First published in 1983, Farm Buildings gives a fascinating account of what has been happening in and around farm buildings since medieval times, and describes their structure, their function and their style. This is followed by a long section in which sixty-eight representative types of Welsh and English farm buildings are commented on by the author and illustrated by John Penoyre. John Woodforde emphasizes that just as people increasingly enjoy looking at old farm buildings, so too some farmers are coming to appreciate them with a new eye, noting that they possess in their yards assets whose value is greater in several ways than they used to think. This book will be of interest to students of architecture, history and agriculture.
Acknowledgements 1. Profiting from a survival 2. Growing rich on sheep 3. The granary of Europe 4. Cows without cowhouses 5. Blazing barns and ricks 6. Nineteenth-century architectural style 7. A use for old rolling stock 8. Cowhouse economy 9. Seventy years of neglect 10. The redundant barn 11. For livestock 12. For crops, processing and equipment 13. For auxiliary purposes 14. Farmsteads Glossary Bibliography Index
Biography
John Woodforde
