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Walking to Hunt Street Farmhouse from The King’s Head — 2.4-Mile Circular via North Downs Way

Hunt Street Farmhouse — a Grade II* listed building 2.4 miles from The King's Head, Wye.

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Kent Downs landscape above Wye

Hunt Street Farmhouse is a brick in Crundale, 2.4 miles from The King’s Head. The NHLE entry singles out its hall-house. Historic England listed it in 1952.

Walking to Hunt Street Farmhouse — 2.4 miles from Wye

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Distance
2.4 miles

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Duration
1 hr 38 min

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Terrain
River-side footpath and meadow

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Elevation
40m ascent

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Difficulty
Moderate

Start & finish: The King’s Head, Bridge Street, Wye, TN25 5EA

Elevation profile
0 mi 1.2 mi 2.4 mi Peak ~40m
Surface: River-side footpath and meadow
Trail section: North Downs Way (0.40 mi from the building to the trail)
Landscape zone: The Stour Valley Floor

Rated Moderate at 2.4 miles with about 40m of ascent. Allow around 98 minutes at a steady 3 mph pace; add 15–20 minutes for photographs at the building and a pause at a viewpoint.

Why Hunt Street Farmhouse 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:
Crundale
District:
Ashford
Statutory address:
Hunt Street Farmhouse, Hunt Street
NHLE entry:
1185666 ↗

TR 04 NE CRUNDALE HUNT STREET (west side) 6/28 Hunt Street Farmhouse 13.10.52 GV 11* Hall house. C15 and C17. Timber framed and exposed with plaster infill and painted brick infill to ground floor. Plain tile roof. Two storeys and attic on rubble plinth. First floor end-jettied to left, and jettied to the front to right. Hipped roof with gablets and projecting end stack to left, and large stack to right. Central 2 storey gable, added c. 1595 with decorative framing and pargetted plaster panels on first floor and oversailing gable with carved bargeboards. Irregular fenestra- tion of 4 windows, wood casement, with 2-storey bay window in central gable, and square bay window to right. Linen-fold panelled door in moulded surround to screens passage left, in gabled porch. Interior: although now under 1 roof north-south, the right end bay has an inner roof running west-east. Stack and first floor inserted in hall c. 1595 with 2-storey gable (porch originally initialled to Chapman family and dated 1595). In 1971 a shoe of c. 1605 and ] bushel weight found in niche in chimney – reference to local building superstitions. Formerly known as Cake’s Yoke, since named after Hunte family, tenants in C15. See Igglesden XXXII, and Wye Local History Magazine Autumn 1980. Listing NGR: TR0906848592

Listing metadata — from the National Heritage List for England
NHLE entry number:
1185666
Heritage Category / Grade:
Listed Building, Grade II*
First listed:
1952
Capture scale:
1:2500
Grid reference (NGR):
TR 09068 48592
BNG Easting / Northing:
609,068 E / 148,592 N
Coordinates (WGS84):
51.198276°N, 0.991089°E
Parish:
Crundale
District:
Ashford
Kent Downs landscape zone:
The Stour Valley Floor
Distance to North Downs Way:
0.40 miles
Distance from The King's Head:
2.44 miles
Walk duration (round trip):
98 minutes
Elevation gain:
40 m
Difficulty rating:
Moderate

Architectural features at Hunt Street Farmhouse

Keywords extracted from Historic England’s Official List Entry — each one is genuinely in the designation prose, not inferred.

Material
brickrubble
Feature
hall-housejettiedgableporch

The only Grade II* walk in Crundale

Rank by distance
12/57
closest of all walks in this catalogue

Among Grade II*
7/33
closest of the Grade II* walks

In Crundale
1/1
closest Grade II* walk in the parish

Other heritage on the North Downs Way

Buildings listed in the 1950s near Wye

The landscape around Hunt Street Farmhouse — The Stour Valley Floor

The Great Stour winds east through a broad, flat-bottomed valley of alluvium and river terrace gravels. Meadows close to the river are traditionally managed as damp grazing; in summer the banks are hung with willow and the still pools hold mayfly and brown trout. Historic watermills and gauged river stretches survive along the reach — material reminders of the valley’s medieval milling economy. The valley edges rise sharply into the flanking downs on both sides: looking east from Wye, one is reading a landscape section in real time, from chalk-grassland rim to river-meadow floor and up again.

Pubs within 3 miles of Hunt Street Farmhouse

Pub Distance from route Address Postcode Authority
The Compasses open_in_new 0.4 miles Sole Street, Crundale, CT4 7ES CT4 7ES Canterbury
The Tickled Trout open_in_new 2.4 miles Upper Bridge Street, Wye, TN25 5EA TN25 5EA Ashford
The King's Head open_in_new 2.5 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.

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Frequently asked about Hunt Street Farmhouse

How far is Hunt Street Farmhouse from The King's Head?
2.4 miles one-way, roughly 2.4 miles round-trip. Expect about 98 minutes on foot at a steady pace.
Is there a pub near Hunt Street Farmhouse itself, not just at the pub?
The Compasses is about 0.4 miles from Hunt Street Farmhouse — the closest licensed premises on this route.

Heritage data © Historic England NHLE · Trail & landscape data © Natural England (Open Government Licence) · Pub locations published under the Open Government Licence.