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!
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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
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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
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The Old Farmyard - Event Centre
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Holidays
Shepherds Huts
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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
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Estate People
The Estate is beautiful place, but it is really the people who build its history and make it special.
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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.​
Contact
The Estate Office, Forceleap Farm
Hinton-in-the-Hedges, Brackley,
Northants. NN13 5PJ