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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 94 NW 135
Type of record:Listed Building
Name:CHAPEL RUINS AT BURLEIGH FARM, TO THE EAST OF BURLEIGH FARM COTTAGES

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1066 to 1540. To the east of the cottages at Burleigh Farm are the ruins of a Medieval flint building, possibly the remains of a chantry chapel. Only the north and east walls and the south west angle survive. There are no dateable architectural details and no evidence of internal sub-division. The building is heavily overgrown with ivy and in a very poor condition. There seems to be no real evidence for calling this building a chapel. Its proximity to the late 17th/early 18th century Burleigh Farm suggests rather that it may be one of the buildings of an earlier Burleigh Manor House.


Grid Reference:TQ 9274 4988
Map Sheet:TQ94NW
Parish:CHARING, ASHFORD, KENT

Monument Types

  • BUILDING (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1540 AD)
  • CHAPEL (Medieval - 1066 AD? (at some time) to 1539 AD? (at some time))
Protected Status:Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Probable site of a medieval flint building thought to be the remains of a chantry chapel.; Listed Building (II) 1299329: CHAPEL RUINS AT BURLEIGH FARM, TO THE EAST OF BURLEIGH FARM COTTAGES

Full description

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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 5272 CHARING TILE LODGE ROAD Chapel ruins at Burleigh Farm, to the east of Burleigh Farm Cottages (formerly listed as Ruins of Chapel at Burleigh Farm) TQ 94 NW 10/63 14.2.67 II 2. Ruins of a flint wall of a mediaeval chapel with lancet window.
Listing NGR: TQ9277749717

Description from record TQ 94 NW 1:
[TQ 92734988] Chapel [GT] (Remains of) [TI] (1) To the E. of the cottages at Burleigh Farm are the ruins of a mediaeval flint building (a) considered by Igglesden (b) to be the remains of chantry chapel but not listed by Hussey (c). Hasted (d) notes the founding of a chantry in Charing Church by John de Burleigh but makes no mention of a chapel at Burleigh Manor House which he describes as lying near the high footway leading from the upper part of Charing Street to Lenham alias Royton Heath; obviously the present Burleigh Farm. The building, of which only the N. and E. walls and SW. angle survive, is oblong on plan, orientated E-W and measure externally 12.0 m. by 7.6 m. The walls, 0.8 m thick, are constructed of flint and chalk with stone plinth course and dressings; they reach a maximum height of 8.0m. There are no dateable architectura details and no evidence of internal sub- division. It is heavily overgrown with ivy and in a very poor condition. There seems to be no real evidence for calling this building a chapel. Its proximity to the late 17th/early 18th cent. Burleigh Farm suggests rather that it may be one of the demesne buildings of an earlier Burleigh Manor House. (2) G.P. AO/61/175/5 5272 CHARING TILE LODGE ROAD Chapel ruins at Burleigh Farm, to the east of Burleigh Farm Cottages (formerly listed as Ruins of Chapel at Burleigh Farm) TQ 94 NW 10/63 14.2.67 II 2. Ruins of a flint wall of a medieval chapel with lancet window.

The potential impact of proposed development on these designated ruins was assessed by Andrew Josephs Associates in a desk-based assessment in 2013. It was concluded there would be no impact.


<1> OS 6" 1961 (OS Card Reference). SKE48369.

<2> M.H.L.G (West Ashford Rd) 1887/11/A Oct.1960, p.20 (OS Card Reference). SKE46235.

<3> 'A saunter thro' Kent' 1 (1900) p.60 (C Igglesden) (OS Card Reference). SKE32833.

<4> Arch Cant 29 (1911) 'Chapels in Kent' (A Hussey) (OS Card Reference). SKE34931.

<5> 'History of kent' 7 (1798) p.442 (E Hasted) (OS Card Reference). SKE44135.

<6> F1 CFW 08-JAN-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42482.

<7> DOE (HHR) West Ashford RD Kent Oct 1980 76 (OS Card Reference). SKE40670.

<8> Field report for monument TQ 94 NW 1 - January, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4744.

<9> Oxford Archaeology, 2014, Burleigh Farm Chapel, Charing, Kent. Conservation Statement (Unpublished document). SKE31249.

<10> Andrew Josephs Associates, 2015, Burleigh Farm, Mineral Extraction and Restoration, Cultural Heritage Assessment, January 2015 (Unpublished document). SKE30953.

<11> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1961.
<2>OS Card Reference: M.H.L.G (West Ashford Rd) 1887/11/A Oct.1960, p.20.
<3>OS Card Reference: 'A saunter thro' Kent' 1 (1900) p.60 (C Igglesden).
<4>OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 29 (1911) 'Chapels in Kent' (A Hussey).
<5>OS Card Reference: 'History of kent' 7 (1798) p.442 (E Hasted).
<6>OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 08-JAN-64.
<7>OS Card Reference: DOE (HHR) West Ashford RD Kent Oct 1980 76.
<8>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 94 NW 1 - January, 1964.
<9>Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeology. 2014. Burleigh Farm Chapel, Charing, Kent. Conservation Statement.
<10>Unpublished document: Andrew Josephs Associates. 2015. Burleigh Farm, Mineral Extraction and Restoration, Cultural Heritage Assessment, January 2015.
<11>XYMap: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #22079 Listed Building, ]