The building, at East Hendred in Oxfordshire, is thought to have been built by a Tudor wool merchant - the area had a famous cloth fair - and later occupied by a yeoman farmer. The building eventually became the village general store and was so during the 'Pendon period' (1930s). In June 1969 a fire destroyed some of the buildings at the rear of the premises although the store was able to continue trading. The store was closed in September 1995 but was re-opened early the following year following local protests and promises of future support. Today it continues to serve the local community.
In addition to conventional Pendon research, plans were prepared that included a reconstruction of the extensive range of stores, stables and sheds which were attached to the rear of the building but destroyed by the fire in 1969. This was achieved this by a meticulous ground survey, using detailed OS plans of that time, and a selection of original photographs loaned by then owners of the store. Using all this available data and images the complex task of re-creating the original as a Pendon model was undertaken and completed in 2012.
