Walking to Newhouse from The King’s Head — 4.3-Mile Circular via Mersham
Newhouse — a Grade II* listed building 4.3 miles from The King's Head, Wye.
Newhouse is a red brick in Mersham, 4.3 miles from The King’s Head. Historic England listed it in 1952.
Walking to Newhouse — 4.3 miles from Wye
Rated Moderate at 4.3 miles with about 80m of ascent. Allow around 171 minutes at a steady 3 mph pace; add 15–20 minutes for photographs at the building and a pause at a viewpoint.
Why Newhouse 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:
- Mersham
- District:
- Ashford
- Statutory address:
- Newhouse, The Street
- NHLE entry:
- 1276324 ↗
TR 03 NE MERSHAM THE STREET (east side) 7/157 Newhouse 13.10.52 GV II* House. Early C18 with C17 core. Red and blue brick and ragstone, with plain tiled roof. Two storeys, attic and basement with ragstone plinth, plat band and moulded wooden modillion eaves cornice to hipped roof with 2 gabled and central segmental dormer and stacks to end left and to right. Regular fenestration of 7 glazing bar sashes on first floor and 6 on ground floor with 2 segmentally headed basement openings to left (with blank panel between them). Central glazed door with rectangular fanlight with moulded architrave and segmental pediment on console brackets and 4 moulded steps. Single storey extension to left with modillion eaves cornice and gauged oval windows (early C20?). Rear elevations: red brick in part in English bond, on ragstone plinth. Plinth, plat and brick eaves cornice to hipped roof with 3 gabled dormers. Lozenge-set stack to left and stacks to left and projecting at end right. Irregular fenestration of mixed glazing bar sashes and wooden casements. 8 bays in all, with central door of 4 panels in Doric pedimented doorcase. Panelling and contemporary staircase reported internally. Listing NGR: TR0545039970
Listing metadata — from the National Heritage List for England
- NHLE entry number:
- 1276324
- Heritage Category / Grade:
- Listed Building, Grade II*
- First listed:
- 1952
- Capture scale:
- 1:2500
- Grid reference (NGR):
- TR 05450 39970
- BNG Easting / Northing:
- 605,450 E / 139,970 N
- Coordinates (WGS84):
- 51.122164°N, 0.934461°E
- Parish:
- Mersham
- District:
- Ashford
- Kent Downs landscape zone:
- Brook and the Spring-Line Villages
- Distance to North Downs Way:
- 4.13 miles
- Distance from The King's Head:
- 4.27 miles
- Walk duration (round trip):
- 171 minutes
- Elevation gain:
- 80 m
- Difficulty rating:
- Moderate
Architectural features at Newhouse
Keywords extracted from Historic England’s Official List Entry — each one is genuinely in the designation prose, not inferred.
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 Newhouse — 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 Newhouse
| Pub | Distance from route | Address | Postcode | Authority |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Honest Miller open_in_new | 2.4 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 Newhouse
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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.