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Dist:0.2km<br/>Another view, four months on, of the orchard seen [[170530]].
©Penny Mayes
Dist:0.2km<br/>It seems to be the practice these days to plant orchard trees very close together and just pick from two sides. The trees are also much shorter than in the old days. This orchard is north of Homestall Road. Four months on [[239846]].
©Penny Mayes
Dist:0.3km<br/>In flower beside Homestall Road.
©Penny Mayes
Dist:0.3km<br/>The trees here are planted in close double rows - note the high hedge providing a windbreak from the west.
©Penny Mayes
Dist:0.3km<br/>Remains of the rapidly collapsing oast house. See before the kiln roof collapsed [[170538]]
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Dist:0.4km<br/>A closer view of the end wall of this old brick stables at [[169393]]. It is clear a small window has replaced either a larger window or a door. The upper tie bars (used to stop the weight of the roof pushing the walls apart) have the usual steel end braces (although plainer than most) but the lower ones seem to be fixed around pieces of wood. Closer inspection reveals the wood is just spreading the load, there are short pieces of iron on the rod ends. Curiously, the photo in the listing http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/images/17/62/L176244.jpg shows no ties on the opposite end. Listing details here http://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=176244&resourceID=5
©Penny Mayes
Dist:0.4km<br/>Mingled with stinging nettles and cow parsley all growing against the wall of an extension to the barn http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/169393
©Penny Mayes
Dist:0.4km<br/>Falling into disrepair since the main business of this farm is plainly apples (hence the stacked bushel boxes) these days rather than hops. Square oast houses as usually (always?) roofed with slate rather than Kent peg tiles.
©Penny Mayes
Dist:0.4km<br/>As seen from footpath through orchard from Tickham Lane to Nouds Road.
©David Anstiss
Dist:0.4km<br/>Empty boxes alongside Homestall Road, with Homestall Farm grade II listed http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1334366 stables behind.
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Dist:0.4km<br/>Grade II listed http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=176244
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Dist:0.4km<br/>The fine old farmhouse can just be seen to the right of the picture http://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=176243&resourceID=5 but this building is the stables http://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=176244&resourceID=5 . The entrance to the farmyard is guarded on the one side by this amazing old brick stables with its gable ends standing proud of the roof - an odd construction. The stacked wooden crates are bushel boxes for apples. Out of shot to the right is a square oast house http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/170538 .
©Penny Mayes
Dist:0.5km<br/>Hundreds of trees in this orchard have been cut down. Maybe change of use or disease within trees. Horrible to see.
©David Anstiss
Dist:0.5km<br/>Off Homestall Road.
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