Farmstead record TR 26 NE 1417 - Elder Cottage (Lower Gore End Farm), Minnis Road, Birchington

Type: Loose courtyard with working agricultural buildings on two sides
Farmhouse: Farmhouse detached gable end-on to yard
Position: Isolated position
Survivial: Only the farmhouse remains
(1-2)

Lower Gore End Farm, Minnis Road, Birchington as shown on the 1840s Tithe map and the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Edition O/S maps. It would appear that the farmhouse has now been demolished to make way for new housing as shown on the current O/S map.

Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 1st edition 1862-1875): Landmark Epoch 1 (Map). SKE30964.

Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 2nd Edition, 1897-1900): Landmark Epoch 2 (Map). SKE30965.

Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 4th Edition, 1929-1952): Landmark Epoch 4 (Map). SKE30967.

Landmark, 1907-1923, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 3rd Edition, 1907-1923): Landmark Epoch 3 (Map). SKE30966.

<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 Forum Heritage Services, 2012, Kent Farmsteads & Landscape Project (Unpublished document).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 English Heritage, 2009, Historic Farmsteads: A Manual for Mapping (Unpublished document).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.