The Square, Aspley Guise, Milton Keynes, Bedfordshire, MK17

A Grade II listed Georgian two bedroom detached cottage with an established rear garden, off street parking and a carport in the centre of the village of Aspley Guise. Traditionally constructed with timber framing, this 17th-century cottage has over 1,400 sq. ft. of accommodation with period features. Believed to date from the 1600s with 1587 inscribed in a timber, How Cottage was part of the How estate and was officially listed by Historic England in 1987.

On the ground floor, the sitting and family rooms are over 36 ft. long open plan space divided by exposed vertical beams with low timber screening. There is a fitted kitchen/breakfast room which accesses a rear lobby with doors to a boot lobby and a cloakroom.

The first floor landing has storage, two double bedrooms (could be reconfigured to three) and a four piece family bathroom with a separate shower cubicle.

The mature rear garden is set over two levels; the lower garden is mainly laid to lawn with shrub and bush borders and a patio. Steps rise to the wooded upper level (70 ft. by 50 ft) with a greenhouse and a shed. There is off road parking for three cars and a carport.