Monument record TQ 75 SW 276 - Former site of oasthouse at Cherry Orchard Farm

Summary

Former site of an oasthouse at Cherry Orchard Farm.

Location

Grid reference TQ 7039 5220 (point)
Map sheet TQ75SW
County KENT
District MAIDSTONE, KENT
Civil Parish WEST FARLEIGH, MAIDSTONE, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Former site of an oasthouse at Cherry Orchard Farm. The building is first recorded as a rectangular structure without roundels in the 1797 OS drawings and 1845 tithe map of West Farleigh, suggesting it was probably constructed in the eighteenth century. It is recorded as having two roundels in the 1st edition OS Map, and also appears as such in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th editions. The building is visible in the 1940s aerial photographs, but only its remains are visible in the photographs of 1990 onwards, suggesting it was abandoned in the second half of the twentieth century.

Identified by the Historic Farmsteads Survey. (1)


<1> Forum Heritage Services, 2012, Kent Farmsteads & Landscape Project (Unpublished document). SKE18075.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Unpublished document: Forum Heritage Services. 2012. Kent Farmsteads & Landscape Project.

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2013 1:41PM