Bemerton Farm

Bemerton | Wiltshire

A converted farm with charming history, originally designed for a countess

Bemerton Farm is converted from the model farm built for the Dowager Countess of Pembroke in 1863. The buildings were designed to be beautiful as well as useful, making it unusual although pleasant to look at. There is an enclosed courtyard of stone cottages, a farmhouse and gatehouse, a lovely circular dovecote and even a WWII pill box. A nine-hole golf course runs partly around the estate and across the road is a private walled garden on the River Nadder, with open countryside beyond.

Bemerton is a quaint yet vibrant village with a lively social scene, including film nights and a local history group. It has a beautiful small church, St Andrews, a post office and village store. In contrast to village life, just to the east is the cathedral city of Salisbury with excellent shops, an acclaimed theatre, a cinema and many fine pubs and restaurants. To the west are Wilton and the ancestral seat of the Earls of Pembroke. The beautiful scenery of the New Forest National Park is also easily accessible.