Farmstead record TR 26 NE 1419 - Upper Gore End Farm Minnis Road, Birchington

Type: Loose courtyard with working agricultural buildings on three sides
Farmhouse: Farmhouse detached gable end-on to yard
Position: Isolated position
Survivial: Altered - significant loss of original form (more than 50%)
(1-2)

A desk-based assessment of land at Gore End Farm, Minnis Road, Birchington was completed in Sepetmber 2021, in view of proposed development of the site. (3)

Upper 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 Upper Gore End Farm is still a working farm 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 Forum Heritage Services, 2012, Kent Farmsteads & Landscape Project (Unpublished document).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 English Heritage, 2009, Historic Farmsteads: A Manual for Mapping (Unpublished document).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.

<3> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 2021, Land at Gore End Farm, Minnis Road, Birchington, Kent CT7 9SJ, Archaeological Desk-based Assessment (Unpublished document). SKE55844.