The Old Post Office

The Old Post Office has had a number of different uses since it started its life in 1830 as a blacksmith's forge. Since then, parts of the building have served as a bakery, village shops and stables.

Bed down in a stable, wood store or bakery, followed by breakfast in what used to be the Post Office. All the rooms overflow with character and attractive antique pine furniture - some stripped, some painted.

Old features have been retained and re-used ingeniously - odd corners for showers, the old coal store for an en-suite bathroom and the hay hatch still graces one of the bedrooms. The horse has now left, allowing conversion of the stable and haystore.

Michelmersh is a quiet village in the Test Valley close to Winchester and the New Forest.