Historic houses · South East England
Leacon Hall
Leacon Hall — house in Warehorne, Ashford, England, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Nearest railway station
- Ham Street · 1.6 km
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Leacon Hall is a historic house in the United Kingdom — typically a country seat, manor, or town house with notable architecture or history. Heritage designation: Grade II* listed building. Wikidata describes it as: "house in Warehorne, Ashford, England, UK". Coordinates: 51.0627°, 0.8338°.
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Protected designations
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Kent Downs
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Leacon Hall, Warehorne, Kent, England, is a grade II* listed building constructed for Thomas Hodges in 1708.
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Background
Description
The house remains on a low hill called The Leacon. Hodges has got two little windows built into the roof. The house has 8,288 square feet of living space consisting of reception hall, four banquet halls, seven further rooms and three restrooms. Pevsner has described the house as ‘a perfect example of a Queen Anne house’, seen from a distance, Leacon Hall at Warehorne in Kent looks every inch ‘a country house in miniature’,
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 51.0627, 0.8338
- County
- Kent
- District
- Ashford
- Parish
- Warehorne
- Postcode
- TN26 2JX
- Parliamentary constituency
- Weald of Kent
- Nearest railway station
- Ham Street — 1.6 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q17556389 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Leacon Hall (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Leacon Hall Kent Geograph-3390238-by-Stephen-Richards.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Leacon Hall?
- Leacon Hall is in Kent, South-East England, United Kingdom (postcode TN26 2JX), in the parish of Warehorne.
- Is Leacon Hall a listed building?
- Leacon Hall is officially recognised as Grade II* listed building listed.
- Is Leacon Hall a protected site?
- Yes — Leacon Hall is part of the Kent Downs National Landscape (AONB).
- How do I get to Leacon Hall?
- The nearest railway station is Ham Street, about 1.6 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode TN26 2JX.