Reference from Archaeological Survey: "Granary with mash-house. Probabaly 1840 for Richard Collard since built with gateway. Flemish bond yellow brick with 3 walls of upper florr timber0framed and clad with 20th century asbestos; corrugated asbestos roof (formely peg-tile). Granary and mash-house form the part of the southwest range of the farmyard to northwest of the gateway. It faces northeast onto the farmyard and backs onto the lane. 2 storeys with granary over 2 small rooms which were used to prepare animal feed and to northwest the single storey mash-house between granary and wheat barn. Granary, mash-house and farmyard gate are all part of a single building phase. Front has 2 ground floor doorways with third to mash-house (centre one with 2-flap door with cat hole) and boarded window to left. Granary has 2-window front, one 19th century window with glazing bars, the other 20th century; another 20th century window in northwest end and a boarded hatch in southeast end. Rear has another doorway (with segmental arched head) and a loading hatch doorway low enough to unload from wagons from the lane. Southeast end has ground floor arch-headed window containing a grille of bricks, inside the north pigsties. Only ground floor of interior available for inspection; plain sturdy carpentry with x-braces to joists. Mash-house has lean-to roof and is said to contain a huge press for making cattle cake. North pigsties built against southeast end of granary." (1)

Historic England archive material: BF096212 BROOK FARM, HERNE BAY

<(1)> Kent Farmsteads Survey, 1991, Canterbury, Herne Bay, Brook Farm survey (Unpublished document). SKE30031.