Moving further down Melbourne Street, towards the junction with Lower Road, we come to the former Flowers Farm.

On the left between the wall of Bratton House and the corner is a small development of modern houses.

Several decades ago this land was home to a substantial farm house, known as Flowers Farm.

Its history went back to at least the 1490s and the grey rendering concealed a half -imbered medieval house standing on a stone base, exactly in line with the similar stone base of Bratton House wall, which may well be as old.

There was a small front garden jutting out into the road with a low wall. The front door was framed by a Regency wrought iron porch which was moved to the rear wall of Cornhay on the corner of Stradbrook, when the owner bought it when the farmhouse was demolished The portion of the house to the left of the front door was the original medieval hall of the 1400s. A great chimney was added between 1550 and 1600, which had a big inglenook fire place at its base.

The windows were 18th century, and had no sash cords; the lower halves could be raised but has to be propped up.

To the rear of the house were further extensions on the east side; firstly in the mid 1600s and later in the 18th century, and again in the 19th century when the kitchen was extended.

A little further down the hill from the house stood a large brick stable jutting a few feet into the road, making it difficult for drivers as they approached the crossroads.