Dovetail Farm, GU35
Dovetail Farm is a quaint farmstead on the Surrey and Hampshire border, combining an historic farmhouse, original barns and established, rambling gardens and grounds, with views across the South Downs National Park. Largely untouched for decades, the farm retains its old-time charm with a variety of backdrops within one contained location.
The farmhouse boasts two opposing architectural facades, providing two houses in one for filming. It’s 16th-century brick origins were added to with an imposing white Gothic-style addition, providing also an interesting blend of interiors including large Gothic windows in light-filled rooms, exposed beams, a traditional cellar, attic spaces and a retro 1960s and 70s kitchen complete with a powder blue Aga. Postbox red doors connect the house with the rest of the farmstead where a collection of old farm buildings provide endless charm, including a substantial timbered barn, an unoccupied two-bedroom cottage, a coach house and a dovecote tower dating back to 1827. The whole site is available for takeovers, inside and out.
Within the grounds sits a walled garden alongside productive vegetable plots and a prize Victorian lean-to greenhouse, whilst an overgrown redundant tennis court has naturally re-wilded with swathes of seasonal wildflowers. Then follows fields and pastures, mature woodland and a steep-sided gully believed to be a former riverbed. These darker corners of the farm also include a dense evergreen woodland area, of conifers.
- Grade II listed farmhouse with 16th-century and Gothic architectural features, providing two facades
- Large Gothic windows, exposed beams, attic, cellar and retro kitchen interiors
- Original historic timber barn in largely untouched condition
- An empty two-bedroom cottage
- Coach house and 1827 dovecote tower
- Established walled garden and productive kitchen garden, with extensive borders and lawn areas
- Victorian lean-to greenhouse
- Rewilded former tennis court with seasonal wildflowers
- Sheltered fields, unusual steep-sided gully and mature conifer woodland
facilities at the location
The empty cottage, large barn and coach house can be used as crew base spaces. There is hardstanding close to the house for approximately 15 vehicles, while additional unit base space is available nearby.
Overnight accommodation is available within both the two-bedroom cottage and the six-bedroom farmhouse, while additional hotels, B&Bs and Airbnb properties can be found nearby. A wide range of local catering suppliers, food trucks and takeaway options serve the area.
getting to dovetail farm
Dovetail Farm is easily accessible from London and the South East. Bentley Station is approximately five minutes away by car and offers direct services to London Waterloo. Farnborough International Studios are approximately 30 minutes away by car and Central London is just under 2 hours away.
