It is a fine old farmhouse. Blue lias Stone and a thatch roof give it a picture postcard look. A garden at the front is enclosed by a low wall and a neat wrought iron gate. Beyond the gate, a stone slab pathway leads to a solid wooden front door.

“Farmhouse” is, of course, a misnomer. It is two generations since the house was separated from the land for which it was the dwelling place. The fields once worked by the occupants of the house have long been part of …