Tiltridge Farm used to be a County Council property run by tenant farmers. The last of the family died in 1982 and since the farm was rather run down and would have cost a considerable amount of money to repair, the Council decided to sell up. We were lucky enough to buy the house together with a small parcel of land and spent the next eighteen months or so doing the necessary repairs. The barn was renovated more recently.

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The house itself is quite old. The original building was a small timber-framed cottage built in the late seventeenth century. A large Georgian frontage was put on in the eighteenth century and a Victorian extension added in the nineteenth. With plenty of space, it seemed a good idea to start doing bed and breakfast!

At the moment I let out three bedrooms - two double and one twin (which converts easily into a third double bed). Two of these rooms can take extra beds for a family and all have their own bathroom, TV, the usual tea making facilities and free wireless internet.

Downstairs there is a big sitting room with a large inglenook fireplace where there is a television and video, and a separate dining room for breakfast.

Outside there is a south facing terrace (quite pleasant for a cup of tea or a glass of wine) and you can always have a wander round the vineyards or say hello to our chickens over the way who work so hard to provide part of your breakfast!

Sandy Barker