Guess the Place

[grandarog]

Spot on John Walker over to you, yet again.

Dairy Oast, Chartwell Farm, Mapleton Road, WESTERHAM, Kent, …


It was constructed in 1985, age of the property is 37 years. Dairy Oast, Chartwell Farm, Mapleton Road, WESTERHAM, Kent is at a height of 149 meters above sea level. Geo-coordinates of the address is Lat: 51.24303800, Long: 0.08408500. The estimated valuation of the property as of today is £562,471 GBP.

[John Walker]

Yes, the Chartwell Estate.There's more than one Oast.
Which are you pointing at.They have names.

I think this one is Dairy Oast ?

[grandarog]

Yes, the Chartwell Estate.There's more than one Oast.
Which are you pointing at.They have names.

[John Walker]

That last clue points me to the oast at Chartwell ?

[grandarog]

Clue 3. The Estate the Oast is on has a political connection.

[grandarog]

No , head N/W for a fair distance.

[John Walker]

Tenterden area?

[grandarog]

Yes. now a home.
Clue 2:- The area it is in has Naval connection at beginning of last Century.

[MartinR]

Oast house?

[John Walker]

Tonbridge Castle?

[grandarog]

Good Guess but No.


Clue :-TN postcode.

[John Walker]

Martello Tower somewhere?

[grandarog]

Thanks John Walker.


        Here we go try this one,

[grandarog]

In the early 1970's Rouyal Doulton brought a workforce down from Cheshire and opened a sanitary ware works at Queenborough. I wonder if it was in the old Pottery or did they build a new plant.
One of my wife's Uncle,s worked at the Pottery when It was Alfred Johnson and Sons. We have a Triangular Ashtray from there.
If I remember right the film "Carry on at the Convenience" was filmed at the site.

[MartinR]

Eureka!  I think I've finally nailed it down.  As well as John's photo, I tracked down another photo of the pottery: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/274675188286.  This gave me the railway line and junction, and I've been up and down the line through Queenborough but I couldn't find the junction with a works behind.  Then by chance I hit on http://queenboroughsociety.org.uk/ and right at the bottom of the page is a map "Early Rushenden 1934" and it shows the pottery works.  The works hadn't been built when the 25" 1892-1914 map had been made, which is why I couldn't find them.  They are on the 1:25,000 1937-61 (6") map, but are unlabelled.  However the 1:1,250/1:2,500 1944-1971 maps (50" and 25") do show them labelled!  The railway line (and I should have spotted the single track) is labelled "Mineral Railway" with the junction south-west of the works.  Looking at the roofline the steep slopes are to the north, so John's photo must have been taken from the east.  The building (which John identified as the yard foreman's house) must have been one of the small buildings immediately in front of the works, alongside Rushenden Road.  Tentatively the location is:

• Nat Grid:                    TQ 90993 71670
• Nearest Post Code:   ME11 5AU
• Co-ords (WGS84):     51°24'43"N, 000°44'42"E or 51.41188,0.74502