Martins Farm EstateFrant · Est. 1830

Martins Farm, in photographs

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The rooms, the garden and the life around them. 38 photographs from The Oast and Martins Farm.

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Inside The Oast

14 photographs

The round brick kitchen at The Oast, with grey cabinets, a white farmhouse sink, wooden worktops and the black AGA — The round kitchen and AGA

Looking through the brick and timber kitchen arch into the dining and sitting area at The Oast — The sitting and dining room

The main bedroom at The Oast, with a wooden double bed, grey bedding, bedside lamps and a desk beneath the sloping ceiling — The main bedroom

The second bedroom at The Oast, with a single bed, a pull-out bed stored underneath, a patchwork quilt and a bedside table — The second bedroom

The shower room at The Oast, with a marble-topped basin, glazed walk-in shower, exposed beam and white towels on a dark towel rail — The shower room

The piano corner in the sitting room at The Oast, with an armchair, exposed timbers and a glass coffee table — The piano corner

The round kitchen at The Oast, with exposed brick walls, blue-grey cabinets, a Belfast sink and a cream AGA with black lids — From the kitchen to the dining room

Looking past the dining table and open timber doors to the AGA in the round kitchen at The Oast — Looking through to the kitchen

A white kettle on the black AGA beside exposed brickwork and a wooden worktop at The Oast — A kettle on the AGA

The coffee machine, milk frother and pink storage tins on the kitchen worktop at The Oast — Time for a coffee

Built-in bench, coat hooks and storage cupboards in the boot room. — Coats, boots and bags

A boot room with grey cabinets, dark worktops, a double sink, a washing machine, a tumble dryer and a wooden drying rack on the wall — The boot room and laundry

The handwritten guest book at The Oast, with the fabric house keyring and floral pen resting on its open pages — The guest book

A stone inscribed 1830 above a timber lintel in the brick wall at The Oast, with a clock above it — The 1830 date stone

The garden and grounds

12 photographs

The white weatherboarded Oast and its tiled kiln roof, seen from the lawn beside the barn — The Oast from the lawn

Wide view across the garden beside The Oast. — The garden beside The Oast

The timber entrance door at The Oast, with an iron ring handle and pink flowers beside the doorway — The timber entrance door

Pink cyclamen in a wooden planter beside the timber entrance door at The Oast — Flowers at the door

The white weatherboarded oast house at Martins Farm with its cowl above the kiln roof, seen across a fenced green meadow and mature silver birch on a clear summer day — Across the estate meadow

The meadow at Martins Farm looking along the post-and-wire fence line to the tree belt on the ridge, under an open Sussex sky — The meadow and tree line

A sunset aerial view of Martins Farm, with The Oast and farmhouse among trees and the surrounding High Weald fields beyond — Martins Farm and the High Weald at sunset

A closer aerial view of Martins Farm at sunset, with trees around the buildings and a green field in the foreground — Evening light over the farm

The view from the kitchen door at Martins Farm at sunset, over a fenced green field to a tree line under orange and blue cloud — Sunset from the kitchen door

Pink sunset clouds over the paddocks and timber field gate at Martins Farm in Frant, East Sussex. — Last light over the paddocks

A panoramic view of Martins Farm under snow, with the black weatherboarded barn, brick walls, snow-covered vehicles in the yard and bare trees beyond — A winter morning at Martins Farm

The narrow farm lane up to Martins Farm in spring, hedgerows either side and the white oast cowls visible through the trees ahead — The lane to Martins Farm

Life at the farm

11 photographs

Winston, the Martins Farm golden retriever, sitting alert in the field at dusk. — Winston in the field

Winston sitting on the grass at Martins Farm and looking towards the camera. — Winston in the garden

Winston, the golden retriever at Martins Farm, lying on the oak floor beside a grey sofa — Making himself at home

Winston lying on the lawn beside the old well at Martins Farm in spring. — A pause by the old well

Winston resting beside a black-and-white puppy at Martins Farm. — Winston and a young friend

Winston wearing four protective blue dog boots on the brick path at Martins Farm. — Four boots on the brick path

Winston curled on a large dog bed with two other dogs. — Sharing the comfortable spot

Winston lying upside down on the wooden floor with his paws in the air. — Winston off duty

The estate's Morgan in British Racing Green, photographed head-on with chrome headlamps and radiator grille, parked before a red brick wall — The estate's Morgan

British Racing Green 1980 Morgan 4/4 in the barn at Martins Farm with its bonnet raised and a battery charger attached. — A little attention in the barn

The cream RBM Panda Air Large canvas tent glowing with warm string lights on the lawn at Martins Farm after dark, with trees and the play area behind it. — The Panda tent after dark

Make yourself at home

Your stay at The Oast

Two bedrooms, your own enclosed garden and fifteen acres to explore. Read the house details or see which dates are available.

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Estate photographs by David Bartholomew and the Hine family.