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THE OLD DAIRY

Retired farmer David Henderson is a man of few words, but when he saw his daughters’ plans to rebuild and convert the barn on the farm where he’d spent his working life he really was speechless. Zoë soon realised he’d fallen silent because he was so pleased that the old place was to be brought back to life again.

The barn and dairy are part of a cluster of original farm buildings, with a Grade II listing. Zoë, Susan and their brother Harry were given the

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