I was told I was going off to see a former farmhouse today, so I was ready to get my Clifton tractor out on the streets, because I might have had to go 'off road', and parked on the pavement! I didn't, because the reality is that there are no farms left in Clifton, as far as I am aware. Even the house, which was described as at one time being a farm, was very probably knocked down in the 1820s and in its place two very substantial semi-detached houses were built, so that the owner could look after his nursery. At the time there was a gated private lane leading to the house which had a number of glasshouses surrounding it. They no longer exist of course but I could see them on the ordnance survey plan of the date, actually in 1880. Things have changed and the two houses have now managed to morph into four, as they do. The dwelling that I saw today was light and bright and spacious. Another Grade II Listed Property, with various contraventions but, hey - it wouldn't be listed building without breaches of its listed building status, now would it???   more »