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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 77 NW 1198
Type of record:Listed Building
Name:WEST COURT FARMHOUSE, Cliffe

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1800 to 1899

A regular multiyard farmstead.

Grid Reference:TQ 7231 7541
Map Sheet:TQ77NW
Parish:CLIFFE AND CLIFFE WOODS, MEDWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • FARMHOUSE (Post Medieval - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
  • SITE (Post Medieval - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
Protected Status:Listed Building (II) 1085760: WEST COURT FARMHOUSE

Full description

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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
CLIFFE-AT-HOO CP TQ 77 NW 1/20 West Court Farmhouse
GV II
Farmhouse. Early C19. Red brick with brick modillion eaves cornice to plain tiled hipped roof. 2 storeys; regular 3 window front, glazing bar sashes. Central timber porch up six steps with six-panelled door. Later C19 wing to rear.
Listing NGR: TQ7231275418

Description from record MKE83263:
Type: Regular courtyard multi-yard
Farmhouse: Farmhouse detached in central position
Position: Isolated position
Survivial: Altered - partial loss of original form (less than 50%)
(1-2)

This feature is recorded in the English Heritage Historic Area Assessment for Cliffe Parish. The report states:
" It is likely that West Court was the centre of the smaller manor [of the parish] on a site now occupied by West Court Farm. " (3)


English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

<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 Forum Heritage Services, 2012, Kent Farmsteads & Landscape Project (Unpublished document).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 English Heritage, 2009, Historic Farmsteads: A Manual for Mapping (Unpublished document).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: Cliffe and Cliffe Woods Parish. Research Report 2014-54 (Bibliographic reference). SKE31591.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
---Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
<1>Unpublished document: Forum Heritage Services. 2012. Kent Farmsteads & Landscape Project.
<2>Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2009. Historic Farmsteads: A Manual for Mapping.
<3>Bibliographic reference: historic england. 2014. Hoo Peninsula Outline Historic Area Assessment: Cliffe and Cliffe Woods Parish. Research Report 2014-54.