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Church Road, FAVERSHAM, ME13 0QA

This house and shop, numbers 15 and 17 Church Road, was built in the 17th century. Timber framed and later rendered, under a hipped, tile roof. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1069090 Oare is a low lying village on the bank of Oare Creek, just over one mile northwest of Faversham. To the north are the Oare Marshes, a nature reserve, an important stopping place for migratory birds. Oare was the southern terminus of the Harty Ferry, which ran across the Swale channel between the Isle of Harty and the mainland. Huguenot refugees founded Oare gunpowder works around 1690 using their knowledge of the advanced French gunpowder.

Number 9 Church Road was built in the 16th century. Timber framed and clad in weatherboard under a tile roof. There is a 20th century extension to the right. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1069091 Oare is a low lying village on the bank of Oare Creek, just over one mile northwest of Faversham. To the north are the Oare Marshes, a nature reserve, an important stopping place for migratory birds. Oare was the southern terminus of the Harty Ferry, which ran across the Swale channel between the Isle of Harty and the mainland. Huguenot refugees founded Oare gunpowder works around 1690 using their knowledge of the advanced French gunpowder.

Homeside, number 7 Church Road, is an early 19th century house in red brick under a tile roof with cast iron railings to the forecourt. Inside is a room with French painted wallpaper hung in 1836. Listed, grade II*, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1344016 Oare is a low lying village on the bank of Oare Creek, just over one mile northwest of Faversham. To the north are the Oare Marshes, a nature reserve, an important stopping place for migratory birds. Oare was the southern terminus of the Harty Ferry, which ran across the Swale channel between the Isle of Harty and the mainland. Huguenot refugees founded Oare gunpowder works around 1690 using their knowledge of the advanced French gunpowder.

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