Melrose Cottage is nestled among a forest of apple trees in a picturesque village. (Mark Wiggin Estate Agents via SWNS)

By Nathan Pynn

A Hansel and Gretel-style cottage with gingerbread-colored walls and surrounded by its own ‘fairytale forest’ is on the market for £350,000 (more than $465,000).

The magical two-bedroom property , which looks like something straight out of a children’s storybook, dates back more than 400 years.

It was bought as a derelict ruin in the 1970s before the owner dismantled it and rebuilt the entire cottage "beam by beam" in a pretty wooded glen.

Melrose Cottage is now nestled among dozens of apple trees and conifers in the picturesque village of Yarpole, Herefordshire.

(Mark Wiggin Estate Agents via SWNS) By Talker

The entrance to the property opens

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