Ox Drove, Burghclere, Newbury, Hampshire, RG20

Fulford Shard is a pretty, early 18th century cottage, in a private and peaceful setting on the northern edge of Burghclere village.

The house has been in the same ownership since 2012 and has been sympathetically updated and extended by the present owners, to create a stylish, modern, practical family home without losing the original character.

You enter the house via a handmade oak door into a large reception hall with limestone floor, which extends into the kitchen/ breakfast room. There are steps down from the hall to the cellar, which has racking for around 400 bottles. This also has a strong room door, making it suitable as a gun room.

The kitchen/ breakfast room is on the south side of the house and is comprehensively fitted with a "Harvey Jones " kitchen, an island and integrated appliances. There are French doors to a large south facing terrace, perfect for al fresco dining.

On the other side of the hall is a good sized family room with engineered oak floor.

The hall leads to the dining room, which is in the original part of the house, passing the boot room and utility on the way, two very practical rooms.

The dining room looks over the garden and then leads to an inner hall with a study off.

At the far end of the house is the formal drawing room, this has been extended to create a well-proportioned living area, triple aspect and with the addition of a cupola, allowing light to pour in. There are French doors to the garden and a woodburner for those chilly winter evenings.

On the first floor there is a generous master bedroom suite, consisting of a dressing room, triple aspect bedroom, with further integrated wardrobes and an enormous ensuite shower room.

Three further bedrooms and two further bathrooms complete the first floor.

The house sits in a plot of almost half an acre and offers complete privacy, a "green oak" outbuilding has been added in the last few years, which provides a two bay car port, implement store/ workshop with power, light and water and log store. Above this is a large studio room with ensuite shower room, perfect for visiting guests.

The garden is a delight, with formal planting and less formal cottage borders, a productive vegetable plot and expanses of lawn.