The Roundway
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Planning Applications
№ 27
| ADDRESS: 27 The Roundway
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Historical Notes
Claygate had several farms in centuries past. There was Beazley Farm by Littleworth Common which ceased milk production in the 1950s in favour of horses; Slough Farm had a dairy herd of Red Poll Cattle and later pigs but later had horses; Manor Farm had a dairy herd of prize-winning jersey cows but later had horses; Elm Farm had dairy cows and chickens and sold delicious cream, but later had a plant nursery business and horse-feed shop; Barwell Court had a big herd of Friesian milking cows and grew cereals, but later kept horses; Horringdon Farm had one of the last big dairy herds of Red Poll cattle and grew cereals and potatoes, but but later horses and grazes young cattle for Loseberry Farm; Loseberry Farm no longer keeps a dairy herd; it later kept a house cow and young stock for the dairy herd at Stoke D'Abernon.
Slough Farm
The Sun Insurance Fire Mark was issued to the owner of Slough Farm, Elizabeth Barwick of Clare Hill, South Mimms, Hertfordshire, on 24th April 1792, when James Scott was the tenant farmer. According to this policy the farmhouse was built of brick and timber and tiled and valued at £200. There was a barn and cowhouse valued at £100; a stable and carthouse at £60; another barn at £70; a timber and tiled granary at £30; two brick and timber tiled cottages at £30 each, and a shed and a barn in a nearby field valued at £10 and £60 respectively. Except where noted, all these buildings were thatched.
The farmland lies either side of Telegraph Lane extending up the southern flanks of Telegraph Hill. Today it comprises approximately 100 acres, but was rather larger thirty years ago when the western part of the farm was developed as a council housing estate comprising 116 houses of 10 different types for 400 to 500 people — what is now The Roundway area.
Since 1801 the farm has been owned by the Speer (Litchfield) family who acquired the Manor of Weston Green at that time. Past tenants have included: Henry Stent (recorded as tenant in 1874 and 1926) and John Keen (1938), who also ran a dairy at No. 5 High Street for several years, while Edward Telling became the tenant in 1945. In earlier times the farm was devoted mainly to dairy cattle, but later it concentrated on pig-rearing, while the greater part of the land was used for horse-grazing and the growing of hay for privately-owned horses that it could stable.
References
- Peebles, Malcolm (1983). The Claygate Book. (Millennium edition). Stockbridge: by BAS Printers Ltd. ISBN 0-9508978-0-9.
- Many thanks also for the photos, many supplied by Terry Gale, from the Claygate Local History Facebook group.
- Claygate Life — 2004 issue 4
