8. Home Farm - 6 High Street

The west end of Home Farm is the oldest part of the farm and is late 17th century. This is substantiated by the discovery, under a window board, of a Charles ll farthing dating 1675. The carved fireplace and stone mullions of this part of the house indicate that it was a wealthier residence than the other surrounding farms. The house was extended to the eastern side in the early 18th Century. It had a number of owners which included Captain William Mackdowell, Richard Brown and the Clarke family. In 1879, it was bought by the Roberts family who owned the E & H Roberts Foundry.

The house was eventually separated from its land, much of which is now covered by the Ridgmont and Highview estates.