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Shorts Farm

A stone building that was thatched until a fire destroyed it in the mid 1900s. It was rebuilt but the southern end is missing. Nevertheless it retains much of its original charm. The surrounding walls are the original that are common to the area and the front approach is unchanged.

Shorts Farm - c1910
Postcard c1910

Shorts Farm - 2004
Note the loss of the southern end by fire, added gable, and the clay tiled roof replacing the thatch.

When What
1841 Tithe map No.1671. Henry & Mary Comper (farmers) and daughters Maria, Caroline & Mary.
- 1970 Mr Young - Brother of MI5 man at The White House near the Rising Sun
1970 - 2001 Longinotto & Prescetto family.
2002 - 2003 John & Jay Adams