The following text is from the original listed building designation:
ST MARY'S HOO CP TQ 77 NE 2/80 21.ll.66 Newland's Farm House - II
Farmhouse. Dated 1746. Red brick with plain tiled gabled roof. 2 storeys and attic. 3 window front, glazing bar sashes. Central entrance up 4 steps with handrail, under flat hood.
Listing NGR: TQ7964176288

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 of St Mary Hoo Parish. The report states:" By the 14th century, a 'reputed' manor was in existence to the west of the village at Newlands. This was held by the Somer or Somers family but was sold in the 17th century to the treasurers of the Chatham Chest, which had been established around 1590to provide support for disabled seamen. It was they who rebuilt the farmhouse in 1746…Several farmsteads have passed out of agricultural use…including Newlands Farm…At Newlands the handsome red-brick, two-storey farmhouse (listed grade II) bears a datestone of 1746. Its symmetrical front elevation faces east towards High Halstow. The farm outbuildings, ranged around an open courtyard to the west, probably date from the late 18th to the early 20th century. Some have been converted to residential use. A pair of late 19th century farm workers cottages have been demolished and two semi-detached bungalows and a detached house have been built on adjoining land to the south" (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 Forum Heritage Services, 2012, Kent Farmsteads & Landscape Project (Unpublished document).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 English Heritage, 2009, Historic Farmsteads: A Manual for Mapping (Unpublished document).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: St Mary Hoo Parish. Research Report 2014-52 (Bibliographic reference). SKE31593.