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Woman from house in middle of M62 motorway said the noise 'grates' on her

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Updated 20:48 3 Jul 2023 GMT+1Published 20:37 3 Jul 2023 GMT+1

Woman from house in middle of M62 motorway said the noise 'grates' on her

Jill and Paul moved into the famous house more than a decade ago

Emily Brown

Emily Brown

If you're familiar with the M62, then you'll probably be familiar with the farm house that sits slap bang in the middle of its lanes.

The house forces the lanes of motorway apart before they rejoin further away, and I can pretty much guarantee that everyone who passes it thinks the same thing - 'what must it be like to live there?'

Well, why don't we we ask someone who's done exactly that?

Married couple Jill Falkingham and Paul Thorp, and their son, John-William, made Stott Hall Farm their home after its previous owner, Ken Wild, passed away.

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It was Ken who refused to move from the home when the M62 was being built, and it was eventually saved when it was determined that the land was too steep to hold the motorway.

Paul moved in to the home in 2008, and welcomed Jill one year later to work together as sheep farmers, caring for hundreds of ewes as well as some cows on the hills around the motorway.

Speaking previously about her experience at the home, Jill admitted it was 'seriously dated' when they first moved in, but it's since been transformed into a family home which just so happens to sit in the middle of a massively busy road.

It might be some people's worst nightmare, but Jill claimed that living at Stott Hall Farm isn't really that different to life near any other road.

The family took steps to minimise disruption from the cars, vans and lorries passing by, with Jill explaining: "We have treble glazing and it’s no different to living anywhere that has a road.”

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The farmhouse sits in the middle of the four-lane road.
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Jill said her husband had absolutely no issue with the sound of the traffic going past, though she admitted she couldn't help but notice it.

“The noise does affect me as I am quite noise sensitive," she explained. "Paul is fine with it but it does grate on me. It’s the sort of thing that if you are having a bad day the noise is the last straw. But it’s not going away.”

In the grand scheme of things, Jill said the M62 was actually 'the least of [their] challenges' due to the land the farm is built on.

"The grass doesn’t grow because we are so high up and it’s so cold," she explained, but the farmer was still very satisfied with the unusual home.

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“A lot of people say it’s bleak and like Wuthering Heights but I don’t see it like that," Jill said. "I think it’s beautiful.”

Featured Image Credit: Manchester Evening News/BBC

Topics: Cars, UK News, Home

Emily Brown
Emily Brown

Emily Brown is the Community Desk Lead at LADbible Group. Emily first began delivering news when she was just 11 years old - with a paper route. She went on to graduate with a BA Hons in English Language in the Media from Lancaster University before contributing to The Sunday Times Travel Magazine and Student Problems. She joined UNILAD in 2018 to cover breaking news, trending stories and longer form features, and now works as Community Desk Lead to commission and write human interest stories from across the globe.

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