Article: Time to invest in a cottage industry; Corner Cottage, at Icomb, in Gloucestershire, sold by Hamptons for more than its pounds 350,000 guide price after instant competition Cloud Hill Cottage, at Guiting Power, in Gloucestershire, a stone cottage next to the pub with open views and a self-contained annexe, available for more than pounds 395,000.

Byline: Marsya Lennox

Commentators have been marvelling over the wisdom of investors who put their money into country cottages.

Agency statistics show that country cottages have out-performed gold and the stock market in recent months - further encouragement for buyers.

Nowhere is this same rural market sector so closely watched as in the Cotswolds, well blessed with some of the best cottage properties to be had in England.

Fuelling the demand for shares in this most compelling of categories is the sheer pleasure of owning something worth ...

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