kitchen, garden. pounds 260,000. Knight Frank 01494 675368.

OXON

Okeford, Sutton. A thatched cottage on a no-through -road in a pretty hamlet. 3 beds, 2 bath, 2 receps, kitchen, conservatory, cloakroom, chalet summer house, garden stores, well-maintained gardens, 0.87 acres. pounds 300,000. FPDSavills 01865 726000.