More about Flowers Barn (the location)

David, my husband, our children Ben and Charlotte and I invite you to our traditional family farm set in 250 acres of picturesque rolling Cotswold hills. The farm has been in my husband?s family for five generations and primarily we produce high quality beef.

A wonderful site to be enjoyed is the newly born calves running free in the fields with their mothers all spring and summer long. We also grow milling wheat for bread and malting barley for beer. This is carried out in a traditional form to complement this Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.


The land lies in an Environment Sensitive Area (ESA) which helps to maintain and retain many original features such as Cotswold stone walling which is a significant part of the Cotswold landscape. The ESA also helps us to maintain our 6 acres of ancient woodland abundantly stocked with bluebells in the spring and also the valley bottom grasslands hosting wild orchids, one of which is totally unique to Manor Farm. The farm offers a suitable environment for wild animals including fallow and roe deer, buzzards, barn owls, badgers and brown hares.

Middle Duntisbourne, taking it name from the meaning of ?the start of a small river? can be found 4 miles North West of the Roman town of Cirencester. Comprising of only 11 Cotswold stone cottages and homes we are proud to boast that Flowers Barn is the only holiday cottage within this hamlet. Depending on your route to the farm it will be necessary to ford the River Dunt where it is not uncommon to see wild mallards and moorhens with their young and for the eagle eyed a kingfisher.

We are ideally situated for walking and cycling around the beautiful Duntisbournes and surrounding areas ? we have bridle paths and footpaths running through the farm. Just down the road from us is a lovely tiny Saxon church, which is well worth visiting and is just a short walk away.

Our farming calendar is active through each changing season of the year and our visitors can experience at first hand traditional farming ways. We are delighted to offer a variety of holiday options from short or long term self-catering lets within Flowers Barn suitable for either families or groups, or bed and breakfast within our own family home Manor Farm.