Folly in the Grounds of Boughton Mount is a Grade II listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 April 2013. A C19 Garden building.
Folly in the Grounds of Boughton Mount
- WRENN ID
- ragged-wattle-sunrise
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Maidstone
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 April 2013
- Type
- Garden building
- Address
- Folly in the Grounds of Boughton Mount, Maidstone D O S, Boughton Lane, Boughton Monchelsea, ME17 4NA
- OS grid reference
- TQ 769 522
- Coordinates
- 51.24162, 0.53334
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Folly in the Grounds of Boughton Mount is an early 19th-century garden building designed in the 'Gothick' style, possibly serving as a summer house. It was constructed when the Braddick family owned Boughton Mount.
The building is made from random rubble Kentish ragstone sourced from local quarries. It has an L-shaped plan with a taller central square tower.
On the exterior, the north side features a higher central section adorned with a dogtooth cornice, a band of projecting stone rubble, and several putlog holes. The east side includes two pointed arched entrances that have been blocked with brickwork from the late 20th or early 21st century. The west side has a small round-headed window opening that is primarily blocked with brick. At the time of the survey, vegetation partly concealed the exterior.
Interior photographs reveal an arched passage roof on the north side, which has rough projecting stones, a circular roof aperture, and an internal chamber.
Local climate
Folly in the Grounds of Boughton Mount receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2000
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