the "home farm", open to the public, has a barn built in 1694 and is the largest working rare breeds farm in europe, and only one of 16 nationally approved by the rare breeds survival trust. breeds include gloucester, kerry, irish moiled, red poll, white park, british white, beef shorthorn, vaynol and belted galloway cattle; kerry hill, whitefaced woodland and portland sheep, and golden guernsey goats. the farm was targeted by arsonists in the late 2000s with damage caused to a stable. some animals were injured but the majority were saved.