Exploring Kent's Past

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Monument details

Summary

A loose courtyard plan farmstead with buildings to two sides of the yard. The best example on the Isle of Grain of a historic farmstead still in agricultural use and the only one retaining the majority of its historic structures.

Monument Types

• FARMSTEAD (Post Medieval to Modern - 1870 AD to 2050 AD)

Full description

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Type: Loose courtyard with working agricultural buildings on two sides
Farmhouse: Farmhouse detached in central position
Position: Isolated position
Survivial: No apparent alteration
(1-2)

Mentioned in Isle of Grain Historic Area Assessment conducted by English Heritage in 2014. The present complex of buildings is described as dating from the 1870s, and may not be on the same site as Rose Court manor, "owned by the de Cobham family until 1397, when it was given, along with another family property, for the upkeep of a new bridge at Rochester". "Few of the historic farmsteads remain in agricultural use, the best example being the complex at Rose Court Farm (Fig. 17). This was built in its present location in 1873 as an attached pair of brick houses, originally described as a bailiff's house and cottage, and a substantial two-storey brick outbuilding. The other farms would appear to have mainly or entirely lost their historic structures". (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 Forum Heritage Services, 2012, Kent Farmsteads & Landscape Project (Unpublished document).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 English Heritage, 2009, Historic Farmsteads: A Manual for Mapping (Unpublished document).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> English Heritage, 2014, Isle of Grain, Hoo Peninsula, Kent: Historic area assessment (Monograph). SKE29397.

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