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Colegates Close, FAVERSHAM, ME13 0QQ

Mount House, Mount Pleasant, is a 17th century timber framed house. Clad in mathematical tiles in the early 19th century, all under a tile roof. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1069099 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.

This is a tiny lane off The Street and opposite the corner of Church Road.

King Alfred House, number 1 Mount Pleasant, was built in the early 19th century. Constructed of painted brick under a slate roof. Listed, for group value, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1121868 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.

Numbers 2 and 3 Mount Pleasant were originally one house, now two. A 17th century timber framed building, clad in brick in the 19th century, all under a tile roof. The shop window and the extension on the right are 20th century. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1344021 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.