Farmstead record TQ 44 NW 169 - Ashcombe

Type: Dispersed cluster
Position: Isolated position
Survivial: Farmstead completely demolished
(1-2)

The Historic Farmsteads survey carried out for Historic England concluded that the farmstead had been totally demolished by the time of the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map (1897-1900). Certainly the outbuildings had but on the 1st edition map (1862-1875) the building to the east, which still survives, seems to have been connected to the outbuildings, presumably as a farmhouse. Although it may later have been severed from the outbuildings the farmsteads cannot be said to have been entirely, but only partically demolished.(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 Forum Heritage Services, 2012, Kent Farmsteads & Landscape Project (Unpublished document).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 English Heritage, 2009, Historic Farmsteads: A Manual for Mapping (Unpublished document).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> Ordnance Survey, 1868, OS 1st edition (Map). SKE13193.