Above map from 1895, printed 1898 showing the location of the "Crown Inn" magenta, and the "Old Beefsteak House," cyan.

The above building may or may not be the "Crown" but it is certainly in the location of the pub from the 1895 map. Taken from Google image 2009. The dirt track to the right being Crown Lane.

From the Maidstone Journal and Kentish Advertiser, Tuesday 4 April 1848.

Kent.

Valuable freehold Enclosures of Arable, Meadow, Orchard and Fruit Plantation, Public House, Beer Shop, Building Ground, Cottages, &c. situated in the parish of Higham, Shorne, Chalk, Meopham, Southfleet, Ryarsh and Ash.

Messrs. Hoggarts, Norton and Oakley, have received instructions to offer for sale, at the "New Inn," Gravesend, on Wednesday, 31st May, at 1 for 2 precisely, in lots.

The following desirable freehold properties, ......

Two parcels of the most productive Arable and Orchard land, opposite to the "Crown Inn," at Shorne; a parcel of Woodlands, situated below the Ridgeway, at Shorne; ......