Recently restored, this delightful 17th century farmhouse lies within the Cranborne Chase AONB - Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Nestling under the old Fonthill Abbey beacon, the house is built in local stone and has beams, inglenooks and light sunny rooms. The bedrooms are all large and comfortable, furnished with antiques and you will have your own private bathroom, one with a whirlpool. 

Alternatively you can choose to stay in our Old Piggery just across the lawn. This is self contained with an ensuite shower room and fully equipped kitchen. Even in such an historic house, wireless broadband is available.

We will welcome you with tea or coffee. In the morning, you will have a full English breakfast or an inadequate continental snack. It's up to you! For an evening meal, there are some excellent local pubs and restaurants, all within 6 miles.

Nearby is Salisbury  with its ancient Cathedral  and Museum , famously praised by Bill Bryson; Shaftesbury , a hilltop market town and its historic Gold Hill; Wardour Castle, a romantic ruin from the Civil War; prehistoric Stonehenge , a world heritage site; Longleat with its lions ; Stourhead renowned for its exquisite 18th Century landscaped gardens and many other places of interest.

Tisbury , only 3 miles away, has a main line station direct to Waterloo, London and we can collect you if you wish to travel to us by train.  The A303 - the main route from London to the South West of England is 3 miles north of us. The Dorset coast  is about 30 miles to the south.

At Cools Farm you can enjoy real country life. We are an organic working farm with a herd of Red Poll cattle , free ranging chickens, trout lake, meadows and ancient woodlands. The farmhouse has a pretty flower and kitchen garden and in the woodlands and pastures, a rich variety of wild flowers. You are quite likely to see grazing deer from your bedroom window. There are some lovely long walks in the area or you can just take a gentle stroll across our fields, through our woods, and around the trout lake. The Wessex Ridgeway, a long distance path from Lyme Regis to Avebury  crosses the farm.

If you enjoy fly fishing, or wish to learn, you can do so with a local firm based in Tisbury and stay with us.   There are also other sporting opportunities.

If you enjoy tennis, there are two excellent courts available close by for hourly rental. If you want to play, give us some warning and we will book the courts for you.

Children are very welcome and will love all the animals we have here. We can provide a cot. A small dog is welcome if you are staying in the Old Piggery but it must be well behaved and prepared to play with our Jack Russell!

National Trust properties  within reach are
• Lacock Abbey , (a 13th century abbey converted into a house in 1540, with 18th century Gothic alterations. It was also used for the filming of various interior scenes at Hogwarts in the Harry Potter films. Within it is the Fox Talbot Photography Museum.)
• Also in Wiltshire are Avebury  (famous prehistoric stone circle) and Avebury Manor
• Courts Garden , Great Chalfield Manor and gardens
• Mompesson House  within Salisbury Cathedral's  precincts
• Stourhead House  and gardens
• In Dorset, are Brownsea Island  near Poole
• Clouds Hill  (rural retreat of T.E.Lawrence)
• Corfe Castle  (a thousand year old hilltop ruin)
• Hardy's Cottage (birthplace of novelist and poet Thomas Hardy), Max Gate (Hardy's home)
• Kingston Lacy  (a country mansion in attractive formal gardens)
• Studland Beach and Nature Reserve
• White Mill (a corn mill in a peaceful setting).