COUNTRY LIFE
TIM farm was once the dower-house of the estate, and consequently it has features that neighbouring places have not. Twb fine yew trees stand before the farmHouse itself. The lawn is shut off with iron railings, and the front door has a heavy knocker that echoes through the hall and the remote parts of the house and sets a dog barking. For me the most attractive thing about it is its tree-lined road. Beeches and sycamores stand on either side. They are fine trees and all sound. Passing through the trees and coming into the hollow where the old dower-house stands, one almost expects to meet a carriage and pair, but instead a battered car sits in at the railings most of the time. The carriage has long since mouldered away in a corner that is overgrown with alders and willows.
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