Formerly the SE Stevens Wagon Works constructing hand-made wooden railway wagons in the early part of the twentieth century. Historic maps suggest that the current buildings on the site may retain elements of the original wagon works within their fabric. Prior to this the land was undeveloped and had an agricultural character. Previously, the land was probably cultivated as open fields. The furlongs of these fields were consolidated into the strip fields shown on the 1st edition OS map of 1854. Legibility of the former landscape is invisible.