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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 87 NW 1105 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | Rose Cottages, a row of five workers cottages, Ratcliffe Highway, St Mary Hoo Parish. |
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Summary
This feature is recorded in the English Heritage Historic Area Assessment of St Mary Hoo Parish. This feature comprises a row of five workers cottages, Rose Cottages, built in 1887 at the junction of Ratcliffe Highway and an access road to Combe Farm.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 8113 7674 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ87NW |
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| Parish: | ST MARY HOO, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FARM LABOURERS COTTAGE (Post Medieval to Modern - 1887 AD to 2050 AD)
Full description
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This feature is recorded in the English Heritage Historic Area Assessment for St Mary Hoo Parish. The report states: "On the east side of the parish several loose clusters of farmsteads and farmworkers cottages had developed…In 1887 a row of five workers' cottages, Rose Cottages, were built at the junction of the Ratcliffe Highway and an access road to Coombe Farm, sometimes referred to as Coombe Corner. This was near a section of the Ratcliffe Highway that followed the field boundaries, creating a succession of sharp bends." (1)
<1> historic england, 2014, Hoo Peninsula Outline Historic Area Assessment: St Mary Hoo Parish. Research Report 2014-52 (Bibliographic reference). SKE31593.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Bibliographic reference: historic england. 2014. Hoo Peninsula Outline Historic Area Assessment: St Mary Hoo Parish. Research Report 2014-52. |
