Bowden House Community

TQ9 7PW, Totnes, Devon, England, United Kingdom

Postal Address
Bowden House
Totnes
TQ9 7PW

Electronic Mail
info@bowdenhouse.co.uk

Bowden House Community is seeking members now

Year started
2005
Situation
rural
Number of over 18s
33
Number of under 18s
11
Ideological focus
“the alchemy of living together”
Legal structure
Open in principle to new members
yes
Charge visitors
yes
Work in Lieu
yes

Bowden House Community is a thriving intentional community which has been established since 2005 one mile from Totnes in rural Devon. We are a group of families and individuals enjoying learning to live consciously together and with our environment. We don’t have any ideological or religious focus in common and accept the diversity of backgrounds and beliefs reflected in our members. Our land includes an orchard, walled garden, large herb and vegetable gardens and 2 polytunnels, newly planted woodland, a tree house, ornamental gardens and lawns. We also share facillities like a wood workshop, community centre, clay pizza oven, tractor, events/workshop spaces etc. Some of the things which are important to us include: Singing, music, arts and crafts; developing our communication skills with eachother; Collaborating on community projects and the day to day running of things: celebrating and sharing food together; Sustainability, organic gardening, Forest gardening, biodiversity; Deepening our cennection with eachother and the land we live on. Most of the properties on the grounds are privately owned and lived in by individual/family members of the community. We have also set up a housing cooperative to own the Manor house (pictured) which includes a more communal household as well as some self contained accomodation. Please feel free to contact us to find out more about any aspect of our community.

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Bowden House Community is currently looking for new members

Bowden House is a well Established Intentional Community in South Devon
Families, couples and individuals share 10 acres of organic growing, orchard, woods and gardens; living in an historic house and outbuilding dwellings. Well-structured agreements, decision making and established ways of living.
Currently there is a large one bed flat available in the housing coop that collectively owns the historic manor house. The investment will be around £290-300k – price will be finalised in December 2024.

Poplars is a beautifully presented, spacious, ground floor one bedroom, 2 floor apartment within a Co-operatively owned Grade 1 listed Queen Anne period home, situated in the heart of a well established community close to the vibrant and friendly town of Totnes, Devon.
The property has a kitchen overlooking a cobbled courtyard and a large, double hieight, light and airy drawing room on the ground floor with views across green fields. On the first floor is a well proportioned bedroom with a stone window from Tudor times which overlooks the courtyard and a large bathroom with bath and shower. The property is heated by a woodchip boiler and the costs of this and other bills are shared within the Co Op.

The Co Op offers an opportunity to invest with your investment keeping track with the property index for the South West. Mortgages are not possible for this property. There is a membership process for both the Co Op and the Community.

If you are interested in participating in community life and all that this involves then this could be the opportunity  for you. Living in a community can be a joyful and rewarding experience. It can also be challenging. Bowden House Community offers the opportunity to share with families, couples, and individuals, the care and enjoyment of 10 acres; made up of parkland, woodland, an orchard and large vegetable gardens with two polytunnels, and the community has its own borehole water supply.

If you are interested please send your details to info@bowdenhouse to arrange to visit us. We have regular community action days which are a great opportunity to meet everyone and get a sense of people and place. We also have a weekly choir and gardening which you are also welcome to attend. If you would like to visit from afar some Community members offer low cost accomodation. When you visit we can tell you more about our membership process.
www.bowdenhouse.co.uk

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Bowden House Community is currently looking for volunteers

We take volunteers usually over the summer months only to help mainly in the vegetable garden but also with care of the community shared buildings and other land. We tend to have only one volunteer at a time and usually ask for a week to start to ensure it fits for both the community and the volunteer.Contact us for more information

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info@bowdenhouse.co.uk