This characterful period home is full of original features - and it is on the market for less than £150,000. 

The cottage, in Callington, is on the outskirts of town and sits in a former mining area, with the house possibly belonging to a mining family in the past. 

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The cottage has a feature fireplace and stone walls. (Dawson Nott)

Throughout the property, there are period aspects such as exposed stone walls and feature fireplace. 

On the ground floor, a wooden front door leads to a porch with part-panelled walls and an internal door to the lounge, with a stone and brick detail fireplace with display niches and a cast iron “living flame” gas fire, as well as a window seat looking out to the front. 

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The kitchen features a Rayburn cooker. (Dawson Nott)

Also on the ground floor is a kitchen and dining room with a Rayburn cooker and a recessed area for white goods. 

Upstairs, there are two bedrooms, the main one featuring an ornate feature fireplace with a mantel over and wooden windows, and the second with an exposed stone wall, plus a shower room. 

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The cottage retains many period features such as stone walls and beamed ceilings. (Dawson Nott)

Outside, there is a courtyard to the rear, along with a storage building.

The property is being sold by estate agents Dawson Nott for a guide price of £140,000.

Jane Nott of Dawson Nott described the property as a “quaint cottage with exposed stone walls, two double bedrooms, retain[ing] some original features, with a first floor bathroom. 

“This property would suit a non-gardener.”