Sheriff'S Court Farmhouse

Sheriff's Court Farmhouse is a farmhouse located on a moated site, dating from the late 18th century, and possibly incorporating an earlier structure. It is built of brown brick with a plain tiled roof. The original plan was L-shaped with a projecting end wing, which was extended in the 19th and 20th centuries. The building has two storeys and an attic, featuring a projecting porch at the center and a wing to the center right. The roof is hipped with flat-roofed dormers and central skylights, along with stacks located at the end left, rear center right, and end right. The fenestration is irregular, consisting of tripartite glazing bar sashes, some of which have been replaced by 20th-century metal casements. There are French doors to the center right and end right, with a total of four bays and a half-glazed door in the two-storey porch to the center left. The rear wings are also hipped and have glazing bar sashes. Inside, changes in floor level and room size may suggest the presence of an earlier structure. The site was historically significant as a manor and sea inlet when Thanet was still an island.