Stocken Farmhouse - Revision history

Joan at 18:16, 21 January 2024

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Joan at 18:30, 10 January 2024

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Joan at 18:23, 10 January 2024

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 [[File:Stocken Farm Pond.jpg|center|thumb]]
 [[File:Stocken Farm Secret Spot.jpg|center|thumb]]
-[[File:Stocken Farm Sewer Trench 01.jpg|left|thumb]]
+[[File:Stocken Farm Sewer Trench 01.jpg|left|thumb|John West helps out with a tractor and trailer. The lawn looked surprisingly neat and tidy when all was done! ]]
 [[File:Stocken Farm Sewer Trench 03.jpg|alt=Jack Dell at the deep end near the house|thumb|Jack Dell down eyeing up the situation.]]
-No sooner was the work on the house finished and the Main Drainage System was brought to the village.   It was a long run from the house to the Main Road with only just enough fall.  Dell Bros continued straight from the house to work on that.
+No sooner was the work on the house finished than the Main Drainage System was brought to the village.   It was a long run from the house to the Main Road with only just enough fall.  Dell Bros continued straight from working on the house to work on that.
 [[File:Stocken Farm Sewer Trench 04.jpg|center|thumb|Jack Dell gives the 'supervisor' a lift down to have a look.]]

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 [[File:Stocken Farm Sewer Trench 01.jpg|left|thumb]]
 [[File:Stocken Farm Sewer Trench 03.jpg|alt=Jack Dell at the deep end near the house|thumb|Jack Dell down eyeing up the situation.]]
-No sooner was the work on the house finished and the Main Drainage System was brought to the village.   It was a long run from the house to the Main Road with only just enough fall.  Dell Bros continued straight from the house to work on that,
+No sooner was the work on the house finished and the Main Drainage System was brought to the village.   It was a long run from the house to the Main Road with only just enough fall.  Dell Bros continued straight from the house to work on that.

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 [[File:Stocken Farm Secret Spot.jpg|center|thumb]]
 [[File:Stocken Farm Sewer Trench 01.jpg|left|thumb]]
 No sooner was the work on the house finished and the Main Drainage System was brought to the village.   It was a long run from the house to the Main Road with only just enough fall.  Dell Bros continued straight from the house to work on that,

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 The Front Garden Pond
 [[File:Stocken Farm Pond.jpg|center|thumb]]
-[[File:Stocken Farm Secret Spot.jpg|center|thumb]]The Main drains
+[[File:Stocken Farm Secret Spot.jpg|center|thumb]]

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 '''We knew we wanted to alter certain things in the house'''.   One thing being to put in central heating and also to tidy up some of the parts that had been added over the years.   We lived there for a year while we decided what to do.
 [[File:Stocken Farm House 01.jpg|thumb|This was the oldest photo we had.  It clearly showed the chimney shape ]]
 '''We always knew it was old''' - the enormous chimney was a giveaway anyway.  But then the house had been Grade II listed some years before. (No-one had come to inspect it.  Dick & Hilda had just received a letter saying it was listed and emphasizing that the chimney and the windows must never be altered.)

← Older revision		Revision as of 12:11, 21 January 2024
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		+	[[File:Stocken Farm No Render.jpg\|left\|thumb\|Although taken about year 2000, this shows the original brick walls without the white render which was not original.]]
	click [[Stocken Farm]] for other records of the farm		click [[Stocken Farm]] for other records of the farm

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	The Front Garden Pond		The Front Garden Pond
	[[File:Stocken Farm Pond.jpg\|center\|thumb]]		[[File:Stocken Farm Pond.jpg\|center\|thumb]]
		+	[[File:Stocken Farm Secret Spot.jpg\|center\|thumb]]

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 '''It wasn't until we went to join''' the new hall extension to the house that we realised that its
 flat roof was level with half way up the window that was part way up the stairs.  A new half depth stair window had to be made.
-'''The granary was pulled down,''' which seemed a shame, but it was no longer in use and was in a bad way inside.
+'''The photo below on the right''' shows the windows in place in the new hall/room which replaced the old back door  and lean-to where the eggs were sold.
 [[File:Stocken Farm Alterations 14.jpg|alt=|thumb|Joan at the top of the chimney. Chalet in the garden below.  Stocken Cottages l-r across the field. ]]
-'''Next we turned our attention to the chimney and the roof.'''
+'''The granary was pulled down,''' which seemed a shame, but it was no longer in use and was in a bad way inside.
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 [[File:Stocken Farm Entrance.jpg|center|thumb]]
 [[File:John Overlooking Stocken Farm.jpg|thumb|John at the top of the chimney.  The yard down below]]
 [[File:Stocken Farm Sheds 02.jpg|left|thumb|From top of the chimney looking towards the Sports field and school]]
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 '''One wall of the bull pen was taken''' '''down''', leaving a courtyard outside the new door.
 [[File:Stocken Farm Alterations 19.jpg|thumb|Creating the courtyard. The wooden pillar supports a porch over the new door, just out of picture on the left.]]
-'''The photo on the right''' shows the footings being dug for the new extension.  At last this old house has some foundations and cavity walls to support it.
 With one wall of the bull pen removed a courtyard was left outside the new extension.   It was paved with York stone with a narrow bed for plants by the remaining walls.
 [[File:Stocken Farm Path.jpg|left|thumb|This path led to the front door from the drive. Photo from chimney top.]]

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	'''The work we did to the chimney''' did not quite restore its original shape, but it was an improvement.		'''The work we did to the chimney''' did not quite restore its original shape, but it was an improvement.
		+	[[File:Stocken Farm Entrance.jpg\|center\|thumb]]