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Monument details
HER Number: | TQ 94 NW 135 |
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Type of record: | Listed Building |
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Name: | CHAPEL RUINS AT BURLEIGH FARM, TO THE EAST OF BURLEIGH FARM COTTAGES |
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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 |
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Map Sheet: | TQ94NW |
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Parish: | CHARING, ASHFORD, KENT |
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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 |
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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>XY | Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #22079 Listed Building, ] |