The farmstead as it was at the end of the 19th century, when
it was a small working farm belonging to the Couty family.
Emile Couty was also the local cart maker and the cart on
the left of the photo (a rare tipper now over 100 years old)
is still in one of the barns ready for renovation - when we
get the time!
These photographs were taken around 1933 when work had been
completed on raising the height of the barn roof to take a
second floor. The change in roof levels required the farmhouse
to be re-roofed also. Les Hirondelles (our name) dates back
to 1822 and was the first settlement in the hamlet. Most of
the older inhabitants of the hamlet have relatives who either
lived or were born in the complex of farm cottages. 