Walking to Nightingale House from The King’s Head — 3.7-Mile Circular via Non Civil Parish
Nightingale House — a Grade II* listed building 3.7 miles from The King's Head, Wye.
Nightingale House is a red brick in Non Civil Parish, 3.7 miles from The King’s Head. Historic England listed it in 1951.
Walking to Nightingale House — 3.7 miles from Wye
Rated Moderate at 3.7 miles with about 80m of ascent. Allow around 146 minutes at a steady 3 mph pace; add 15–20 minutes for photographs at the building and a pause at a viewpoint.
Why Nightingale House is Grade II* listed — the 1951 designation
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- Grade:
- II*
- Listed:
- 1951
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- District:
- Ashford
- Statutory address:
- Nightingale House, 14, East Hill
- NHLE entry:
- 1071078 ↗
1. 5344 EAST HILL (South Side) No 14 (Nightingale House) TR 0142 NW 1/54 24.9.51. II* GV 2. C18. 3 storeys red brick. Hipped tiled roof and wooden modillion eaves cornice. Painted string courses above ground and first floors. 5 windows, 2 of them double sashes. The 3 centre window bays project slightly. Glazing bars missing. Keystone over ground and 1st floor windows. Doorcase with pilasters, pediment and door of 6 fielded panels, the top 2 panels cut away and glazed. The rear elevation has a Venetian window. Mid C19 extension of red brick in matching style with hipped slate roof, modillion cornice and 3 sashes. No 14 and wall have group value. Listing NGR: TR0137742776
Listing metadata — from the National Heritage List for England
- NHLE entry number:
- 1071078
- Heritage Category / Grade:
- Listed Building, Grade II*
- First listed:
- 1951
- Capture scale:
- 1:2500
- Grid reference (NGR):
- TR 01273 42767
- BNG Easting / Northing:
- 601,273 E / 142,768 N
- Coordinates (WGS84):
- 51.148766°N, 0.876413°E
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- District:
- Ashford
- Kent Downs landscape zone:
- Brook and the Spring-Line Villages
- Distance to North Downs Way:
- 3.04 miles
- Distance from The King's Head:
- 3.66 miles
- Walk duration (round trip):
- 146 minutes
- Elevation gain:
- 80 m
- Difficulty rating:
- Moderate
Architectural features at Nightingale House
Keywords extracted from Historic England’s Official List Entry — each one is genuinely in the designation prose, not inferred.
Other Grade II* walks in Non Civil Parish
| Listing | Grade | Parish | Distance from Wye |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walking to Willesborough Windmill from The King’s Head — 3.3-Mile Circular via Non Civil Parish | Grade | — | 3.3 miles |
| Walking to Bridge House from The King’s Head — 3.6-Mile Circular via Non Civil Parish | Grade | — | 3.6 miles |
| Walking to Church Of St Mary The Virgin from The King’s Head — 3.7-Mile Circular via Non Civil Parish | Grade | — | 3.7 miles |
| Walking to Whist House from The King’s Head — 3.8-Mile Circular via Non Civil Parish | Grade | — | 3.8 miles |
| Walking to The College from The King’s Head — 3.8-Mile Circular via Non Civil Parish | Grade | — | 3.8 miles |
| Walking to The Doctor Wilks Memorial Hall from The King’s Head — 3.8-Mile Circular via Non Civil Parish | Grade | — | 3.8 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 Nightingale House — 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.
Plan your visit
Every walk on this site starts and finishes at The King’s Head — Bridge Street, Wye, TN25 5EA.
Frequently asked about Nightingale House
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