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Boughton Monchelsea: The Pattern of Building in a Central Kent Parish

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 April 2016

Sarah Pearson
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John Newman’s two volumes on Kent in the Buildings of England series are indispensable for anyone interested in the architectural history of the county. Many buildings have only ever been published in these books, which form a basic framework on which all further modern studies can be built. The nature of the series means that vernacular buildings only receive brief mention, and although eight are noted in Boughton Monchelsea, a recent opportunity to look at that parish in more detail has revealed interesting points which are discussed here. This essay is offered as a tribute to the author of an excellent county guide, which we who live in Kent are lucky to have and use on a daily basis.

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Section 9: Towns and Villages
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Architectural History , Volume 44 , 2001 , pp. 386 - 393
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Copyright © Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain 2001

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Notes

1 Newman, J., The Buildings of England: West Kent and the Weald, 2nd edn (Harmondsworth, 1980)Google Scholar; North East and East Kent, 3rd edn (Harmondsworth, 1983).

2 A rapid survey of listed buildings in Boughton Monchelsea was carried out in 1998-99 in connexion with a history of the parish, being written by Dr Paul Hastings.

3 Pearson, S., The Medieval Houses of Kent (London, RCHME/HMSO, 1994), pp. 116–27, 140-41Google Scholar.

4 Tatton-Brown, T. and Worssam, B., ‘Kentish rag and other Kent building stones’, Archaeologia Cantiana, 112 (1993), pp. 93–126 Google Scholar; Whichcord, J., Observations on Kentish Ragstone as a Building Material (London, 1846)Google Scholar.

5 Most of these are included in the Department of the Environment, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, District of Maidstone, 1987.

6 Newman, West Kent and the Weald, p. 176.

7 Hastings, P., Upon the Quarry Hills: a history of Boughton Monchelsea (West Mailing, 2000)Google Scholar, which includes both a history of the parish and individual accounts of all the houses surveyed.

8 Kent Hearth Tax Assessment, Lady Day 1664, ed. Harrington, Duncan, British Record Society, Hearth Tax Series 2 (2000), pp. 105–06 Google Scholar.

9 Rigold, S., Archaeological Journal, 126 (1969), p. 198 CrossRefGoogle Scholar.