Listed Building record TR 06 SW 1188 - HAM FARMHOUSE AND WALLS ATTACHED

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1700 to 1899 Summary from record TR 06 SW 1012: Ham Farmhouse is a listed building, originally built in the early eighteenth century. It was extended in the early nineteeth century. It is a two-storey building of painted brick with plain tiled roofs and twentieth century casement windows. Painted brick walls, about four feet high, run about 30m from the main, northern elevation of the house to meet the wall of a partly demolished farm building. Ham Farm is the detached marsh pasture of Copton Manor in Preston, which lies several miles to the south.

Location

Grid reference TR 01882 62742 (point)
Map sheet TR06SW
County KENT
District SWALE, KENT
Civil Parish FAVERSHAM, SWALE, KENT

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Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
FAVERSHAM THE HAM TR 0162 F 106 (6/238) (local list) Ham Farmhouse and walls attached Interior inspected GV II
House. Early C18 and extended early C19. Painted brick and plain tiled roofs. Two cell plan in origin, extended by one bay to right and now with hipped L-shaped wing added to rear. Two storeys on plinth with parapet to hipped roof with central stack. Three late C20 centre hung casements on each floor and half-glazed door to centre left. Lean-to addition to left, with blocked openings in return elevation. Metal casements to rear. Interior: brick lined cellars to original portion; chamfered cross beams of C18 character. The lean- to was used as the pay office for the brickfield workers in this area C19. Projecting from the main, northern, elevation are painted brick walls about four feet in height and buttressed to the roadside and extending some 30 metres at left and at right to abut the wall of a partly demolished and probably later C19 farm building. Ham farm represents the detached marsh pasture of Copton Manor (listed) in Preston several miles to the south.
Listing NGR: TR0185462767

Description from record TR 06 SW 1012:
Painted brick and plain tiled roofs. Two cell plan in origin, extended by one bay to right and now with hipped L-shaped wing added to rear. Two storeys on plinth with parapet to hipped roof with central stack. Three late C20 centre hung casements on each floor and half-glazed door to centre left. Lean-to addition to left, with blocked openings in return elevation. Metal casements to rear … Projecting from the main, northern, elevation are painted brick walls about four feet in height and buttressed to the roadside and extending some 30 metres at left and at right to abut the wall of a partly demolished and probably later C19 farm building. Ham Farm represents the detached marsh pasture of Copton Manor (listed) in Preston several miles to the south. (1)


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

<1> Department of the Environment, KCC Greenback Index (Index). SWX9400.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
  • <1> Index: Department of the Environment. KCC Greenback Index.

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Record last edited

Sep 15 2010 3:45PM