The Garden and Barn

The garden is on two levels, with steps and a hand rail in between. Two areas of the garden are graveled and one has a section of hard-standing for the garden table, chairs and a parasol. The garden is approximately twenty-six feet in length and nine feet wide. A Passion Flower climber and Winter Jasmin climb along the wall and the side of the house. In the summer the orange Passion-flower fruit is really good to eat (the fleshy inside but not the pips).

There is a six-foot high stone wall on one side and the house and barn on the other two sides. The neighbour’s barn backs on to the rear of the garden. It is not overlooked and is quiet and safe for children. The garden gets the sun from late morning until the early evening.

In between the upper and lower garden areas there is a bed of Sedums and other local flowers. There are three Olive trees and two pink Olianders in terracotta pots. The lower level of the garden has a bench and it is an ideal place for a glass of wine in the evenings. The upper garden has a large table with six chairs and a parasol for eating outside.

The barn can be accessed through a wooden door from the upper level of the garden. It is forty-eight square feet and very old. It used to be lived in with the animals on the ground floor and the family on the first floor. This is where the logs for the fire are stored and the barbecue, which is new. There is an old capped well in the centre of the barn floor.