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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 - 1570 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: Hamlet
Survivial: Altered - partial loss of original form (less than 50%)
New sheds: Large modern sheds built beside the historic farmstead, the farmstead could still be in use
(1-2)

This feature is recorded in the English Heritage Historic Area Assessment for Cliffe Parish. The report states: "Outlying farmsteads, such as Rye Street Farm to the east, which preserves a 1570s barn, were probably estanlished in this period through a process of amalgamation of smaller tenant farms…Rye Street Farm to the east of Cliffe village preserves what may be a medieval barn." NB - the barn is recorded separately on the HER.(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 Forum Heritage Services, 2012, Kent Farmsteads & Landscape Project (Unpublished document).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 English Heritage, 2009, Historic Farmsteads: A Manual for Mapping (Unpublished document).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: Cliffe and Cliffe Woods Parish. Research Report 2014-54 (Bibliographic reference). SKE31591.

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