This 1970 picture of Home Farm, taken from Walsgrove Lane shows the unrestored farm house with the original implement shed in the fore ground. At the time the farm was owned and farmed by the Blything Brothers.
Home Farm, Great Witley
History of the Great Witley & Little Witley Area
I lived at Woodbury Hill Cottage from 1951 until 1974 and knew the Blything brothers, Len and Bert, well. Len was a breeder of Arab horses, with, I think, a national reputation in those days. They were not locals, having moved from the outskirts of Wolverhampton where their farm was to be built on. They did little with the farmhouse, really only living in the wing in the centre of the photo. There was a mediaeval hall behind, the part with the steeply angled roof. As a student, at exactly the date of the picture, they showed me around and let me make drawings of the interior, which I still have somewhere. The outbuildings were also of great architectural interest. The main barn is of three or four bays of huge cruck frames. The range along the roadside of Walsgrove Lane is of a beautiful upper cruck construction and was in superb condition in those days. There would have been 7 or 8 bays.