Boughton Court, Boughton Aluph

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Bottone Alulphi juxta Wye

In the civil parish of Boughton Aluph.
In the historic county of Kent (Modern Authority of Kent, 1974 county of Kent).

C16 timber framed manor house built over a C14 crypt or undercroft with ribbed vaulting. The house was reclad in brick in C19. The undercroft is the only surviving part of a larger medieval manor house, probably dating from the mid C14. The owner, Sir Thomas de Aldon, was granted a licence to crenellate in 1339.

This site has been described as a;
Fortified Manor House.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Masonry ruins/remnants remains.

A Royal licence to crenellate was granted in 1339 May 12.

This site is a Grade 2* listed building protected by law*. (Images of England number 181367)

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TR03284821

Modern Map from

Good for landscape form and features

Modern Map from

Good for general location

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1st edition OS Map from

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 866634

Books

Salter, Mike, 2000, The Castles of Kent (Malvern) p20
Pearson, Sarah, Barnwell, P.S. and Adams, A.T., 1994, A gazetteer of medieval houses in Kent p19
Newman, John, 1983, The buildings of England: North east and east Kent (Harmondsworth) p150
Guy, John, 1980, Kent Castles (Meresborough Books)
Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol3 pt2 p412

Primary (Medieval documents or transcriptions of such documents - This section is far from complete and the secondary sources should be consulted for full references.)

Calendar of Patent Rolls (1338-40) p253

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*The listed building may not be the actual medieval building, but a building on the site of, or incorporating fragments of, the described site.

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