The Farmhouse in the middle of a very busy motorway

monet

on a recent trip to leeds i noticed a farmhouse in the middle of the m62 motorway !does anyone her know why its there and wasnt pulled down for the motorway,looks to me that the farmer was holding out for more money and they got fed up and just built it around him !!

pebbles21

monet wrote: »

on a recent trip to leeds i noticed a farmhouse in the middle of the m62 motorway !does anyone her know why its there and wasnt pulled down for the motorway,looks to me that the farmer was holding out for more money and they got fed up and just built it around him !!

this one??
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gsvWx6tzYI

DanGerMus

http://kosmograd.typepad.com/kosmograd/2007/03/the_house_in_th.html

For sale. Beautiful country Home. Easy access to local carriageway. May need improved double glazing.

Firetrap

That's mad. A few people on that YouTube comments section are saying it's a myth that he wouldn't move. Can't be nice living there though

SW81

That was on TV a year or two ago, the guy was interviewed. It was crazy, he was giving out about it but just refused to move, it was his farm and he didn't want to leave. Fair enough but the noise of the traffic must stress the animals out. Suppose they're used to it.

DanGerMus

Maybe he enjoys living life...... in the fast lane....

Senna

On the M2 motorway from Belfast to Toom bridge there is a house in between the two lanes. The lanes are wider a part than the one above but i did wonder why the motorway was build around it, plus there are loads of trees so just can hardly see the house from the road.

antodeco

Maybe his cows wouldnt moooove.
Sorry, that was baaaaad.

impr0v

Doesn't sound right to me. AFAIK our compulsory purchase legislation is modelled on the UK and, under our system, the local authority would have been able to buy it regardless of how the farmer felt about it.

MagicMarker

Does he leave via the bat cave or something? How the fúck does he get out?

banshee_bones

MagicMarker wrote: »

Does he leave via the bat cave or something? How the fúck does he get out?

LMAO!!!!!!

Ri_Nollaig

MagicMarker wrote: »

Does he leave via the bat cave or something? How the fúck does he get out?

you can see a little tunnel in that youtube clip.

MagicMarker

Ri_Nollaig wrote: »

you can see a little tunnel in that youtube clip.

The bat cave it is then.

seanybiker

DanGerMus wrote: »

Maybe he enjoys living life...... in the fast lane....

ha ha simple yet great

antodeco

I wonder would he need to pay a toll?

giggsy664

antodeco wrote: »

Maybe his cows wouldnt moooove.
Sorry, that was baaaaad.

Terry? AlmightyCushion? I beleive you owe antodeco a late christmas present? I know the perfect present.


A permanent ban from After Hours!

antodeco

giggsy664 wrote: »

Terry? AlmightyCushion? I beleive you owe antodeco a late christmas present? I know the perfect present.


A permanent ban from After Hours!

Im not that clucky!

AlmightyCushion

giggsy664 wrote: »

Terry? AlmightyCushion? I beleive you owe antodeco a late christmas present? I know the perfect present.


A permanent ban from After Hours!

I would love to oblige but anto has paid his no banning fee of €100 a month.

antodeco

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

I would love to oblige but anto has paid his no banning fee of 100 a month.

I feel like Duncan McLeod! *sniff*

Shacklebolt

There was a programme on BBC about this fella, he does indeed have a tunnel under the motorway.

Firetrap

I think many farmers have tunnels under roads now if their farms got split in two.

Bob the Builder

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

I would love to oblige but anto has paid his no banning fee of €100 a month.

So um, where am I supposed to pay?
Where's this big 'Paypal: Donate' button?

L1011

Senna wrote: »

On the M2 motorway from Belfast to Toom bridge there is a house in between the two lanes. The lanes are wider a part than the one above but i did wonder why the motorway was build around it, plus there are loads of trees so just can hardly see the house from the road.

The M2 was going to split in to the M2 and M22 there; they ran out of money. If you look on aerial photos you can see the path for never built lanes; and heading back to Belfast theres a big arse bit of tarmac for where the lanes would have come in. Didn't know there was a house in the middle of it though!


The house in the M62 has NOTHING to do with someone not selling - he'd just have been CPO'ed out of it. The motorways on the side of a hill and so they had to build the lanes further apart - saving that house.

Rovi

That's Stott Hall Farm, currently farmed by a man by the name of Paul Thorp.

Linkies-
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bradford/content/articles/2006/11/02/m62_farm_feature.shtml
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/92338
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M62_motorway#Stott_Hall_Farm

Victor

Senna wrote: »

On the M2 motorway from Belfast to Toom bridge there is a house in between the two lanes. The lanes are wider a part than the one above but i did wonder why the motorway was build around it, plus there are loads of trees so just can hardly see the house from the road.

The were going to build an interchange there.

http://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/m2-ni/images.shtml
http://www.wesleyjohnston.com/roads/m2.html

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=belfast&ie=UTF8&ll=54.744244,-6.209164&spn=0.017861,0.05476&t=h&z=15