First of all, many thanks to TeeJF and his wife for helping me find this place. First a bit of history.
When the A74 road was upgraded to dual carriageway in the 1960s, it was merely a widening of an existing road so it kept many of the features of a standard road. While some larger towns were bypassed, some villages were not and there were still many farm roads joining it (with resulting farm traffic) and many bus stops and all on a road carrying what was essentially motorway traffic at motorway speeds.
By the late 1990s work began in stages building a new motorway alongside the old road and by the time work began near this farm in 1998 it was considered cheaper to compulsorily purchase the farm rather than build a tunnel under, or a bridge over the new motorway, cutting the farm off (by vehicle at least) from the outside world.
The farm consists of a main farmhouse, a 60s/70s bungalow and quite a few outbuildings. One contained a cold store which I presume was for the storing of carcasses, so perhaps animals were slaughtered on site. More pictures on my flickr, hope you enjoy.
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When the A74 road was upgraded to dual carriageway in the 1960s, it was merely a widening of an existing road so it kept many of the features of a standard road. While some larger towns were bypassed, some villages were not and there were still many farm roads joining it (with resulting farm traffic) and many bus stops and all on a road carrying what was essentially motorway traffic at motorway speeds.
By the late 1990s work began in stages building a new motorway alongside the old road and by the time work began near this farm in 1998 it was considered cheaper to compulsorily purchase the farm rather than build a tunnel under, or a bridge over the new motorway, cutting the farm off (by vehicle at least) from the outside world.
The farm consists of a main farmhouse, a 60s/70s bungalow and quite a few outbuildings. One contained a cold store which I presume was for the storing of carcasses, so perhaps animals were slaughtered on site. More pictures on my flickr, hope you enjoy.
038 by tumble112, on Flickr
045 by tumble112, on Flickr
033 by tumble112, on Flickr
044 by tumble112, on Flickr
025 by tumble112, on Flickr
018 by tumble112, on Flickr
021 by tumble112, on Flickr
019 by tumble112, on Flickr
026 by tumble112, on Flickr
029 by tumble112, on Flickr
030 by tumble112, on Flickr
031 by tumble112, on Flickr
049 by tumble112, on Flickr
050 by tumble112, on Flickr
052 by tumble112, on Flickr
057 by tumble112, on Flickr
058 by tumble112, on Flickr
047 by tumble112, on Flickr
027 by tumble112, on Flickr
051 by tumble112, on Flickr
055 by tumble112, on Flickr
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