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Monument details

HER Number:TR 06 SW 303
Type of record:Building
Name:The Foreman's House, Oare Gunpowder Works, Faversham

Summary

The Foreman's House at Oare Gunpowder Works, Faversham. Built between 1846 and 1865.

Grid Reference:TR 00097 62266
Map Sheet:TR06SW
Parish:FAVERSHAM, SWALE, KENT

Monument Types

  • FOREMANS HOUSE (Post Medieval to Modern - 1846 AD? to 1936 AD)
  • HOUSE (Modern - 1936 AD to 1995 AD?)

Full description

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Built sometime between 1846 and 1865, it is a two-storey dwelling though the lower storey was probably used as cellars or storage space. In 1899 it was referred to as the Foreman's House and this was likely also the original function. It was occupied after the works closed in 1936 until the 1990s. (1)

The building was vandalised and fires damaged the structure. The structure was roofless when surveyed in 2006. It was modified with a modern bungalow built across part of the site. The surviving portions of the building were surveyed and drawn. (2)


<1> Broadway Malyan Cultural Heritage, 2003, A Historical Buildings & Archaeological Assessment of The Foreman's House, Oare Gunpowder Works (Unpublished document). SKE17512.

<2> Alan Ward, 2006, An archaeological recording and watching brief at the Foreman's House, Oare Gunpowder Works, Faversham (Unpublished document). SKE17850.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Unpublished document: Broadway Malyan Cultural Heritage. 2003. A Historical Buildings & Archaeological Assessment of The Foreman's House, Oare Gunpowder Works.
<2>Unpublished document: Alan Ward. 2006. An archaeological recording and watching brief at the Foreman's House, Oare Gunpowder Works, Faversham.

Related records

TR 06 SW 65Parent of: Oare Gunpowder Works, Faversham (Monument)