Well Walk, Hampstead NW3

A two-bedroom period cottage by the Heath

Tucked off Well Walk, two minutes from the Heath, this little cottage is about as close to country living as London gets. It dates from the early nineteenth century and has the low ceilings, deep windowsills and creaking floors to prove it.

The sitting room is built around a wood-burning stove, and the kitchen and dining room open onto a walled garden with a small lawn and climbing roses. Upstairs are two bedrooms and a bathroom with a roll-top bath.

The cottage is offered part furnished, and the landlord is happy to consider a dog. Hampstead station and the village are a seven-minute walk.