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A beautiful cottage reminiscent of Hansel and Gretel has gone up for sale at £350,000, and it looks like something straight out of a children's book

The enchanting two-bed property , which comes complete with gingerbread-hued walls and its own enchanted 'fairytale forest', boasts more than four centuries of history.

Originally bought as a crumbling ruin during the 1970s, the previous owner painstakingly dismantled and reconstructed the entire structure "beam by beam" within a charming wooded valley.

Melrose Cottage now sits tucked away amongst numerous apple trees and conifers in the scenic Herefordshire village of Yarpole.

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Visitors enter through the kitchen, which flows into the sitting room and separate dinin

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