Farmstead record TQ 74 SW 39 - Yew Tree Farm post-medieval farmstead

Summary

A dispersed plan farmstead.

Location

Grid reference TQ 7036 4208 (point)
Map sheet TQ74SW
County KENT
District TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT
Civil Parish HORSMONDEN, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Type: Dispersed cluster
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
Notes: Oast lost
(1-2)

In 1843 (according to the Heritage Tithe Map), the farm covered around 84 and 3/4 acres and comprised a number of farm buildings including a house, an old cottage, two barns, lodges, stalls, and an oast house (TQ 74 SW 275). (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 Forum Heritage Services, 2012, Kent Farmsteads & Landscape Project (Unpublished document).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 English Heritage, 2009, Historic Farmsteads: A Manual for Mapping (Unpublished document).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> Gwendoline Jones, 2007, Report on Yewtree Farm Oast House, Horsmonden, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE58133.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Unpublished document: Forum Heritage Services. 2012. Kent Farmsteads & Landscape Project.
  • <2> Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2009. Historic Farmsteads: A Manual for Mapping.
  • <3> Unpublished document: Gwendoline Jones. 2007. Report on Yewtree Farm Oast House, Horsmonden, Kent.

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Record last edited

Apr 22 2026 1:19PM