Hole Farm - The Milking Parlour

Hole Farm - The Milking Parlour Hole Farm Holidays - The Milking Parlour & Threshing Barn The North Cornwall Beaches which are sandy and great for surfing, are only 20-25 mins away.

Hole Farm is a medieval Farmstead near Highampton in Devon, with a beautifully restored and converted ancient 16th century thatched barn 'The Milking Parlour' which was completed recently, providing luxury self-catering holiday accomodation(maximum 4 people). The farm has been featured on the BBC and is a silver award winner plus the farm is a Devon County Wildlife Site. We offer total peace and

quiet, fresh air, very starry nights, abundant wildlife with 48 acres of rolling pastureland overlooking Dartmoor due South. The Milking Parlour is in its 4th year of providing memorable and wonderful holidays - and many guests returning numerous times. We are open all year, and for short breaks too. Please see our website for further information www.self-cateringindevon.co.uk

Wishing everyone, family and friends a very happy St George’s Day today!
23/04/2024

Wishing everyone, family and friends a very happy St George’s Day today!

Thatched roof on the Barn is very nearly finished, and it glows! Fabulous job and even the sun has come out to bless the...
18/04/2024

Thatched roof on the Barn is very nearly finished, and it glows! Fabulous job and even the sun has come out to bless the new roof!

The Barn roof is now getting a fringe!Nearly there! It’s a magnificient colour!James working away ….
15/04/2024

The Barn roof is now getting a fringe!

Nearly there! It’s a magnificient colour!

James working away ….

05/04/2024
Almost whatever the weather- James, Sean and Duncan or some part of the team, are here and now the North end gable is ne...
05/04/2024

Almost whatever the weather- James, Sean and Duncan or some part of the team, are here and now the North end gable is nearing completion.

This leaves the connecting roof to the slate roof on the Threshing Barn, the ridge and re-erecting the chimneys!

If anyone remembers ‘The Generation Game’ with Bruce Forsyth and Anthea Redfern…”Good game, good game! Hope you are playing along at home!?”……

The Thatchers have completed one side, getting to the first chimney and that needs to be dismantled and then raised to a...
22/02/2024

The Thatchers have completed one side, getting to the first chimney and that needs to be dismantled and then raised to accommodate the increased layers of water reed.

The weather is generally poor at this time of year, with some good days in between, but little stops the thatchers - Duncan, James and Sean !

Layer by layer the roof is taking place, but this means the chimneys have to be dismantled, moved up as the roofing laye...
16/02/2024

Layer by layer the roof is taking place, but this means the chimneys have to be dismantled, moved up as the roofing layers increase and then reinstalled.

Thatcher’s assistants come in all shapes and sizes, and for diversity’s sake all colours…
15/02/2024

Thatcher’s assistants come in all shapes and sizes, and for diversity’s sake all colours…

15/02/2024

This is how Thatchers get their reed from the ground to where it’s needed!

Thatching progress!Despite the on/off rain our Thatchers are doing a great job.First the upper layers are trimmed back a...
10/02/2024

Thatching progress!

Despite the on/off rain our Thatchers are doing a great job.

First the upper layers are trimmed back and disposed of.

Then the bottom of the roof by the wall plates is built up.

Already in a few days it’s being transformed!

Our Barn has needed a new hat for sometime now. The thatch has prematurely disintegrated and has been looking like a Sed...
09/02/2024

Our Barn has needed a new hat for sometime now. The thatch has prematurely disintegrated and has been looking like a Sedum roof from some angles. The moss here on one gable end you can plunge you hand into upto the wrist! Perfect for hanging baskets! There is a very fine lichen which feels like a fine sponge and looks like a brain.

The top layers will now get torn off, leaving the base, but in our case it will be reshaped and the angle of run off steepened!

We will post progress on here, incase anyone should be interested in seeing what happens when a thatching team does their stuff!

Also gives us the opportunity to interfere with the thatching …

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Black Torrington
Beaworthy
EX215JH

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