The English model farm - Susanna Wade Martins

During the Agricultural Revolution, the landowners of Britain
constructed an enormous range of picturesque or classical
buildings on their farms, inspired by Enlightenment ideals. These
model farms, a phenomenan unique to Britain, are a significant
yet largely undiscovered aspect of our heritage. This book is
richly illustrated with interior and exterior photographs, most
of them specially commissioned, as well as plans, paintings and
historic photographs. It examines the architecture and landscape
context of the farmsteads themselves and considers the motives of
the people who built them, drawing on the first comprehensive
national survey of model farms, recently completed by English
Heritage.