Ham Farmhouse And Walls Attached

FAVERSHAM THE HAM TR 0162 F 106 (6/238) (local list) Ham Farmhouse and walls attached Interior inspected GV II

House. Early C18 and extended early C19. Painted brick and plain tiled roofs. Two cell plan in origin, extended by one bay to right and now with hipped L-shaped wing added to rear. Two storeys on plinth with parapet to hipped roof with central stack. Three late C20 centre hung casements on each floor and half-glazed door to centre left. Lean-to addition to left, with blocked openings in return elevation. Metal casements to rear. Interior: brick lined cellars to original portion; chamfered cross beams of C18 character. The lean- to was used as the pay office for the brickfield workers in this area C19. Projecting from the main, northern, elevation are painted brick walls about four feet in height and buttressed to the roadside and extending some 30 metres at left and at right to abut the wall of a partly demolished and probably later C19 farm building. Ham farm represents the detached marsh pasture of Copton Manor (listed) in Preston several miles to the south.

Listing NGR: TR0188362742