Ha Ha with footbridge 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. Landscape feature.
Ha Ha with footbridge in the grounds of Boughton Mount
- WRENN ID
- heavy-storey-torch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Maidstone
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 April 2013
- Type
- Landscape feature
- Address
- Ha Ha with footbridge in the grounds of Boughton Mount, Maidstone D O S, Boughton Lane, Boughton Monchelsea, ME17 4NA
- OS grid reference
- TQ 769 521
- Coordinates
- 51.24122, 0.53384
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The ha-ha at Boughton Mount, likely built in the early 19th century, is shown on the Tithe Map for Boughton Monchelsea and was constructed by the Braddick family. A bridge was added between 1897 and 1908 at the western end.
The ha-ha is made of squared Kentish ragstone blocks sourced from local quarries, with green sandstone balustrades on the bridge. The wall of the ha-ha is elliptical in shape and is located to the southeast of the main house, serving as a boundary to the upper lawn. The wall rises to about ten feet (3 meters) on the south side, has a battered base, and features stone steps on the sides that lead down to the ditch. Although there was once a stone balustrade, it is no longer visible. At the western end, there is a flat-arched bridge that spans the ditch, complete with stone balusters, carved stone coping, carved stone end piers, and central stone supporting piers.
Local climate
Ha Ha with footbridge 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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