Office. You could sit on the lawn outside, enjoy an ice-cream and/or drink and watch the world go by. It closed in February 1997 when the then owners saw it more as a piece of saleable property than as an ongoing business (the remains shown in picture). After several years of ownership exchange, problems with planning permissions etc., in 2002, 3 bungalows did get built , although by rural standards appear to have overcrowded the space available. They priced out in the region of £350,000 which seems a little excessive for their sizes, but is not untoward in the present financial climate where folk are prepared to pay that sort of money for a brand new house/bungalow in a desirable part of the country.

Generally speaking you are unlikely to find any property in Harman's Cross less than £200,000, a lot more than that sum is nearer the truth.

Close to what was the village store and now 3 bungalows, stands Foleys Garage, both as garage and car sales. In the absence of the Sub Post Office section of the store the garage took on that function but with limited hours. The adage that comes with that is, "use it or lose it" !

The village itself comprises some 190 properties which are not so apparent to many who just drive through without ever stopping. In respect of driving there exists a 40mph speed limit which is flouted probably every hour of every day. Reputedly, suggestions of speed camera installation are rejected on the strength of "no fatality, no speed camera".

The village now has a privately owned Purbeck Vineyard which apparently should be bottling in 2003 or 2004.