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 About us... Barn-Store is an established farm diversification enterprise. The farm at Southwick was started in 1952 by brothers Michael and Roger Bazeley who set up the business with three in-calf heifers named Faith, Hope and Charity. As tenant farmers on the Southwick Estate we now farm 940 acres with a 210 dairy herd and grow barley, wheat, and oilseed rape. Michael retired from the business in 2000 and Roger's son Martin, now runs the farm but with huge support from his father. A full time cowman, Colin, is employed to milk the cows and Andy keeps the tractors and machinery going. Andy is also a qualified fork lift driver and can be available at a small charge to help load or unload goods into the barn. The office is manned by Martin's sister Jane who looks after the day to day office administration and reception. Martin and his wife Audrey and their three children, Emma, Naomi and Oliver live in the farmhouse at Offwell Farm and are therefore on hand to oversee the Barn-Store site. Martin also runs his own Suthwyk Ales business - with barley grown on the farm a beer is contract brewed by a local brewery and supplied to pubs, restaurants, off-licences and at farmers’ markets, as well as the newly opened Real Ale Bottle Shop and Steam Brewery Museum namely the Southwick Brewhouse in the village of Southwick. See www.suthwykales.com and www.southwickbrewhouse.co.uk In January 2006 the first franchisee was appointed at Hartley Park Farm, Selborne. The Butler family have been farming at Selborne for 76 years primarily farming hops for brewing and potatoes. The farm is now run along simpler lines growing wheat, oil seed rape, beans, millet and lavender and letting land for vegetable growing - baby spinach and coriander. Their first diversification in 1989 was to make use of surplus farm buildings, having given up rearing cattle, renting out small workshop and office space known as the Hartley Park Business Centre. Tim together with his son Simon have converted a barn on the farm as a secure storage facility using the Barn-Store identity. Tim and his wife Anne live on site, as does Simon. Anne runs the very successful English Hampshire Lavender Company distilling the oil from the lavender crop harvested in July and August and converted into their delightful fragrant soaps, oils and sprays which are sold through their shop on the farm as well as at local farmers’ markets. Drivers using the B3006 Liss to Alton road will be familiar with the wonderful sight of the lavender in bloom during June. See www.english-hampshire-lavender.co.uk Hops are still grown on the farm although no longer for the brewing industry
but can be purchased from the farm or farmers’ markets during August
and September to decorate the farmhouse kitchen and can be found adorning
pub beams throughout the area. |
Call us on 023 9238 4888
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