Monument record TR 02 NE 87 - Former site of Sheep House at TR 076 295
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TR 07633 29514 (point) |
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Map sheet | TR02NE |
District | FOLKESTONE AND HYTHE, KENT |
Civil Parish | NEWCHURCH, SHEPWAY, KENT |
Map
Type and Period (2)
Full Description
The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TR 076 295 NEWCHURCH
7/91 Sheep House at TR 076 295
II
Sheep house. Circa 1796. Brick with plain tile roof. Rectangular. Single storey. Roof hipped to right. Brick stack within left gable end. Boarded window towards left end. Single boarded door towards centre and boarded double doors towards right end. Said to have been built with bricks from Blackmanstone Manor chapel and said to be the only one remaining with a stable attached. Used by shepherd or "looker" during lambing. The oldest of about 12 sheep houses remaining on Romney Marsh (356 recorded in 1870). (E. Carpenter, Romney Marsh Yesteryears, 1983).
Listing NGR: TR0760029500
Demolished between 1995 and 1999.
Description from record TR 02 NE 29:
Shepherd's Hut with adjoining stable (or sheep) building, constructed as one phase. Built c1796, damaged in 1987 hurricane, since burnt and now ruinous. Listed grade II. Single storey, brick built, pitched roof hipped at one end and with chimney built into the other (hut) gable end. Single door to hut and double doors to stable on long side and blocked door oposit hut door in rear elevation. (1, 2)
English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
Carpenter, 1997, Sheephouses on Romney Marsh (Monograph). SKE16118.
<1> Not applicable, SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry, Site visit by DC Eve July 1996 (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6440.
<2> Not applicable, SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry, E Carpenter Romney Marsh Yesteryears 1983 (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6440.
Sources/Archives (4)
- --- SKE16118 Monograph: Carpenter. 1997. Sheephouses on Romney Marsh.
- --- SKE16160 Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
- <1> SKE6440 Miscellaneous Material: Not applicable. SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry. Site visit by DC Eve July 1996.
- <2> SKE6440 Miscellaneous Material: Not applicable. SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry. E Carpenter Romney Marsh Yesteryears 1983.
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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Apr 3 2012 12:20PM