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Article: Going against the grain Fellow farmers harrumphed when Tom Bell chose to convert his old granary. But as farm revenues tumble, he will reap a tidy profit, writes Madeleine Kingsley
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- The Sunday Telegraph London
- Article date:
- June 18, 2006
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Agricultural fortunes traditionally lie in bulls, beet and bacon.
But Tom Bell is harvesting the more promising 21st-century crop of
bricks and mortar in his own backyard. Tom and his wife Helen have
just converted the granary beside their family farmhouse to sell,
with two acres (though more is available), and separate offices, at
offers above pounds 650,000.
A year ago, the dilapidated granary had ivy pushing through one
peeling wall and an unprepossessing silo nudging its far end. Now it
combines a design to satisfy style refugees from Clerkenwell with a
tucked-away location down a mile-and-a-half drive off the nearest
country road. The granary has exposed beams, king post trusses and ...