2 miles from Honiton and 200 yards (private drive) off a lane, two attached cottages close to the charming owners' 17th century farmhouse.
They are in a brilliant, peaceful position with fine views, on the side of beech-tree-crowned Dumpdon Hill (Iron Age fort, good walks, Nat.
Trust), above the Otter Valley.
You are welcome to help when possible on the environmentally-friendly, well managed, clean 135 acre working farm (horses, chickens, Devon cattle, Gotland sheep).
Heating and hot water are piped to the cottages from solar panels and a log boiler (out of sight) fed with coppiced wood from sustainably managed woodland.
Spring water.
Arrival after 4pm.
Whitcombe Cottage, converted from a barn across the courtyard from the owners' house, is comfortable and welcoming with its own small garden (flowers, lawn, good views) and secluded patio (table/chairs, barbecue).
Open-plan living/dining/kitchen (dishwasher, microwave, fridge-freezer, electric cooker) with fuel-efficient woodburner, TV/DVD, beautiful views to Dumpdon Hill and French windows to patio and 5 steps up to garden.
Downstairs shower-room (wet-room suite).
Washer-drier in hall cupboard.
Upstairs (stair lift), two bedrooms - a double (5' bed with footboard), and a twin; bathroom (suite).
Note: This property can be booked with Swallows Cottage (976052) and Whitehall Farm Cottage (987915), together they sleep 15.
Honiton: small, important, east Devon former coaching town famous for lace-making and antique shops, in the River Otter valley (trout fishing).
Sports centre (indoor swimming pool).
Lovely farmland all round the wooded Blackdown Hills and the flat valley.
The sea (beaches) at Sidmouth, 8 miles; Exeter, 14.
