Grove Farm house and farm yard
By Paul Barraclough
Grove farm house, about 1910
The farmhouse at Grove Farm, Town Green Road, was a modest brick built cottage in the early 20th century. It was substantially extended in the 1950s and the walls were cement rendered and colour washed. The house is now known as Haycroft.
The two photos above show the farmhouse in the 1960s
The photos on this page show the changes that were made to the farmstead in the 1950s. Click on the photos to see them full size.
Grove Farm in the late 1960s
Grove Farm in the 1970s, with Fardenway, built in 1963, at top right. The rectangle of bare earth at bottom left is the site of a cottage demolished in the 1960s.