Farmstead record TQ 87 NE 1123 - Redhouse Farm, Isle of Grain

Summary

A loose courtyard plan farmstead with buildings to two sides of the yard.

Location

Grid reference TQ 8643 7542 (point)
Map sheet TQ87NE
County KENT
Civil Parish ISLE OF GRAIN, MEDWAY, KENT
Unitary Authority MEDWAY

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Type: Loose courtyard with working agricultural buildings on two sides
Farmhouse: Farmhouse detached in central position
Position: Isolated position
Survivial: Farmstead completely demolished
(1-2)

Mentioned in Isle of Grain Historic Area Assessment conducted by English Heritage in 2014. Described as part of a group of farmslocated in the marshes on the Isle of Grain. Descroibed as Cane Marsh Farm, "which seems to have been reestablished as Red House Farm in the 19th century".

"By the 18th century, if not earlier, much of the farming was done by tennants for absent owners… In the 1840s only two properties, White House Farm and Whitehall Farm, were farmed by their owners" . In this case the farm was owened by the Dean and Chapter of Rochester (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 Forum Heritage Services, 2012, Kent Farmsteads & Landscape Project (Unpublished document).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 English Heritage, 2009, Historic Farmsteads: A Manual for Mapping (Unpublished document).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> English Heritage, 2014, Isle of Grain, Hoo Peninsula, Kent: Historic area assessment (Monograph). SKE29397.

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 Unpublished document: Forum Heritage Services. 2012.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 Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2009.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> Monograph: English Heritage. 2014. Isle of Grain, Hoo Peninsula, Kent: Historic area assessment.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Non-Intrusive Event: Isle of Grain, Hoo Peninsula: Historic Area Assessment (EKE15428)

Record last edited

Nov 2 2016 4:38PM