Autumn is the farm's larder season. Apples come off the orchard for juice, blackberries go into jam with them, and the wood stores — seasoned dry in the barns all year — start feeding the stoves, fire pits and hot tubs. The moor turns bronze and the walking is at its best.
Apple juice pressed from the farm's own orchard — every arriving guest gets a bottle — and blackberry-and-apple jam from the hedgerows.
The wood-fired hot tubs come into their own — fed with the farm's own seasoned logs, they reward patience with steam under a cold sky.
The nature journals turn to fungi and rut-season deer, and the dark-sky evenings stretch out — star-gazing books wait in every stay.
One of Devon's oldest charter fairs, held each October — the whole town becomes a market. Confirm the date when booking.
The valley's orchard heritage comes out in October — pressing days and local food events, announced each year.
Local dates are announced annually — Julia confirms what's on when you book.
Level throughout, with a wet room and easterly light.
A roll-top bath, and the hills through the window.
The courtyard barn, with room for a dog.
The only stay with The Loft to itself.
One yurt, its own field and its own wood-fired hot tub.
Barn season: an antique bath or a roll-top soak, thick stone walls, and a sauna session booked for the cold-sky evenings.
Room for two, with The Loft's 22-seat dining space right on the doorstep.
Beautifully styled old cow shed — peaceful, warm, the one guests call magic.
All five stays are open year-round.
Alba the Labrador, a flock of longwool sheep, three Connemara ponies and a run of hens — the residents who make this a working farm.
