Clarkson’s Farm: where to live out the country dream

Jeremy Clarkson’s latest TV venture, Clarkson’s Farm on Amazon Prime Video, sees the petrolhead learning to manage his 1,000 acre Cotswolds farm. Anyone dreaming of their own rural idyll might want to consider one of these beautiful farmhouses.

For artists – Folliotts Farmhouse

Currently owned by a ceramicist and artist, Patricia Low, this Grade II-listed farmhouse would make an inspiring retreat for creative types seeking a slice of rural life without the responsibility of too much land. Set within about 0.4 acres in the hamlet of Tidpit near the Hampshire village of Martin, the 18th-century main four-bedroom home comes with a separate two-storey artist’s studio. This former granary houses a ground floor print studio and light, open studio space on the first floor.

The farmhouse’s pretty grounds also accommodate a one-bedroom guest annex, once a coach house and stables, which has its own small garden. Low’s daughters both held their weddings in the property’s timber framed former tithe barn, which is otherwise used for storage and as a games room.