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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 94 NW 159 |
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| Type of record: | Listed Building |
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| Name: | SHEERLAND FARMHOUSE |
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Summary
Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1800 to 1866. Granary and oasthouses built 1838.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 9331 4535 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ94NW |
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| Parish: | PLUCKLEY, ASHFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FARMHOUSE (Post Medieval to Modern - 1800 AD to 2050 AD)
- GRANARY (GRANARY, Post Medieval - 1838 AD to 1900 AD)
- OASTHOUSE (OASTHOUSE, Post Medieval to Modern - 1838 AD to 2050 AD)
Full description
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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TQ 9345, 27/13D
PLUCKLEY, SWAN LANE, Sheerland Farmhouse
(Formerly listed as: PLUCKLEY, LITTLE CHART ROAD, Sheerland Farmhouse)
II
Early to mid C19. Three storeys Kentish ragstone with red brick dressings. Hipped slate roof. Three Dering windows. Door case with flat wooden hood on brackets.
Listing NGR: TQ9338245508 .
Description from record TQ 94 NW 22:
(TQ 93354545 - sited from HHR map) 5252 PLUCKLEY LITTLE CHART ROAD Granary and oasthouses to the south-west of Sheerland Farmhouse (formerly listed as Granary and Oasthouses at Sheerland) TQ 9345 27/13C 14.2.67. II* 2. Built by Sir Edward Cholmeley Dering, 9th Baronet (1807-1896), in 1838. This is an imposing building. The granary in the centre of the east front is of stone. Two storeys. Hipped slate roof. Six Dering windows. Four-centred doorway in the centre of both floors. Four more similar doorways for carts on the ground floor to the north. At the north and south ends of the granary is a cylindrical oast and 3 more behind to the west. These are also of stone with conical slate roofs. At the apex of each is a wooden cowl with a fantail, on which is the figure of a black horse (the crest of the Dering Family). (1) Granary and oasthouse, not mentioned in buildings of England. (2-3)
Formerly TQ 94 NW 22
<1> DOE (HHR) Boro of Ashford Kent Oct 1980 180 (OS Card Reference). SKE39821.
<2> Bldgs of Eng W Kent & the Weald 1980 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE37841.
<3> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: DOE (HHR) Boro of Ashford Kent Oct 1980 180. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: Bldgs of Eng W Kent & the Weald 1980 (J Newman). |
| <3>XY | Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #21771 Listed building, ] |
