Buying a property with a holiday-let barn is a good way to pay for a grander home beyond your means. Greystones, a renovated Grade-II listed Georgian Cotswold farmhouse is for sale at £1.2 million near Chipping Norton, with a well-established holiday-let business in the ancillary long barn. Current owners Liam Clogger and Francine Rodrigues rent the barn for holidays, generating between £15,000 and £17,500 a year. 'This effectively pays for around £300,000 of our mortgage and has allowed us to own a larger property and with greater capital growth potential than otherwise would be the case,' says Mr Clogger. The couple let the barn through English Country Cottages, typically expecting about 85% occupancy between April and September, attracting £650 in rentals income per week. When the barn is vacant, it is used to supplement the main accommodation in the five-bedroom farmhouse for parties and family gatherings. Greystones is well-located in the village of Churchill, one mile from Kingham railway station (with services to London Paddington), and two-and-a-half miles from Chipping Norton. Banbury is 15 miles and Oxford around 22 miles away. The property is being sold through www.butlersherborn.co.uk
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A tranquil cottage in Essex where Grayson Perry used to do his paper roundGreat Bardfield was home to a variety of famous artists, and with properties such as Vine Cottage, it's not difficult to understand why.
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The joy of English stoneWhen the interior designer Isabella Worsley conceived Country Life's ‘outdoor drawing room’ at this week’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show, she worked with English stone specialist Artorius Faber to lend the space a timeless feel
