Walking to Boughton Court from The King’s Head — 1.6-Mile Easy Stroll via North Downs Way
Boughton Court — a Grade II* listed building 1.6 miles from The King's Head, Wye.
Boughton Court is a red brick in Boughton Aluph, 1.6 miles from The King’s Head. The NHLE entry singles out its porch. Historic England listed it in 1952.
Walking to Boughton Court — 1.6 miles from Wye
Rated Challenging at 1.6 miles with about 140m of ascent. Allow around 65 minutes at a steady 3 mph pace; add 15–20 minutes for photographs at the building and a pause at a viewpoint.
Why Boughton Court is Grade II* listed — the 1952 designation
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- Grade:
- II*
- Listed:
- 1952
- Parish:
- Boughton Aluph
- District:
- Ashford
- Statutory address:
- Boughton Court, Church Lane
- NHLE entry:
- 1362711 ↗
TR 04 NW 5/7 13.10.52 BOUGHTON ALUPH CHURCH LANE (west end) Boughton Court II* Manor House. C14 crypt, with C16 structure over reclad in C19. Stone crypt, timber framed over, clad in red brick with plain tile roof. 2 storeys on brick and rubble plinth; kneelered parapet gables to roof with stack to left, central stack and end stack to right. Regular fenestration of 5 three-light Dering windows with drip moulds. C19 plank door in 2 storey porch, in the upper storey a 2 light Dering window and small bullseye over that. Interior: the central doorway leads into a barrel vaulted passage through the central chimney stack, an arrangement dating from the insertion of the stack into an earlier screens passage. The house to right of the central stack stands on a 4 bay vaulted crypt. This has a blocked doorway to the front of the house, and an internal stairway into the house. On either end wall are ogee-headed niches. The vault ribs are double-chamfered, the whole structure has similarities to nearby church of All Saints, and like the main body of the church dates to the time of Sir Thomas de Aldon, owner of the manor c1329-61, and who had licence to crenellate his house 1339. See Igglesdon, XXV and B.O.E., Kent II, 150. Listing NGR: TR0328048209
Listing metadata — from the National Heritage List for England
- NHLE entry number:
- 1362711
- Heritage Category / Grade:
- Listed Building, Grade II*
- First listed:
- 1952
- Capture scale:
- 1:2500
- Grid reference (NGR):
- TR 03280 48209
- BNG Easting / Northing:
- 603,280 E / 148,209 N
- Coordinates (WGS84):
- 51.196925°N, 0.908137°E
- Parish:
- Boughton Aluph
- District:
- Ashford
- Kent Downs landscape zone:
- Crundale and the Western Ridge
- Distance to North Downs Way:
- 0.75 miles
- Distance from The King's Head:
- 1.63 miles
- Walk duration (round trip):
- 65 minutes
- Elevation gain:
- 140 m
- Difficulty rating:
- Challenging
Architectural features at Boughton Court
Keywords extracted from Historic England’s Official List Entry — each one is genuinely in the designation prose, not inferred.
The only Grade II* walk in Boughton Aluph
Other heritage on the North Downs Way
| Listing | Grade | Parish | Distance from Wye |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walking to Wye Bridge from The King’s Head — 0.4-Mile Easy Stroll via North Downs Way | Grade II* | Wye with Hinxhill | 0.4 miles |
| Walking to Spring Grove And Walled Garden Attached from The King’s Head — 0.8-Mile Easy Stroll via North Downs Way | Grade II* | Wye with Hinxhill | 0.8 miles |
| Grade I Heritage Walk: Walking to Church Of All Saints from The King’s Head — 1.6-Mile Easy Stroll via North Downs Way | Grade I | Boughton Aluph | 1.6 miles |
| Grade I Heritage Walk: Walking to Church Of St Mary from The King’s Head — 2.2-Mile Circular via North Downs Way | Grade I | Crundale | 2.2 miles |
| Walking to Hunt Street Farmhouse from The King’s Head — 2.4-Mile Circular via North Downs Way | Grade II* | Crundale | 2.4 miles |
| Walking to Lake House from The King’s Head — 2.8-Mile Circular via North Downs Way | Grade II* | Eastwell | 2.8 miles |
Buildings listed in the 1950s near Wye
| Listing | Grade | Parish | Distance from Wye | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walking to Wye Bridge from The King’s Head — 0.4-Mile Easy Stroll via North Downs Way | Grade II* | Wye with Hinxhill | 0.4 miles | 1952 |
| Walking to Spring Grove And Walled Garden Attached from The King’s Head — 0.8-Mile Easy Stroll via North Downs Way | Grade II* | Wye with Hinxhill | 0.8 miles | 1952 |
| Grade I Heritage Walk: Walking to Church Of All Saints from The King’s Head — 1.6-Mile Easy Stroll via North Downs Way | Grade I | Boughton Aluph | 1.6 miles | 1957 |
| Grade I Heritage Walk: Walking to Church Of St Mary from The King’s Head — 1.7-Mile Easy Stroll via Brook | Grade I | Brook | 1.7 miles | 1957 |
| Walking to Court Lodge from The King’s Head — 1.8-Mile Easy Stroll via Brook | Grade II* | Brook | 1.8 miles | 1957 |
The landscape around Boughton Court — Crundale and the Western Ridge
West of Wye the dip-slope climbs towards Crundale, Godmersham and the high ground above the Great Stour. This is wooded downland — pockets of beech hanger and coppice hazel survive on the steeper flanks, interleaved with sheep pasture and long-fallow headlands managed for wild flowers. Country houses of the 17th and 18th centuries (Godmersham Park among them) sit in mature parkland where the hedgerow oaks are old enough to have been saplings when the house was built. Footpaths here are sunken lanes and green roads — often the North Downs Way itself, which threads along the scarp-top before dropping back towards the village.
Pubs within 3 miles of Boughton Court
| Pub | Distance from route | Address | Postcode | Authority |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Flying Horse open_in_new | 1.0 miles | Boughton Lees, Ashford, TN25 4HH | TN25 4HH | Ashford |
| The King's Head open_in_new | 1.6 miles | Bridge Street, Wye, TN25 5EA | TN25 5EA | Ashford |
| The Tickled Trout open_in_new | 1.7 miles | Upper Bridge Street, Wye, TN25 5EA | TN25 5EA | Ashford |
Plan your visit
Every walk on this site starts and finishes at The King’s Head — Bridge Street, Wye, TN25 5EA.
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