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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Jackie Butler

Home in the middle of nowhere lies abandoned in spite of intriguing history

A lonely farmhouse in the starlit wilds of Dartmoor that was featured in a Steven Spielberg blockbuster movie has a fascinating history hidden underground.

Stone-built Ditsworthy Warren House stands in one of the most starkly beautiful and remote spots in Devon. Its windows and doors are boarded and nobody has lived here for more than 70 years.

Film lovers might recognise it from the Hollywood director’s 2011 First World War epic War Horse, when its well-weathered exterior was dressed up as the Narracotts’ farmhouse, beloved home of hero Albert and his faithful horse, Joey.

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