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2. FARM HOUSES AND OFFICES, AND REPAIRS. 
This county being principally ancient enclosures, the 
farm houses have consequently been erected at dif¬ 
ferent, and many of them in remote times, and before 
the general arrangements of design for elegance, or 
even comfort and convenience were much thought of; 
they therefore contain nothing singular or striking} 
some of them have been renewed, but bj^ degrees and 
at different times^ others retain their original design 
having occasional repairs, and upon the whole there 
is nothinsr singular or remarkable in the farm edifices 
of this county. 
Mr. Darke says, respecting Bredon, “ we rather ex¬ 
cel in our farm houses, which are chiefly situated in vil¬ 
lages near the common fields.” 
Mr. Oldacre observes, “ the farm houses and offices 
are not on a good construction: and the situation al- 
most generally ill chosen, Which is often attended with 
great loss to the occupier. Sheds for feeding cattle in 
winter should be encouraged, as such feeding adds 
greatly to the dunghill both in quantity and quality.” 
I observed in my tour through the county some 
few handsome new erected farm houses, slightly scat¬ 
tered, but the general part are of ancient construction, 
badly designed, and placed off the farm in villages, 
and often with walls of timber and mortar or plaster; 
when these shall be decayed, more attention will proba¬ 
bly be paid to their future construction. 
Respecting out offices, very few instances are to be 
found of any particular convenience in their construc¬ 
tion, and the farmer is obliged to make shift as well as 
he can. 
Mr, 
