St Mary's Hall

Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

ST MARY'S HOO CP TQ 87 NW 3/78 St Mary's Hall - II

House. Cl7 and circa 1830. Red brick with plain tiled roof to north, painted brick with hipped slate roof to south. Double depth plan. 2 storeys; 3 window front, sashes on first-floor, 2 outer bays on ground-floor, united by slate roof to form porch between on ground-floor. St. Mary's Hall was the home of Henry Pye from 1845-1909. He made many innovations in farming practices including promoting the use of steam engines (by Aveling of Rochester) for ploughing and threshing. By draining the marshes he improved the grazing and eliminated the fevers which had so reduced the population in the past.



Listing NGR: TQ8041276524

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/1260 IOE Records taken by M K Lofthouse; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

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© Mr M.K Lofthouse. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project