Walking to Court Lodge from The King’s Head — 1.8-Mile Easy Stroll via Brook
Court Lodge — a Grade II* listed building 1.8 miles from The King's Head, Wye.
Court Lodge is a red brick in Brook, 1.8 miles from The King’s Head. The NHLE entry singles out its hall-house. Historic England listed it in 1957.
Walking to Court Lodge — 1.8 miles from Wye
Rated Moderate at 1.8 miles with about 80m of ascent. Allow around 70 minutes at a steady 3 mph pace; add 15–20 minutes for photographs at the building and a pause at a viewpoint.
Why Court Lodge is Grade II* listed — the 1957 designation
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- Grade:
- II*
- Listed:
- 1957
- Parish:
- Brook
- District:
- Ashford
- Statutory address:
- Court Lodge, The Street
- NHLE entry:
- 1276825 ↗
TR 04 SE BROOK THE STREET (East side) 4/59 Court Lodge 27.11.57 GV II* House. C15 or earlier, restored 1911. Timber framed and tile hung, with some red brick and exposed frame to return and rear elevations. Plain tiled roof. Hall house with crosswings and extended service end. One storey and attic hall, with 2 storey wings, with jettied cross-hipped wing to right, and projecting gable and stepped-up gable from main ridge to left. Stacks to centre and to left, with central hipped dormer. Irregular fenestration of wooden casements and early C20 mullioned and transomed windows on ground floor. Panelled door with sidelights and flat hood to left. Left return with large C17 mullioned and transomed windows. Interior: in origin, a 2 bay hall with service bay and parlour crosswing, with C15 exterior kitchen (the remains, with smoke blackened rafters incorporated in left hand service wing), with jowls for 3 service doors from cross-passage. C16 or C17 kitchen with smoke bay at left (north) end of main range, possible reconstruction from C15 structure. Crown post roof to hall and heavily braced tie beam with no crown post to crosswing, also with dragon beam. Probably constructed (with the barn adjacent) by Christ Church priory, (Canterbury Cathedral), restored for File family c.1911. (See Traditional Kent Buildings, Vol. 5). Listing NGR: TR0663544232
Listing metadata — from the National Heritage List for England
- NHLE entry number:
- 1276825
- Heritage Category / Grade:
- Listed Building, Grade II*
- First listed:
- 1957
- Capture scale:
- 1:2500
- Grid reference (NGR):
- TR 06633 44231
- BNG Easting / Northing:
- 606,633 E / 144,231 N
- Coordinates (WGS84):
- 51.159999°N, 0.953779°E
- Parish:
- Brook
- District:
- Ashford
- Kent Downs landscape zone:
- Brook and the Spring-Line Villages
- Distance to North Downs Way:
- 1.72 miles
- Distance from The King's Head:
- 1.76 miles
- Walk duration (round trip):
- 70 minutes
- Elevation gain:
- 80 m
- Difficulty rating:
- Moderate
Architectural features at Court Lodge
Keywords extracted from Historic England’s Official List Entry — each one is genuinely in the designation prose, not inferred.
Other Grade II* walks in Brook
| Listing | Grade | Parish | Distance from Wye |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walking to Forstal Farmhouse from The King’s Head — 1.8-Mile Easy Stroll via Brook | Grade | — | 1.8 miles |
| Walking to Troy Town House And Wall from The King’s Head — 1.8-Mile Easy Stroll via Brook | Grade | — | 1.8 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 |
| Walking to Boughton Court from The King’s Head — 1.6-Mile Easy Stroll via North Downs Way | Grade II* | Boughton Aluph | 1.6 miles | 1952 |
| 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 |
The landscape around Court Lodge — Brook and the Spring-Line Villages
South of the North Downs escarpment, the land around Brook and the adjacent parishes is a quiet band of spring-line settlement where chalk meets gault clay. The villages grew where water came to the surface, and each church in this belt — many Grade I listed and of Norman or earlier origin — occupies one of those spring-heads. Between them the land is a patchwork of sheep pasture, small fields of winter cereals, and hedgerow-enclosed paddocks of yew, hawthorn and blackthorn. The combination of intact medieval churches, surviving ancient hedgerows, and the dramatic backdrop of the downs above is a landscape character that has scarcely changed in 400 years.
Pubs within 3 miles of Court Lodge
| Pub | Distance from route | Address | Postcode | Authority |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Honest Miller open_in_new | 0.4 miles | Brook, Ashford, TN25 5PF | TN25 5PF | Ashford |
| The Tickled Trout open_in_new | 1.7 miles | Upper Bridge Street, Wye, TN25 5EA | TN25 5EA | Ashford |
| The King's Head open_in_new | 1.8 miles | 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.
Frequently asked about Court Lodge
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