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Six of the best: Properties with ponds

HIGHER COOMBE FARM

EAST ALLINGTON, DEVON

Higher Coombe Farm is a 17th-century, four-bedroom farmhouse in the South Hams about five miles from the coast. It comes with 18 acres of gardens, pasture and woodland, including three large ponds, one of which is used for swimming. A feature of the

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