The farm buildings consisted of a large Dutch barn, part of which housed ten grain
silos the remainder being used for hay and straw storage. The adjoining multi-span
brick buildings contained the grain drying and cleaning equipment and a grain pit
with associated conveyors and elevators. The same buildings also included tractor
storage and a potato seed chitting shed. A similar single span unit was the farm
workshop, equipped with an inspection pit, hoist and welding tools. This was popular
as a place to have a cup of tea and a chat, particularly in the winter, when it was
the only place that was heated. The source of heat was a stove burning waste oil.
The remaining building was a flint faced, mainly open fronted tractor shed incorporating
3 small closed sheds used as a carpentry workshop, a store for bags and hand tools,
and a garage for the farmhouse.
The farmhouse was also built with brick and flint. It was a large, imposing three-storey
house with a large cellar and its own well. I understand that when the farm was commandeered
in 1942, the RAF converted the house to three self-contained flats as accommodation
for officers and men. After the war these were used as tied accommodation for the
farm workers. There were seven other tied cottages belonging to the farm. The farmhouse
was demolished in 1975 and replaced with a pair of semi-detached, three bedroom cottages.
These are the last houses that still belong to the farm because, as the workforce
declined, all the other farm cottages were sold.
