Exploring Kent's Past

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Monument details

Summary

A loose courtyard plan farmstead with buildings to three sides of the yard.

Monument Types

• MANOR (Unknown date)
• FARMSTEAD (Post Medieval - 1600 AD to 1600 AD)

Full description

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Type: Loose courtyard with working agricultural buildings on three sides and with additional detached elements to the main plan
Farmhouse: Farmhouse detached in central position
Position: Loose farmstead cluster
Survivial: Altered - significant loss of original form (more than 50%)
Notes: Oast
(1-2)

Ducks Court (sometimes spelt Dux Court) is mentioned in the High Halstow Parish Area Heritage Assessment by English Heritage as part of its wider Hoo Peninsula study. The report states "another manor was claimed at Ducks Court to the southwest of the village, referred to by Hasted in the 1790s as the 'reputed manor of high Halstow.' The report also mentions that workers cottages were built here at the turn of the 20th century. Ducks court is described as having a red-brick farmhouse.(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 Forum Heritage Services, 2012, Kent Farmsteads & Landscape Project (Unpublished document).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 English Heritage, 2009, Historic Farmsteads: A Manual for Mapping (Unpublished document).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.

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