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The Darling Buds Of May house is up for sale for £800,000 – 26 years after series ended

You can buy Home Farm where Ma and Pop Larkin lived - if you have a lot of cash going spare. The country house has five bedrooms, five bathrooms and a huge garden.

THE house from 90s TV show The Darling Buds Of May is up for sale for £800,000 – and it looks just perfick.

The farmhouse, in Berthsden, in Kent, has five bedrooms, five bathrooms and 4.47 acres of land – plus, it’s famous to millions as the home of the Larkins.

 The house will be recognisable to millions of fans
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The house will be recognisable to millions of fansCredit: Hobbs Parker

The property, which is near the village of Pluckley, was used as Home Farm when the ITV show filmed there between 1991 and 1993.

The series also used the surrounding rural area as a backdrop for the Larkin family’s adventures, including the nearby Black Horse pub and the Little Chart cricket ground.

The ITV show, which ran for three series, was set in the fifties and was a huge hit in the early nineties, starring Davin Jason as Pop Larkin (whose catchphrase was "perfick!"), Pam Ferris as his wife Ma, and Catherine Zeta-Jones in her breakout role as the couple’s oldest daughter Mariette.

The family lived on a farm in Kent, with Pop Larkin constantly thinking up schemes to make the family’s lives better.

 L-R, Pam Ferris as Ma Larkin, David Jason as Pop Larkin, Catherine Zeta Jones as Mariette and Philip Franks as Charley
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L-R, Pam Ferris as Ma Larkin, David Jason as Pop Larkin, Catherine Zeta Jones as Mariette and Philip Franks as Charley
 The living room has a wood burner and beautiful period features
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The living room has a wood burner and beautiful period featuresCredit: Hobbs Parker
 All the doorways have church-style curved frames
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All the doorways have church-style curved framesCredit: Hobbs Parker

And now fans can actually own the farm where it all took place – if they have a spare £800,000 lying around, that is.

The gorgeous house has beautiful views over the grounds, with a wooden terrace and setaing areas overlooking a pond.

Inside, the traditional-style living room has a wood burner, low ceilings and exposed beams.

 There are 4.7 acres of land that come with the property
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There are 4.7 acres of land that come with the propertyCredit: Hobbs Parker
 There are five bedrooms at the property
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There are five bedrooms at the propertyCredit: Hobbs Parker

The doors throughout the house have curved, church-style frames, and there’s an annexe for guests.

Originally built in the 18th century, the farmhouse is tucked away in a tiny village – but if you do buy it, be prepared for tourists to hunt the location down ...

Catherine Zeta Jones David Jason and Pam Ferris star in The Darling Buds Of May


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