Restoring the buildings
The historic Grade II listed farmhouse and courtyard range required large-scale renovation. From re-roofing and whitewashing walls to clearing debris and rebuilding cobbled walkways, there’s certainly been plenty to keep the team busy.
A key discovery along the way included finding a fascinating piece of Victorian graffiti inscribed on the farmhouse’s attic wall. It’s believed to document the duties of four servants who ‘feathered 26 geese Dec 1878’.
Following lots of hard work by our staff, volunteers and working holiday groups, we’re delighted to have given the farmhouse a new lease of life and it’s now being run as Southwood Farm bed and breakfast by our tenants.