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Monument details
| HER Number: | MKE83319 |
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| Type of record: | Farmstead |
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| Name: | Solomon's Farm |
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Summary
A loose courtyard plan farmstead with buildings to three sides of the yard.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 7833 7452 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ77SE |
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| Parish: | HIGH HALSTOW, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FARMSTEAD (Post Medieval - 1800 AD to 1800 AD)
Full description
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Type: Loose courtyard with working agricultural buildings on three sides
Farmhouse: Farmhouse detached in central position
Position: Isolated position
Survivial: Altered - partial loss of original form (less than 50%)
(1-2)
Solomons Farm is mentioned in the English Heritage Historic Area Assessment for High Halstow Parish, part of the wider Hoo Peninsula study. The report notes that workers cottages were built at a number of farms at the turn of the 20th century, including at Solomons Farm. (3).
<1> Forum Heritage Services, 2012, Kent Farmsteads & Landscape Project (Unpublished document). SKE18075.
<2> English Heritage, 2009, Historic Farmsteads: A Manual for Mapping (Unpublished document). SKE18076.
<3> historic england, 2014, High Halstow, Hoo Peninsula, Kent: Historic Area Assessment. Research Report 53-2014 (Bibliographic reference). SKE31598.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Unpublished document: Forum Heritage Services. 2012. Kent Farmsteads & Landscape Project. |
| <2> | Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2009. Historic Farmsteads: A Manual for Mapping. |
| <3> | Bibliographic reference: historic england. 2014. High Halstow, Hoo Peninsula, Kent: Historic Area Assessment. Research Report 53-2014. |
