Part 1 Farm buildings as historic records: farm buildings before the agricultural revolution; the early years of improvement, 1600-1750; the rise of the great estate, 1750-1820; the buildings of "High Farming", 1840-80; the period of depression, 1880-1914. Part 2 Historic farm buildings - the Norfolk survey: understanding the evidence - the dating of farm buildings; the farming landscape of the survey areas; South Norfolk; West Norfolk; Central and East Norfolk. Part 3 The future of farm buildings: barns; stables; livestock; storage; the farmstead as a unit; layout and building materials; the role of the landlord in building development; regionalism and the role of farm buildings in agricultural change; have historical farm buildings a future?; the problems of conversion and conservation. Appendices: recording and surveying; farm museums and historical farm buildings open to the public.
