On a bus journey past the farm a couple of weeks ago, I noticed that the farm buildings are no longer in use and are quite derelict, so I took a trip out today to check it out.
The farmhouse itself is a beautiful old Devon Long House covered in red-leaved Virginia Creeper. Unfortunately, because I'm used to seeing it, it didn't occur to me to take a photo of it at the time. However it is inhabited.
After taking a few pics from the road, the owner came out to tell me a bit about the farm and he gave me permission to have a look around the buildings to take some close-ups. Now retired from farming, he assurred me that the buildings are going to remain and will shortly be leased out.
I would have liked to have ventured further and hang around a bit longer but the owner walked around with me, and I didn't want to outstay my welcome.
Hope you enjoy the photos.
The walkway between the upper storeys of the two barns are so that heavy stuff such as hay bales or sacks of feed don't have to be taken down a ladder, across the yard and up another ladder.
The inside of a lean-to with a collapsing roof.
I took this next one through a chink in the planking and could only just about make out the shape of a tractor cabin, so I was well surprised and pleased to see the details when it was processed.
Cheers
Foxy
The farmhouse itself is a beautiful old Devon Long House covered in red-leaved Virginia Creeper. Unfortunately, because I'm used to seeing it, it didn't occur to me to take a photo of it at the time. However it is inhabited.
After taking a few pics from the road, the owner came out to tell me a bit about the farm and he gave me permission to have a look around the buildings to take some close-ups. Now retired from farming, he assurred me that the buildings are going to remain and will shortly be leased out.
I would have liked to have ventured further and hang around a bit longer but the owner walked around with me, and I didn't want to outstay my welcome.
Hope you enjoy the photos.
The walkway between the upper storeys of the two barns are so that heavy stuff such as hay bales or sacks of feed don't have to be taken down a ladder, across the yard and up another ladder.
The inside of a lean-to with a collapsing roof.
I took this next one through a chink in the planking and could only just about make out the shape of a tractor cabin, so I was well surprised and pleased to see the details when it was processed.
Cheers
Foxy