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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 56 NW 288
Type of record:Farmstead
Name:Upper Hockenden

Summary

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


Grid Reference:TQ 5501 1695
Map Sheet:TQ51NE
Parish:SWANLEY, SEVENOAKS, KENT

Monument Types

  • FARMSTEAD (Post Medieval - 1800 AD to 1800 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 gable end-on to yard
Position: Hamlet
Survivial: Altered - partial loss of original form (less than 50%)
New sheds: Large modern sheds built on the site of the historic farmstead, may have destroyed original buildings or obscured them
Notes: Oast.
(1-2)


<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 Forum Heritage Services, 2012, Kent Farmsteads & Landscape Project (Unpublished document).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 English Heritage, 2009, Historic Farmsteads: A Manual for Mapping (Unpublished document).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.

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Unpublished document: Forum Heritage Services. 2012.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Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2009.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.

Related records

TQ 56 NW 289Parent of: Former oasthouse, Upper Hockenden, Hockenden Lane, Swanley (Building)