Stabliofarmer Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 I've been working on this farm for over a year now and decided to finally get it up here. Its not finished yet and is no where near there's lots of little details to go yet First up the background information: Higher Drawtop Farm is situated on the A93 in Perth and Kinross near Glenshee Ski Centre. It is owned by contractor Bert Rose who also owns Lower Drawtop Farm that is situated on the Lancashire Yorkshire boarder (but is just company made sheds and isn't very interesting). Drawtop is mainly a sheep based farm with a few cattle for beef and a couple of pigs. We also sell fire wood and own a few hundred acres of forests that we manage and harvest. This is the approach to the farm with the wood yard on the left and the shippon on the right. The shippon was the first building on the farm and is getting a little rough so will need touching up. Attached is two loose boxes. The one shown is MkIII of the shed and isn't finished yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stabliofarmer Posted March 26, 2013 Author Share Posted March 26, 2013 Some pictures of the interior One last close up of the loose boxes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stabliofarmer Posted March 26, 2013 Author Share Posted March 26, 2013 On the left as you enter is the wood yard Here is as the name suggests is were we keep some of our wood. Also this is home to the guard dog Lilac, diesel tank and Above ground LPG tank (the cardboard roll at the bag) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stabliofarmer Posted March 26, 2013 Author Share Posted March 26, 2013 Beside the wood yard is the sheep shed. This has electricity in the form of plug sockets for heat lamps at lambing time. It has sky lights in the roof and the front of the roof comes off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stabliofarmer Posted March 26, 2013 Author Share Posted March 26, 2013 Next to the sheep shed is the Workshop/ Lambing shed. It has a sandstone base and iron walls that have gone rusty with the harsh Scottish winter. The left hand side is used for lambing in spring and storing wood or straw for the rest of the year. In front of this is the paddock ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stabliofarmer Posted March 26, 2013 Author Share Posted March 26, 2013 The next shed is no where near finished it is the open bay shed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stabliofarmer Posted March 26, 2013 Author Share Posted March 26, 2013 The shed also has a partitioned log store with side entrance in the back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stabliofarmer Posted March 26, 2013 Author Share Posted March 26, 2013 The final shed is the cow shed. This still needs finishing with the second floor and stairs adding and fully painting and weathering the same applies for the open bay shed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stabliofarmer Posted March 26, 2013 Author Share Posted March 26, 2013 Behind this will be a silage clamp In building this farm I have changed my mind a lot and has left me with plenty of half finished sheds To leave on is this overall view of the farm Thank you for looking and any comments or queries are welcomed James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stabliofarmer Posted March 27, 2013 Author Share Posted March 27, 2013 A few pictures of the shippon in its better days This is with loose box MrkI This is when it was freshly painted (sorry for the dark picture) # The shippon can still be light but I've lost the lights so I suppose it can't. A nicer picture of the interior. The idea for this shed came from reading a James Herriot book and it talking about the dogs and cats seeking shelter from the snow in the warmth of the shippon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdeere6910 Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 Nice little farm there James, good to see a small sheep farm. SoMething a but different from most layouts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altrac Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 Looking good, I like how you've built most things yourself! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stabliofarmer Posted March 28, 2013 Author Share Posted March 28, 2013 Thanks I do like different and you can't get that if you don't build your own hence why everything's homemade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light Land Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 Love the window on the workshop,neat stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stabliofarmer Posted March 29, 2013 Author Share Posted March 29, 2013 Love the window on the workshop,neat stuff Thanks, I was trying to make it look like glass bricks but its turned out more like a shop window which I think I prefer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stabliofarmer Posted May 5, 2013 Author Share Posted May 5, 2013 Got some more work done recently. Finished the brick work and stairs on the cow bar. Cobbled over the two yards. Built the silage clamp and tarmacked the road as well as adding another dry stone wall. Also changed my mind on part of the farm again. I'm going to move the sheep shed to the left of the cobbled yard and remove the front cladding to make it a bale shed. Then in its place have a new shed with Yorkshire boarding and were the cobbled area is will be a sheep yard with crush, weighing scales and collecting yard. Thanks for looking James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stabliofarmer Posted May 6, 2013 Author Share Posted May 6, 2013 Work has started on the Sheep yard What do you think? Thanks for looking James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altrac Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 Looking good like! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MF-ROB Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 Looking good to me to James like myself you set up your layout and then you change you mind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stabliofarmer Posted May 7, 2013 Author Share Posted May 7, 2013 thanks guys Looking good to me to James like myself you set up your layout and then you change you mind Yeah that's how it goes, think I'm probably on my hundredth different idea now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stabliofarmer Posted May 11, 2013 Author Share Posted May 11, 2013 A lick of paint on the sheep yard ( It's grey not white that's just the light making it look that way) Also got a guillotine gate in place Thanks for Looking James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stabliofarmer Posted May 12, 2013 Author Share Posted May 12, 2013 Works began on the new lambing shed. This is what I have so far Also began to convert my old Britain's quad into a newer Polaris 850 sportsman model. Thanks for looking, What do you think? James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tractorbob Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 proper farm this is ..keep up the good work mate .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HS. Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 Can I ask what you use for the block work on the sheds? Looks like plasticine Thanks, Harry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stabliofarmer Posted May 12, 2013 Author Share Posted May 12, 2013 Thanks glad you like it Harry the stone work is simply cardboard rectangles and the breeze block like on the sheep yard is paint mixed with tile grout to give a paste like mixture that's just brushed on, hope that's of help James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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