In the 1930s the farm, near Uffington, included an array of original and interesting buildings including the farmhouse, two large thatched barns, a coach house, cartshed, cowshed and an 18c dovecote/granary. In the early 1960s the then owner modernised the farm and some of the original buildings, including the large barns, were replaced by modern equivalents. Today the farm extends to some 600 acres covering an area around White Horse Hill. Cereals are farmed, grass for grazing supports a beef herd and sheep flock - and hay and haylage is produced.
This farm caught the attention of Roye England (founder of Pendon Museum) who visited the site in 1932 to take photographs. Further surveys were interrupted by The Second World War and did not recommence until 1950. The site was complex with nine substantial buildings, farmyards, walls and other infrastructure set in an undulating landscape so there was much to do.
Twelve Pendon modellers were involved in completing Britchcombe Farm with its buildings, surroundings and equipment- with particular attention being paid to the relative positions and elevations of all the features involved.
