Model Farmhouse |
Hob Uid: 1091327 | |
Location : Oxfordshire South Oxfordshire Shirburn
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Grid Ref : SU6953497127 |
Summary : Model Farm farmhouse constructed circa 1856-7. It is of two storeys, in a double depth plan and is built of flemish bond brick with a Welsh slate roof. it was built as the Home farm of the Shirburn Estate. |
More information : Listed. For the designation record of this site please see The National Heritage List for England. (1-2)
In 1857 Lord Macclesfield built a model dairy farm on his Shirburn estate. It had both open and closed yards and a steam engine to power both farm and estate yard machinery. It survives essentially intact. (3) |