Grade I Heritage Walk: Walking to Mersham Manor from The King’s Head — 4.6-Mile Circular via Mersham
Mersham Manor — a Grade I listed building 4.6 miles from The King's Head, Wye.
Mersham Manor is a red brick in Mersham, 4.6 miles from The King’s Head. The NHLE entry singles out its hall-house. Historic England listed it in 1957.
Walking to Mersham Manor — 4.6 miles from Wye
Rated Challenging at 4.6 miles with about 80m of ascent. Allow around 186 minutes at a steady 3 mph pace; add 15–20 minutes for photographs at the building and a pause at a viewpoint.
Why Mersham Manor is Grade I listed — the 1957 designation
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- Grade:
- I
- Listed:
- 1957
- Parish:
- Mersham
- District:
- Ashford
- Statutory address:
- Mersham Manor, Church Road
- NHLE entry:
- 1233281 ↗
TR 03 NE MERSHAM CHURCH ROAD (east side) 7/100 Mersham -Manor 27.11.57 GV I House. Early to mid C14, altered late C18, extended mid C19. Ragstone, painted to entrance elevation and extended with ragstone (part painted) with red brick dressings. Plain tiled roof. Hall house plan. Entrance elevation: 2 storeys and attic with tall hipped roof and gablets, with hipped dormer and stacks to rear right and at end left in roof valley to gabled C19 extension. Glazing bar sash to left and tripartite glazing bar sash to right on each floor with 1 glazing bar sash to each floor in C19 wing, and with small light to upper left, and central glazed doors. Rear elevation with blocked through-passage opening, with hollow and roll moulds, with stone jambed light,ogee headed window over (to solar) and large restored hall window, with mullion and transom, and cusped traceried head with concave sided hexagon. Sash to C19 wing with boarded doors below. The rear elevation details have become clearer since removal of later stacks etc. Interior: most internal divisions altered; the C19 wing replaces a lost service wing. Scissor braced roof. (See B.O.E. Kent I, 425). Listing NGR: TR0521239383
Listing metadata — from the National Heritage List for England
- NHLE entry number:
- 1233281
- Heritage Category / Grade:
- Listed Building, Grade I
- First listed:
- 1957
- Capture scale:
- 1:2500
- Grid reference (NGR):
- TR 05214 39386
- BNG Easting / Northing:
- 605,214 E / 139,387 N
- Coordinates (WGS84):
- 51.117007°N, 0.930755°E
- Parish:
- Mersham
- District:
- Ashford
- Kent Downs landscape zone:
- Brook and the Spring-Line Villages
- Distance to North Downs Way:
- 4.49 miles
- Distance from The King's Head:
- 4.64 miles
- Walk duration (round trip):
- 186 minutes
- Elevation gain:
- 80 m
- Difficulty rating:
- Challenging
Architectural features at Mersham Manor
Keywords extracted from Historic England’s Official List Entry — each one is genuinely in the designation prose, not inferred.
Other Grade I walks in Mersham
| Listing | Grade | Parish | Distance from Wye |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grade I Heritage Walk: Walking to Mersham Le Hatch from The King’s Head — 4.0-Mile Circular via Mersham | Grade | — | 4.0 miles |
| Grade I Heritage Walk: Walking to Church Of St John The Baptist from The King’s Head — 4.6-Mile Circular via Mersham | Grade | — | 4.6 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 Mersham Manor — 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 Mersham Manor
| Pub | Distance from route | Address | Postcode | Authority |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Honest Miller open_in_new | 2.7 miles | Brook, Ashford, TN25 5PF | TN25 5PF | 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 Mersham Manor
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