The history of our farm
In 2015 we celebrated 100 years living at Penpont farm. The Hawkey Family have been living at Penpont Farm, the home of The Olde House, for over 100 years.
Edgar Theophilis Hawkey came to the farm in 1915, he and his wife Bessie had three children, Audrey, Edgar Theophilis Junior and Daphne.
Edgar Junior carried on the farm and he and his wife Margaret had two children, Andrew and Elaine.
Keeping with tradition, Andrew has carried on the farm. Andrew and his wife Janice have four children, Sally-Anne, Shaun, Oliver and Dominic and so far, ten grandchildren, Owen, Evelyn, Lowenna, Aidan, Joshua, Rylan, Theo, Louis, Olivia & Charlie.
This past century has seen many changes to the way we farm our land, from using animals to pull machinery, to using high powered tractors and harvesters.
The farm itself has stayed roughly the same size, with small additions bought over the years.
In general, what we farm has stayed the same too. We grow and harvest our summer crops to feed our cattle and sheep through the winter months and fatten them up to sell at the market.
The most recent addition to our business is our solar panels, which powers the whole farm and all the holiday cottages too. We wonder what our ancestors would think of that!
Andrew and his wife Janice founded The Olde House in 1976 when they converted a barn into a couple of holiday cottages.
The Olde House is now run by Shaun & Jaime along with Shaun’s brother Dom. The farm is run by Olly along with his wife Lauren.
The Farm has remained a working farm throughout its life as a family holiday destination.
Stretching over 550 acres high above the Camel Estuary, it has around 900 sheep and 250 cattle.
Thousands of families have stayed at The Olde House over the last 50 years, many of whom return year after year.
A holiday with us gives families the opportunity to get up close to nature and life on the farm.
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