Walking to Forstal Farmhouse from The King’s Head — 1.8-Mile Easy Stroll via Brook
Forstal Farmhouse — a Grade II* listed building 1.8 miles from The King's Head, Wye.
Forstal Farmhouse is a red brick in Brook, 1.8 miles from The King’s Head. The NHLE entry singles out its crown-post. Historic England listed it in 1957.
Walking to Forstal Farmhouse — 1.8 miles from Wye
Rated Moderate at 1.8 miles with about 80m of ascent. Allow around 73 minutes at a steady 3 mph pace; add 15–20 minutes for photographs at the building and a pause at a viewpoint.
Why Forstal Farmhouse 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:
- Forstal Farmhouse, Spelders Hill
- NHLE entry:
- 1232970 ↗
TR 04 SE BROOK SPELDERS HILL (West Side) 4/54 27.11.57 Forstal Farmhouse GV II * House. Mid C16. Timber framed and clad with red brick and tile hung on first floor, with ragstone to return elevations. Plain tiled roof. Four framed bays with cross-passage. Two storeys with hipped roof, with stacks to left and at end left. Two glazing bar sashes and wooden casements to centre and to right on first floor. Glazing bar sash to left and central wooden casement on ground floor with boarded door to right. Catslide outshot to rear. Interior: originally jettied on 3 sides, with moulded ceiling beams and moulded chimney bressumer with foliate spandrels, as in four centred arches through passage doorway spandrels to service rooms. Dog leg stair with panelled balustrade and poppyhead newels. Crown post roof to originally unheated upper hall, ceiled in C17. Listing NGR: TR0623644003
Listing metadata — from the National Heritage List for England
- NHLE entry number:
- 1232970
- Heritage Category / Grade:
- Listed Building, Grade II*
- First listed:
- 1957
- Capture scale:
- 1:2500
- Grid reference (NGR):
- TR 06236 44003
- BNG Easting / Northing:
- 606,236 E / 144,003 N
- Coordinates (WGS84):
- 51.158099°N, 0.947982°E
- Parish:
- Brook
- District:
- Ashford
- Kent Downs landscape zone:
- Brook and the Spring-Line Villages
- Distance to North Downs Way:
- 1.74 miles
- Distance from The King's Head:
- 1.82 miles
- Walk duration (round trip):
- 73 minutes
- Elevation gain:
- 80 m
- Difficulty rating:
- Moderate
Architectural features at Forstal Farmhouse
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 Court Lodge 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 Forstal Farmhouse — 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 Forstal Farmhouse
| Pub | Distance from route | Address | Postcode | Authority |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Honest Miller open_in_new | 0.2 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 | 1.9 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 Forstal Farmhouse
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Heritage data © Historic England NHLE · Trail & landscape data © Natural England (Open Government Licence) · Pub locations published under the Open Government Licence.