These townships consisted of the dwellings and associated outbuildings of several tenants, who held the farm jointly.
Stores of feed concentrates were maintained throughout the winter months in farm outbuildings.
Then they moved on to the outbuildings to discover huge supplies of grain, timber, building materials and farming equipment.
The other sides of the courtyard consist of outbuildings like a byre, a barn, a calf-house, coalhouse, bakery and what seem to be servants or labourers cottages.
Outbuildings and garages occasionally have to be demolished.
These have been met by hourly deliveries and collections in the outbuildings.
The majority of the outbuildings were inspected in the last financial year and the remainder will be in the current financial year.
The outbuildings in question will be evacuated next week to make room for the new sorting office to be erected on the site.
