The expansion of Taunton during the 1970s led to new housing being built on the former farmland. The Farmhouse, with its secluded garden, small orchard, and stone barn, was left intact, so that Yallands has become an unexpected "oasis" of peace and tranquillity within a modern corner of Somerset's county town.

Open countryside is a few minutes walk away, and the main route from Taunton Deane to Exmoor and to West Somerset passes within a quarter of a mile. There is ample car parking space in our private grounds. We are open all year round and, whether you are a tourist or a business visitor, you can be assured of a warm welcome and individual attention.

A bit of history........

Much work has yet to be done to unravel the history of Yallands, the oldest part of which is, according to expert opinion "unlikely to be later than the mid 16th. century". We do know, however, that in 1520, one Thomas Fox rented from the Lord of the Manor, a "toft and a furling" named "Yallons" in Staplegrove.

In rather more recent times, the farmhouse is reputed to have been used by smugglers, who worked from Seaton and Beer on the East Devon coast, and sometimes from Blue Anchor and Kilve on the Somerset seaboard. The farmhouse, which, in those days would have been an isolated building up a narrow lane leading from the main Taunton to Barnstaple road would appear to have been an ideal hide-out.