The Farmhouse
A 300-year-old farmhouse. A warm Devonshire welcome.
Callisham Farm has been our family home for decades. We open the house to guests year-round, sharing the rooms, the breakfast table and the view out to Callisham Tor.
The house
Callisham is a traditional granite and stone Devon longhouse, over three centuries old. It was working long before we were, and carries the signs of it — flagstones, thick walls, low doorways, an inglenook large enough for the whole family on a cold night.
Modern comforts live alongside the old ones: central heating throughout, en-suite bathrooms for guests, flat-screen TVs, and the kind of fast Wi-Fi that wasn't invented when the house was built.
Breakfast room
A solid table, a woodburner, and a proper English breakfast.
Slate under your feet, a solid table for six, windows giving out to the garden and fields beyond. There's a woodburner to supplement the central heating in winter, and armchair seating for four if you'd rather read the paper in the corner.
Breakfast is a proper English one, cooked to order from local produce — Devon sausages, free-range eggs, good coffee, homemade preserves. Vegetarians and special diets are happily catered for; just mention it when you book or the evening before at the latest.
The lounge & garden
An inglenook inside, and the moor at the door.
The guests' lounge has a flagstone floor and an inglenook fireplace cradling a large woodburning stove — warm and homely after a long day walking the moor. Outside, the garden steps down gently, with benches to sit out on in good weather, and plenty of space for the farm to do its farm things around you.
Practicalities
Good to know.
- PetsWelcome for a small charge, subject to prior agreement.
- Wi-Fi & parkingBoth free for every guest.
- StorageDrying facilities for walkers, cyclists and golfers.
- OpeningAll year round, subject to availability.
- Mobile signalLimited on the moor — Vodafone tends to be best.
- DietsVegetarian and special diets happily catered for.
Want to see it for yourself?
Have a look at the rooms, or send a short enquiry about dates.