A 16th century cottage in a village surrounded by "glorious" countryside walks is currently on the market for £500,000.

Briardene is a Grade II listed cottage located in the historic village of Great Hockham.

The four-bed home, set back from Shropham Road, expands across two floors and is "bursting with originality and charming character features" throughout.

Eastern Daily Press: The kitchen offers a Rayburn range cooker and solid wood worksurfacesThe kitchen offers a Rayburn range cooker and solid wood worksurfaces (Image: Sowerbys)

Eastern Daily Press: The kitchen offers a Rayburn range cooker and solid wood worksurfacesThe kitchen offers a Rayburn range cooker and solid wood worksurfaces (Image: Sowerbys)

It offers three receptions rooms, an "impressive kitchen" with a seperate utility room, a downstairs shower room and upstairs bathroom.

The kitchen includes a Rayburn range cooker, which also powers the radiator central heating.

Solid wood worksurfaces and framed kitchen units give it a "timeless cottage feel" and french doors lead out onto the rear garden. 

Eastern Daily Press: Briardene cottage, in Great Hockham, has three reception rooms and four bedrooms Briardene cottage, in Great Hockham, has three reception rooms and four bedrooms (Image: Sowerbys)

Eastern Daily Press: Briardene cottage, in Great Hockham, has three reception rooms and four bedrooms Briardene cottage, in Great Hockham, has three reception rooms and four bedrooms (Image: Sowerbys)

In the dining room there is an inglenook fireplace and bressummer beam 

The sitting room also benefits from a dual aspect with a fireplace and wood-burning stove.

The first floor has been transformed by the vendor, with exposed wooden floorboards.

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Eastern Daily Press: The first floor of Briardene cottage, in Great Hockham, includes three double bedrooms and a semi-vaulted bedroom The first floor of Briardene cottage, in Great Hockham, includes three double bedrooms and a semi-vaulted bedroom (Image: Sowerbys)

The landing expands across the front of the property and leads to three double bedrooms, including an "impressive" semi-vaulted bedroom.

The family bathroom offers exposed painted floorboards and a traditional freestanding roll-topped bath with claw feet.

To the front of the property, there is a side shingled driveway which is accessed through a metal gate and provides plenty of off-road parking.

Eastern Daily Press: A brick fireplace has an open fireA brick fireplace has an open fire (Image: Sowerbys)

Eastern Daily Press: Briardene cottage, in Great Hockham, has an enclosed, walled and landscaped garden Briardene cottage, in Great Hockham, has an enclosed, walled and landscaped garden (Image: Sowerbys)

It also leads to a partly converted garage and a gate into the landscaped rear garden.

Within walking distance of the village is Thetford Forest, with its numerous walks and trails, including the Pingo Trail and the Peddars way forms part of the village's western parish boundary.