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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 77 NE 1119 |
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| Type of record: | Farmstead |
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| Name: | Eastborough Farm, Cooling |
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Summary
A full regular courtyard plan farmstead.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 7704 7643 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ77NE |
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| Parish: | COOLING, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FARMSTEAD (Post Medieval - 1800 AD to 1800 AD)
Full description
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Type: Regular courtyard
Farmhouse: Farmhouse detached in central position
Position: Loose farmstead cluster
Survivial: Altered - significant loss of original form (more than 50%)
(1-2)
This feature is recorded in the English Heritage Historic Area Assessment for Cooling Parish. The report states:
"Eastborough and Broomhey farms sat on the edge of the upland and close to the marshes to the west [should be east] of the village."
"Eastborough Farm lies within the nature reserve. …[Eastborough] is no longer a working farm and its outbuildings are used by the RSPB for storage or left semi-derelict as wildlife habitat". (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 Forum Heritage Services, 2012, Kent Farmsteads & Landscape Project (Unpublished document).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 English Heritage, 2009, Historic Farmsteads: A Manual for Mapping (Unpublished document).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, Hoo Peninsula Outline Historic Area Assessment: Cooling Parish. Research Report 51-2014. (Bibliographic reference). SKE31592.
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 | Unpublished document: Forum Heritage Services. 2012.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 | Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2009.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. Hoo Peninsula Outline Historic Area Assessment: Cooling Parish. Research Report 51-2014.. |
