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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 54 SE 294
Type of record:Farmstead
Name:Charity Farm

Summary

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


Grid Reference:TQ 5938 4053
Map Sheet:TQ54SE
Parish:ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT

Monument Types

  • 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: Isolated position
Survivial: Only the farmhouse remains
Notes: Oast detached to N of farmhouse (now called Placks in the Wood)
(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 Forum Heritage Services, 2012, Kent Farmsteads & Landscape Project (Unpublished document).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 English Heritage, 2009, Historic Farmsteads: A Manual for Mapping (Unpublished document).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Unpublished document: Forum Heritage Services. 2012.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Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2009.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 54 SE 295Parent of: Former oasthouse at Charity Farm, Hilbert Road, Tunbridge Wells (Building)