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

• FARMSTEAD (Post Medieval to Modern - 1800 AD to 2050 AD)

Full description

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Type: Loose courtyard with working agricultural buildings on three sides
Farmhouse: Farmhouse detached in central position
Position: Isolated position
Survivial: Farmstead completely demolished
(1-2)

This feature is recorded in the English Heritage Historic Area Assessment for St Mary Hoo Parish. The report states: "Several farmsteads developed along this routeway [Ratcliff Highway]; some remained as isolated sites, such as Hoppers Farm…By the 1840s one individual William Fuller owned St Mary's Hall, Lowland Farm, Moat Farm, Hoppers Farm and Ross Farm. This estate was subsequently acquired by Ecclesiastical Commissioners (latterly the Church Commissioners). The farms were often managed by bailiffs and it was as a tenant that Henry Pye arrived at St Mary's Hall in 1851. He subsequently went on to lease Swigshole Farm, Ross Farm, Hoppers Farm and Fenn Street Farm (in St Mary Hoo parish) as well as Turkey Hall Farm and New Barn Farm (in Stoke Parish)…several farmsteads have passed out of agricultural use including…Hoppers Farm. One consequence of farm amalgamation was the subdivision of farmhouses into cottages. This had occurred at Hoppers Farm by the 1860s." (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 Forum Heritage Services, 2012, Kent Farmsteads & Landscape Project (Unpublished document).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 English Heritage, 2009, Historic Farmsteads: A Manual for Mapping (Unpublished document).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: St Mary Hoo Parish. Research Report 2014-52 (Bibliographic reference). SKE31593.

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