The Newbottle Estate
Newbottle Estate is a 1500 acre rural Estate in South Northamptonshire. The family first moved to the area in 1907 and four generations later we still live and work in the area. The Estate is made up of our family's interests and includes the farm as well a range of properties in and around Newbottle and the village of Charlton, as well as our family run businesses in Brackley and Buckingham. Welcome to the Estate!
Forceleap Farm
Forceleap farm carries out all farm operations at the Newbottle Estate. The farm is run from Forceleap by Alice Townsend .
The Old Farmyard
The Old Farmyard comprises a high quality events and training space as well top end office spaces and links to the countryside beyond.
Smith and Clay
Smith and Clay is an award winning independent Butchers with shops in Brackley and Buckingham. Owned and run from Newbottle by Margaret Behan
Old Hall Bookshop
The Old Hall Bookshop in Brackley is a high quality independent bookshop. It deals in both new and antiquarian books and was set up in 1975 by John and Juliet Townsend.
Newbottle Property
Residential Property
A variety of cottages available to rent. across the Estate
Commercial Lets & Storage
Versatile commercial units for let at the Grain store, stables, parking and storage containers lockups
Shepherds Huts
Holiday lets from Easter to October. Come glamping at the Shepherds huts which sleeps x6 in x2 huts.
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Commercial Unit for let
Unit 2 - The Grain Store - 4,810 ft2
The Old Farmyard - Event Centre
Holidays
Shepherds Huts
Coming Soon...
Several residential letting opportunities coming soon..
1 x3 bed farm cottage
1 x3 bed bungalow in a generous garden with stunning views, 1 x3 bed house with a x1 bed annex attached
Estate Property
NEWBOTTLE ESTATE
COMMERCIAL
Commercial Units & Storage
There are various commercial spaces available to rent across the Estate, from stables, to parking, a forge to some woodland. There are 2 commercial units at the Grain store and some shipping container lockups, which will be coming online later this year.
UNIT 2 - FOR LET - Click link
Storage Unit, The Newbottle Estate, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX17 3DD
NEWBOTTLE ESTATE
Estate People
The Estate is beautiful place, but it is really the people who build its history and make it special.
FAMILY HISTORY
F.E. Smith, the first Lord Birkenhead and his wife Margaret first came to Charlton in 1907 creating “the Cottage”. The heyday of the Cottage was the 1910-30, when it hosted many country house parties for a fascinating range of people. Winston Churchill was great friends with F.E. and was a frequent visitor. In 1930 F.E. died, aged 58 yrs and his son Freddie became the 2nd Lord Birkenhead.
After the Second World War Freddie and his wife, Sheila, started acquiring land and properties. In 1960s Newbottle Manor and Forceleap Farm were purchased alongside land. In 1975 the 2nd Lord Birkenhead died but his wife and increasingly their son Robin, the 3rd Lord Birkenhead, continued to grow the Estate. In 1984, aged just 49, Robin, the 3rd Lord Birkenhead, died from a heart attack playing tennis. At this stage the title disappeared and with Sheila becoming ill, Lady Juliet, Robins younger sister, and her husband, John Townsend had to step in to run the Estate.
By the 2000 their 3 daughters had begun to come back to live on the Estate with their families. Alice took on the management of the farm in 2006 and Margaret the Butchers in 2018. In 2014 Lady Juliet died and in the years that followed Eleanor took on the restoration of The Cottage and Margaret renovated Newbottle Manor, both moving in with their families. Today John and his three daughters continue to build on the legacy of the Estate.
JOBS
Working Here
There are a range of jobs on the Estate, (both full time and part time). These include Gardeners to Housekeeping, Forestry to Cooks. There are also farm positions that are advertised from time to time. If you are interested in working on the Estate, all roles will appear on the notice board
HOMES
Living Here
Our tenants are an important part of the Estate community and many stay for years.
There is a fair expectation that the tenant house is their home and we are very flexible with tenants, but we expect tenants to play their part in the community and to look after their houses!
If you would like to be put on the waiting list for a rental property on the Estate please contact The Estate office.
CHARLTON
The Community
Charlton is a vibrant community. It has a successful primary school and a great playgroup, as well as the parish church at Newbottle. We have facilities at both the village hall and playing fields and we are lucky to still have a great “local”. There are regular village events with our very traditional summer village fete and a legendry pantomime every other year.
Railway services are from King Sutton (next door village) and mainline services are from Banbury and Bicester. There are excellent road links to the M40 and M1.
Contact
The Estate Office, Forceleap Farm
Hinton-in-the-Hedges, Brackley,
Northants. NN13 5PJ