There are 42 Grade I listed buildings in Maidstone. The Borough of Maidstone is a local government district in the English county of Kent. The district covers a largely rural area of 152 square miles (394 km2) between the North Downs and the Weald with the town of Maidstone, the county town of Kent, in the north-west. The district has a population of approximately 166,400 in 2016.[1]
In the United Kingdom, the term listed building refers to a building or other structure officially designated as being of special architectural, historical or cultural significance; Grade I structures are those considered to be "buildings of exceptional interest".[2] Listing was begun by a provision in the Town and Country Planning Act 1947. Once listed, severe restrictions are imposed on the modifications allowed to a building's structure or its fittings. In England, buildings are given listed building status by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, acting on the recommendation of Historic England.[3]
A stone-built moated castle developed from a fortified manor house by Stephen de Penchester. It was converted to a mansion in 1492, but was damaged by fire in the late 16th century and was largely a ruin until restored at the beginning of the 20th century. The stonework is laid in an intricate herringbone pattern.[4]
A rag-stone church with plain-tiled roofs. The tower is topped by three dogs or bears sejant, a pun on the name of the village. The nave and chancel are flanked by an aisle on the north side. The church contains a memorial bust to 17th-century occultist Robert Fludd.[5]
A country house which is the remaining part of a larger courtyard house, now largely demolished. Some historic internal features remain, but 16th-century timber panelling was remove in the 1920s and taken the United States. The house was home to Sir Henry Wotton and many members of his family.[6]
A country house, originally built around a courtyard, but now forming a single block. The house has been modified many times during its history and externally presents the appearance of an early 18th-century house with sash windows and gabled roofs. The house sits in Grade II listed parkland.[7]
A country house comprising the south and east ranges of a former courtyard house, with the north and west ranges demolished and replaced in the early 19th century with stables. The house interior features 16th- and 17th-century fireplaces, timber panelling and staircases. The north range of the stables is topped with a 17th-century clock tower moved from the south range.[8]
A rag-stone church with plain-tiled roofs and battlemented tower. The church features gothic windows and was refurbished in the 1870s. The nave has aisles on both sides and the chancel has a vestry on the south side.[9]
A large medieval stone barn 186 feet (57 m) long with a plain-tiled roof. The barn was originally the hospitium of Boxley Abbey, but was later used as a tithe barn and is the Abbey's only significant surviving structure.[10]
A medievalrag-stone bridge of four spans crossing the River Medway. The bridge has been described as "probably the finest medieval bridge in the south of England".[12]
A stone church with plain-tiled roof. The nave is flanked by aisles on each side and the chancel has a chapel on each side. The three stage tower and the aisles are topped with battlemented parapets. The roof of the nave and chancel are supported on crown post trusses.[13]
A flint and ashlar stone church with plain-tiled roof. The nave is flanked by aisles on each side and the chancel has a chapel on its north side and a vestry on the south side. The tower, north aisle and chapel have battlemented parapets, with the tower's parapet incorporating gargoyles. The vestry contains the Culpeper needlework, a 17th-century embroidery thought to be a funeral pall.[17]
An L-shaped red-brick house is the completed southern part of an unfinished E-shaped house. The roofs are pitched with ornamental dormer faces and gable ends and decorative chimneys. The house contains 18th-century panelling on the first floor.[18]
A rag-stone church with plain-tiled roof. The nave is adjoined by an aisle on the south side and the chancel has a chapel on its south side and a vestry to its north. The tower is topped by a pyramidal timber-shingledspire.[19]
A rag-stone church with plain-tiled roof. The nave is flanked by aisles on the north and south sides and the chancel has chapels on both of these sides. The tower parapet is battlemented with a short spire added in the 1960s in the style of a 15th-century spire. The nave roof has crown post trusses and the chancel is barrel vaulted.[20]
Possibly started as a motte and bailey castle and a royal residence between 1278 and 1552, the castle stands on two islands in the middle of a lake formed by the River Len. The castle has been modified many times during its history and the Tudor-style buildings were mostly constructed in the 19th century.[21]
A rag-stone church with plain-tiled roof. The nave is flanked on the north side by an aisle. The chancel has a chapel and vestry on its north side. The tower parapet is battlemented with gargoyles below. The roofs of the nave, aisle, vestry and chapel are variously formed with scissor-braced trusses, king post trusses, crown post trusses and collar rafters.[25]
The gateway to the former College of All Saints, the three-storey structure is built of rag-stone with a hipped roof and vaulted stone arch spanning above its archway. The gateway is one of a group of surviving college buildings.[28]
A large stone tithe barn with half-timbered porch and plain-tiled hipped roof. The barn was associated with the nearby Archbishop's palace and College of All Saints.[29]
Built as the church for the College of All Saints, the building sits between those of the College and the Archbishop's Palace. Following the Dissolution, the church became the parish church for Maidstone. The battlemented tower formerly had a spire, which was destroyed in 1730.[30]
A small parish church without aisles or chapels, the rag-stone building has plain-tiled roofs to the nave and chancel and a pyramidal timber roof to the tower. The north and south walls of the nave each contain three large traceried windows and are heavily buttressed.[32]
A country house built of rag-stone with gabled plain-tiled roofs. The house was used for two centuries as an oast house before being restored and extended for use as a home in the 1920s.[33][34]
The church is constructed of uncoursed stone with a steeply pitched plain-tiled roof. The tower is positioned in the centre of the south wall at the junction of the nave and chancel and is topped by a timber hipped roof and octagonal spire. Adjacent chapels adjoin the north side of the nave and chancel. The nave roof features crown post trusses.[37]
A timber-framedmedievalhall house. Jettied bays extend from each end of the west façade. Walls on the ground floor have 16th-century timber panelling and a room on the first floor features a wall paintings of mermen, mermaids, lions and dragons.[40][41]
A sandstone and rag-stone church with plain-tiled roof. The nave is flanked by an aisle on the south side and the chancel has a chapel to its south. The nave has a barrel roof and the aisle has crown post trusses. Those of the chancel and chapel are wagon roofs.[42]
A country house extended at a number of points in its history, the older parts of the house are concealed by an early 18th-century addition built in red brick with a pedimented central bay. Behind the Georgian wing, the older parts of the house surround a central courtyard.[45]
A small parish church of continuous nave and chancel without aisles. A chapel is attached to the north side of the nave. The church is constructed mostly of flint with a plain-tiled roof. The short tower has a battlemented parapet and once had a steeple, but this is now absent.[46]
A stone church with plain-tiled roofs. The nave has an aisle on the south side. Chapels are located on the north side of the nave and on the north and south sides of the chancel. The tower has a battlemented parapet with gargoyles. The churchyard contains several ancient yew trees, one of which is said to be more than 2000 years old.[47]
A Georgiancountry house with a brick-built main façade of nine bays. The façade comprises two tones of red brick with the darker tone used in piers to divide the façade into three sections and in panels between the ground and first floor windows.[49]
A cruciform-plan church built mostly of rag-stone and sandstone. The roofs are of slate, plain tile and lead. The nave is flanked by aisles on both sides, with a north and south transept separating it from the chancel. The stair turret to the corner of the tower is topped by a lead covered onion dome. The chancel roof is of crown post trusses; the remainder are boarded.[50]
^The date given is the date used by Historic England as significant for the initial building or that of an important part in the structure's description.
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