If I remember correctly James I of England was in fact also king of Scotland (James VI) but it was the not until the Act of Union in 1707 that unified the two countries, and by then this seventeenth century farmhouse that I have seen to day had already had it’d ninetieth ‘birthday’. Charles I had already galloped through Abbots Leigh on his way to Weymouth, no doubt with Cromwell hot on his heels, possibly waving at the then occupants of the farm, though, of course they should have been on the fields, ploughing. Today the said farmhouse has been modernised and improved, so my Clients will not have to use the ‘bucket and chuck it’ method of sanitation. It was raining, heavily, but the roof was not leaking. The walls a thick, very thick and they have settled and moved, but not to any disastrous extent and, importantly, they were dry. There are masses of outbuildings, so there not going to be much time for looking into history, or anything else for that matter. It was, however a far better house than they were thinking of buying, so I am very pleased for them…   more »