Walking to Old Leigh Place from The King’s Head — 4.7-Mile Circular via Elmsted
Old Leigh Place — a Grade II* listed building 4.7 miles from The King's Head, Wye.
Old Leigh Place is a timber-framed in Elmsted, 4.7 miles from The King’s Head. The NHLE entry singles out its jetty. Historic England listed it in 1966.
Walking to Old Leigh Place — 4.7 miles from Wye
Rated Challenging at 4.7 miles with about 40m of ascent. Allow around 189 minutes at a steady 3 mph pace; add 15–20 minutes for photographs at the building and a pause at a viewpoint.
Why Old Leigh Place is Grade II* listed — the 1966 designation
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- Grade:
- II*
- Listed:
- 1966
- Parish:
- Elmsted
- District:
- Ashford
- Statutory address:
- Old Leigh Place
- NHLE entry:
- 1241849 ↗
TR 14 NW ELMSTEAD – 1/116 Old Leigh Place 29.12.66 II* Farmhouse. C16. Timber framed, with painted brick infilling. Rendered brick to right gable end. Plain tile roof. 4 timber-framed bays. 2 storeys. Rendered plinth. Continuous jetty on solid-spandrel brackets, returned to left, and formerly to right, on moulded dragon post. Broadly-spaced studding with ogee tension braces. Steeply-pitched hipped roof with gablets. Multiflue brick stack in front slope of roof, to right end of left-central bay. Irregular fenestration of 5 leaded casements; one two-light to left end bay, one two-light over door, one pair of two-light casements to right-central bay and one single-light to right end. Pegged cills to second, third and fifth from left. Pegged cills to ground-floor windows of left end and right- central bays. Ribbed door with renewed four-centred-arched head with hollow spandrels to left end of left-central bay. Single-storey painted brick addition with plain tile roof to rear to left. Two-storey rear addition to right. Interior: only partly inspected. Exposed framing. Left end bay has broad close-set joists morticed for axial partition. Enclosed staircase rising parallel to rear wall of bay. Cross-passage to left end of left-central bay, with four-centred-arched doorheads towards centre of left partition wall, and plain staircase doorway. Brick stack in English bond backing on to cross-passage and virtually adjoining front wall of house. Cross beam to right side of stack. Chamfered axial beam and joists to right-central bay. Cross beam to right end of bay morticed for continuous partition with doorway towards front end of it. Shutter groove to blocked front window of left end bay. Listing NGR: TR1316547144
Listing metadata — from the National Heritage List for England
- NHLE entry number:
- 1241849
- Heritage Category / Grade:
- Listed Building, Grade II*
- First listed:
- 1966
- Capture scale:
- 1:2500
- Grid reference (NGR):
- TR 13165 47144
- BNG Easting / Northing:
- 613,165 E / 147,144 N
- Coordinates (WGS84):
- 51.183767°N, 1.048785°E
- Parish:
- Elmsted
- District:
- Ashford
- Kent Downs landscape zone:
- The Stour Valley Floor
- Distance to North Downs Way:
- 1.99 miles
- Distance from The King's Head:
- 4.73 miles
- Walk duration (round trip):
- 189 minutes
- Elevation gain:
- 40 m
- Difficulty rating:
- Challenging
Architectural features at Old Leigh Place
Keywords extracted from Historic England’s Official List Entry — each one is genuinely in the designation prose, not inferred.
Other Grade II* walks in Elmsted
| Listing | Grade | Parish | Distance from Wye |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walking to Dean Farm from The King’s Head — 4.3-Mile Circular via Elmsted | Grade | — | 4.3 miles |
| Walking to Spong Farm House from The King’s Head — 4.3-Mile Circular via Elmsted | Grade | — | 4.4 miles |
Buildings listed in the 1960s near Wye
| Listing | Grade | Parish | Distance from Wye | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade I Heritage Walk: Walking to Church Of St Bartholomew from The King’s Head — 3.7-Mile Circular via North Downs Way | Grade I | Waltham | 3.7 miles | 1967 |
| Grade I Heritage Walk: Walking to Church Of St James from The King’s Head — 4.0-Mile Circular via Elmsted | Grade I | Elmsted | 4.0 miles | 1966 |
| Grade I Heritage Walk: Walking to Church Of St Mary from The King’s Head — 4.0-Mile Circular via North Downs Way | Grade I | Westwell | 4.0 miles | 1967 |
| Walking to Spong Farm House from The King’s Head — 4.3-Mile Circular via Elmsted | Grade II* | Elmsted | 4.4 miles | 1966 |
| Walking to Mystole Coach House from The King’s Head — 4.9-Mile Circular via Chartham | Grade II* | Chartham | 4.9 miles | 1967 |
The landscape around Old Leigh Place — 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 Old Leigh Place
| Pub | Distance from route | Address | Postcode | Authority |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Plough Inn open_in_new | 2.1 miles | Stelling Minnis, CT4 6AU | CT4 6AU | Canterbury |
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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