Description

Elmley
1.
5282
Sheerness
Kingshill Farmhouse
TQ 96 SW 15/145

II
2.
This house derives its name from the fact that James II was brought here by
Sir Edward Hales on 12 December 1688, when he was trying to escape from England,
before being apprehended on the River Swale. The present house, however, is
of a later date. The north wing has the date 1757 scratched on a brick. 2 storeys
and attic in red brick with tiled roof with 3 hipped dormers and modillion
eaves cornice. 3 windows, casements to 1st floor, hung sashes with glazing
bars to ground floor. Doorway with flat hood on brackets. The south wing
is C19, buff bricks.

Listing NGR: TQ9386867909

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26549359

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Recommended Books

• 
  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)