Balgove Larder

The advice on the way in is to grab a basket: the shelves hold daily provisions and pantry essentials, the market garden sends in vegetables, the deli chef makes dishes such as cottage pie, and there is sourdough to take home. The cattle, pigs and sheep reared on the farm come through the butchery.

In the cafe, breakfasts, lunches and treats are handmade from home-grown, home-reared and local produce, and the eggs benedict is the dish the cafe suggests. The Steak Barn is a former sawmill with walls of potato boxes and tables made from beech from the estate, where steaks hung for at least 28 days are cooked on a wood-fired barbecue. The takeaway hut, the Eat Out, is open every day, weather permitting, and dogs may join you outside for something from it.