Schoose Farm

I went with The Friendship club for afternoon tea at the Helena Thompson Museum, Workington this afternoon.
The weather was lovely so on the way out I had a walk through the garden and got a photo of Schoose Farm, I knew there was a good view of it from the museum,  but last time I was there I didn't manage to get outside.
SCHOOSE FARM
It was built as a pioneering model farm in the 18th century by John Christian Curwen, a cousin of famous Bounty mutineer Fletcher Christian, just as the agricultural revolution was gathering steam.
He was a coal mine owner, industrialist, agricultural scientist and radical politician with socialist leanings, who went on to serve Carlisle as MP for 40 years.
Mr Curwen had some ‘revolutionary’ ideas, which included feeding his work horses steamed potatoes because they were quicker to eat than traditional forage and took up less acreage..........