Honeycombe Farm, Broadwindsor, near Beaminster, Dorset(Image: @ Symonds & Sampson)

Massive West Country farm available for first time in 50 years

The property has been in the family for three generations

11 Feb 2024, 08:25 by Gillian Adams · BristolLive

Honeycombe Farm, a beautiful 88-acre farm in the West Country, is up for sale for a hefty £2.75m. The farm, just half a mile from the lovely village of Broadwindsor in the West Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, has a handsome period farmhouse, bungalow, two semi-detached barn conversions, a barn with planning permission for conversion, modern farm buildings, pastureland, a lake and a coppice.

This varied farm has been run as an organic livestock farm with beef and sheep by the same family for three generations. Now on the market for the first time in over 50 years, it gives potential buyers the rare opportunity to own a working farm in this area.

The farm also offers multi-generational living and a diversified income from the established rents of the existing barn conversions. Plus, there's plenty of sporting/amenity appeal with mature hedgerows, watercourses, a wildlife/fishing lake and areas of coppice.

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Lot One includes Spring House, Mead Barn, Cowleaze Cottage, The Milking Parlour, Farm Buildings and about 35.11 acres.

Spring House, a charming farmhouse over 200 years old, is the centrepiece of the farmstead. This light and airy home has been refurbished by the current owners, featuring natural materials like travertine floors.

The main attraction of the house is the open-plan kitchen with a Rayburn and island, and a cosy seating area around the wood burner. Upstairs, there's a new bathroom and one bedroom has been turned into a dressing room. The farmhouse has planning permission for a three-storey side extension, with the steel frame already in place. The gardens at the front and back of the house offer privacy.

Spring House is hidden behind mature hedges and has a driveway leading to a parking area in front of the double garage. The gardens are mostly grass, with a terrace at the back. On the other side of the garage, away from the farmhouse and with its own entrance, are the stone barn and cow stall which were turned into Mead Barn and Cowleaze Cottage in 2004. Both properties are well kept and have been rented out, bringing in a good income.

The Milking Parlour is a traditional red brick single-storey barn, formerly used for milking cows. It has permission to be turned into a two-bedroom, two-bathroom property. Also included in lot one is a three-bay steel framed farm building and a block of productive pastureland. Near the farmstead is an attractive area with some coppice and a large lake.

Lot Two: Cattle Building and Yard 0.10 of an acre (0.04 ha). A recently built steel framed cattle building was put up in 2019 and can be accessed from lot one, if sold separately.

Lot Three: Little Honeycombe, Farm Buildings and about 6.15 acres (2.49 ha) of garden and pastureland. Built in 1972 and set in a slightly elevated position to the west of the farmstead, the detached three-bedroom bungalow has an Agricultural Occupancy Condition. The accommodation features a generous kitchen/breakfast room with double doors to the dining room and the dual aspect sitting room has French doors opening onto the garden.

There is also a range of modern farm buildings arranged around expansive concrete/hardcored yards, plus gently sloping pastureland. Lot Four is 46.48 acres (18.81 ha) of mainly gently sloping or sloping permanent pastureland divided into six main enclosures.

With a guide price of £2,750,000, contact Symonds & Sampson on 01297 33122 for more information.