Our farm and village
Our 600 acre farm is situated in the peaceful and historic village of Knightcote in the heart of Shakespeare’s Warwickshire
Our farm and village
Our Farm
Our 600 acre farm is situated in the peaceful and historic village of Knightcote in the heart of Shakespeare’s Warwickshire
About our farm
New House Farm is a 600 acre working arable farm. This means that we grow crops.
The main crops are Winter Wheat, Winter Barley, Winter and Spring Oil seed rape, Winter and Spring field beans, peas and linseed.
We generally plant these crops in the spring March and April time or in the Autumn September and October
We harvest the crops July, August and September.
In between times, the we feed the crops with fertilizers, prevent weeds, repair roads and cut hedges to keep things nice and tidy.
We are more than happy to show you around and get you involved as much as possible
You can freely walk around the farm, enjoying the many farm trails and enjoying the view of this wonderful place.
You can also enjoy the very large impressive collection of single cylinder hot bulb tractors dating from 1937.
The orchard carp lake is home to the model boating club and also the family favourite of fish feeding. Sorry no fishing.
We also have an amazing Model Railway club (N gauge to O gauge) and is open to non members on Thursday nights approx. 7.30 to 9 pm. It is an impressive display. Children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult.
Down the farm track is also our Model flying club, they fly mainly on Sundays. The acrobatics is simply superb. When they are flying you can see them doing the tricks from the cottages.
Animals on the farm
We have 2 wonderful dogs Jilly (fluffy white and black coat) and Polly (black flat coat) which live on the farm.
We also have 2 wonderful cats George and Tom
Also although we don’t farm any animals ourselves, we do have some Daddy sheep (tups) that holiday with us for 10 months of the year. They live in the field in front of Sleeplate, Ploughman’s Rest and Home Cottage.
Wildlife on the farm
Due to our special natural environment we are lucky to have a vast array of wonderful things for you to see. We have planted wildlife borders around the hedges of the fields. These are wonderful areas that are never cultivated and planted with wild flowers. They also make good walking trails around the farm. The orchard carp lake using fresh rainwater from a nearby barn ensures that the pond is always healthy.
We are very lucky to have a very active badger. They live in the small coppice behind the orchard carp lake. We also have Roe and Monk Jack Deer, Red kites, buzzards, a large colony of tree sparrows, Barn and little owls, gorgeous butterflies and wonderful dragon flies.
About our Village
Knightcote is a hamlet or small village situated in the county of Warwickshire, near to Stratford upon Avon and Warwick.
The origin of the name dates back to 1242 when Ralph de Knyghtcote held is for ½ a Knights fee.
In 1765 William Yardley held the village. The Yardley’s have been here ever since and today the Yardley’s still occupy the Manor House and its farmland
Knightcote is situated in the parish of Burton Dassett. The country is described as open and undulating, only rising in the southeast to the hills of Burton Dassett. Burton Dassett is mentioned in the Doomsday book as a large Norman settlement and evidence of this can be seen in the church, which is one of the grandest in the Midlands. Also on the hills is the beacon tower, built as a late medieval look out and used in the civil war (1642) to signal neighbouring edge hill.
The village is very peaceful and quiet and is great for walking or cycling. There is a great circular walk around the village of a mile. Most of it is on the old gated road with very little traffic, but it is all tarmacked so no need so no need for walking shoes and pushchair and wheelchair accessible. Don’t forget to play pooh sticks half way around at Ham Bridge.
At ham bridge you can carry on round to finish the walk, or take the bridge to Bishops Itchington, for another circular walk or run or 6 miles. In Bishops Itchington there is a great fish and chips shop, newsagent , small CO-OP grocery shop and pub the Butchers Arms. I am afraid there is no pub or shop in Knightcote.
In Knightcote there is Methodist Chapel, a great children’s playground with a football pitch and village Hall with a very active social calendar.
Burton Dassett hills is a two mile walk from the cottages and the beacon can be viewed from the farm. A lovely place to visit.
m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=122163034370269902&id=61558097080307Burton Dassett Beacon and Old Windmill, Warwickshire.
The mill was built in 1664 and blown down in a storm in 1946. The beacon was likely built by Lord of the Manor Sir Edward Belknap in the late 15th century as a tower mill and later used as defensive lookout tower in the English Civil War.
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