Farmyard set (Hugar for Britains)

A Farm Playset, made by Hugar for Britains Ltd.

Details

The farm is built on a 12"×16" base with a low perimeter wall, with a entrance front right.

The main farm building is set on the right rear of the board, and has a symmetrical two-plane sloping thatched roof with its spine parallel to the building's front face, and a low wooden chimney at the rear, set towards the right.

The front of the farm building has a hinged wooden doorway with shallow porch on the right, and a low, wide, open, lower-silled window on the left.

The farm building is 6" wide without the overhanging roof. Set into its left is a smaller stable building, 5" wide including roof, with two split stable-type doors. The remaining five inches is taken up by a low pen, chicken-coop or kennel with two open entrances, and with the region in front cordoned off with another low wall, with a hinged gate.

The base, low walls and building walls are all textured and painted, and the main two buildings also have green red and yellow paint to give the impression of flowing climbing plants.

The two smaller buildings have a single sloped red-tiled roof and green front gutter.

Donation

The farm was donated to the museum by by Mary Wyatt in April 2016, along with a set of F.G. Taylor farm fencing and mostly Britains lead farm animals.

Identification

Although we haven't yet found a matching image to identify the exact model, this farm is built using classic Hugar techniques, finishes and proportions, and the styling is an exact match to other farm buildings made by Hugar for Britains.

Background

Hugar's range of model farm buildings for Britains were preceded by a range of "trench" sets made for the company, which portrayed scenes from the trenches in World War One (a lookout point, medical aid buildign, and so on), and which were built on standardised sections of baseboard so that they could be butted together to make larger scenes.