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| Location | Description |
|---|---|
| Ambridge Hall | "...Are you seeking a short break in the heart of the English countryside? Look no further than our charming guesthouse! All rooms planned by myself, hostess Lynda Snell, in accordance with the princ… |
| Ambridge View | Susan Carter's dream home, self-built by Neil (with the assistance of professional tradesmen and his friend and near-neighbour Mike Tucker) on Neil's few acres at Willow Farm. |
| April Cottage | That's cottage as in "small house" rather than "charming rural abode". April Cottage is one of a pair of unlovely three bedroomed dwellings built in 1960 by then landowner Charles Grenville. Their p… |
| Arkwright Hall | This large Victorian house with a 17th century core has served as a community centre 'with soundproofed room for rock and roll' and later a field studies centre, but for a long time it remained unoccu… |
| Blossom Hill Cottage | Peggy Woolley lived for many years in this charming two-bedroomed thatched cottage, before her marriage to Jack in 1991. It's slightly isolated from the rest of the village, which the next resident U… |
| Bridge Farm | After many years as tenants, in 2008 Tony and Pat Archer bought their 140 acres from the Estate. They continue to rent a further 32 acres from other landlords. Bridge Farm converted to organic in 198… |
| Brookfield Bungalow | Built in 1990 as a home for Ruth and David Archer, this was intended as a retirement cottage for David's parents. But when it came to the crunch, Phil and Jill preferred the more picturesque charms of… |
| Brookfield Farm | Brookfield is a 469-acre mixed farm incorporating the old holdings of Marney's and Hollowtree. After Phil's retirement in 2001, David and Ruth contracted out the arable work to Home Farm and expanded… |
| Greenwood Cottage | The isolated gamekeeper's tied cottage at Home Farm. Will and Emma Grundy returned from their Mexican honeymoon and named their home Casa Nueva: 'new house' in Spanish. They hoped to lay the ghost of … |
| Glebe Cottage | A lovely - if rather small - thatched cottage with a walled garden, this has become something of a retirement home for the Brookfield Archers. Dan and Doris moved there in the early seventies when Ph… |
| Glebelands | To look at the opposition that Jack Woolley faced in 1978, you'd think he wanted to build a chemical warfare laboratory near Ambridge's hallowed village green, rather than a small development of "exec… |
| Grange Farm | A working farm - although some may dispute that description - until the bankrupt Grundys were evicted in 2000. The bulk of the acreage was absorbed back into the Estate and the farmhouse sold with 50 … |
| Grange Spinney | After much controversy, this development of 12 luxury houses and six 'low cost' homes was built by Borchester Land in 2003 on a few acres of former farmland.Many of the residents commute to Birmingham… |
| Greenacres | Built on the site of the Old Police House, which was destroyed in an arson attack. |
| Grey Gables | Ambridge's country house hotel offers fine dining for local residents and fine accommodation for visitors. It has reciprocal arrangements with the nearby Ambridge Golf Club and the Home Farm and Berro… |
| Grundy's Field | When Lynda Snell is showing her B&B guests round Ambridge, she's careful to avoid Grundy's Field. The scrappy pole barn, rough shed and old shipping container aren't the most picturesque sights, admi… |
| Hillside | This pair of houses was the first conversion by Matt Crawford, sorry Lilian Bellamy's company Amside Property Services (Matt being banned from being a company director).Each one was split into flats, … |
| Hollowtree | A former farm, taken over by Brookfield. The farmhouse was converted to flats and the working buildings once served as a pig unit. |
| Home Farm | With 1585 mainly arable acres, Home Farm is the largest in Ambridge and carries out contract farming for Brookfield, the Estate and other local farms. As a partner in the Hassett Hills Meat Company, … |
| Honeysuckle Cottage | From 1957 this pretty thatched cottage was home to local character Walter Gabriel and later his roguish son Nelson. After Nelson's mysterious death in 2001, the new GP Tim Hathaway and his wife Siobh… |
| Keeper's Cottage | That's cottage as in "small house" rather than "charming rural abode". Keeper's Cottage is one of a pair of unlovely three bedroomed dwellings built in 1960 by then landowner Charles Grenville. The p… |
| Lower Loxley Hall | To the casual observer, Lower Loxley (two miles east of Ambridge) oozes the luxury of a grander age. But, as Elizabeth Pargetter would testily explain, a 300 year old building takes more than Kirstie … |
| Manorfield Close | When people say that Manorfield Close is next to paradise they are not commenting on how delightful it is, but on the imminent destination of most of the residents, because Manorfield Close contains t… |
| Marney's | Formerly a farm in its own right, Marney's has been a part of Brookfield Farm for decades. |
| Nightingale Farm | A farm in name only, this farmhouse with outbuildings and half an acre of gardens is owned by Matt Crawford and let to an unnamed incomer. |
| No 1 The Green | This former council house was originally bought by Neil and Susan Carter under the "right to buy" legislation. In 2008, it became a "buy-to-let" investment for Will Grundy. |
| No 6 The Green | This council house has been home for many years to various members of the disreputable Horrobin family.In 2012, Tracy persuaded brother-in-law Neil Carter to refurbish it so that she could move in to … |
| No 3 The Green | Like its semi-detached partner, 1 The Green, this is a one-time council house now on the private rental market. Number three is owned and managed by Amside Property Services, Matt Crawford and Lilian … |
| Rickyard Cottage | A former worker's cottage at Brookfield, which in the past has been used for holiday lets. |
| River Am | The River Am, from which Ambridge gets its name, runs through the picturesque Am Vale to Borchester. |
| St Stephen's Church | Established 1281. 2008 saw some changes in the management of Ambridge's fine parish church, whose history can be traced back to Saxon times. Long serving churchwardens Shula Hebden Lloyd and Bert Fry … |
| The Bull | George Orwell once described a mythical perfect pub: The Moon Under Water. We think he'd like a lot of Ambridge's only remaining local.A half-timbered building near the village green, The Bull offers … |
| The Dower House | This fine home for previous owners of the Berrow Estate - including Ralph and Lilian Bellamy - passed to Caroline Pemberton on the death of her husband Guy in 1996. When Caroline moved to Grange Farm… |
| The Lodge | When Jack Woolley married Peggy in 1991, they moved into the house which guards the end of the gravelled drive to Grey Gables, the hotel he once owned. But in 2009 Peggy was forced by Jack's declining… |
| The Stables | Located just outside the centre of Ambridge, The Stables is the home and business of Shula Hebden Lloyd, who bought it in 2001 from her aunt Christine Barford. As well as stables offering the usual r… |
| The Vicarage | This 1970s bungalow was built to replace the old Georgian vicarage. It was used for a few years as a doctor's surgery until returning to the ownership of the church in 2004. |
| Village Hall | The former village school was converted in 1976 and is the location for much of the village's communal activity, including the WI and other local groups, many ambitious drama productions and the annua… |
| Village Shop | Welcome to a rare remaining example of a declining species. When the shop was threatened by closure when Peggy Woolley could no longer deal with the combination of small profits and big worries, the v… |
| Willow Farm | Two words denoting a rather complicated piece of real estate. In 2008, the farmhouse was divided and extended. Willow Farm is home to Roy Tucker, Roy's wife Hayley, his daughter Phoebe Aldridge and th… |
| Woodbine Cottage | Brookfield Farm's former tied cottage on the village green was bought by Christine Barford and her (now deceased) husband George after their home was petrol bombed by Clive Horrobin. |
