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Monument details

HER Number:	TQ 65 NE 19
Type of record:	Listed Building
Name:	Leybourne Castle

Summary

The castle was begun by Roger de Leyburn in 1260 without licence and the justiciar was ordered to stop him and, if necessary, to pull down the castle. At the time Roger was an opponent of Henry III but he later changed sides. It was Roger who saved the King's life at the Battle of Evesham in 1265. In the circumstances he was allowed to finish his castle and a grant of building stone to Roger by the King in 1266 marks the reconciliation between them. There is a reference to the castle in 1307. The manor was transferred to the Cistercian house of St Mary Graces in 1397. The ruins were converted into a residence in 1926 by the architect, Walter Godfrey.

Grid Reference:	TQ 6885 5891
Map Sheet:	TQ65NE
Parish:	LEYBOURNE, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT

Monument Types

CASTLE (Medieval - 1260 AD to 1397 AD)
MOAT (Medieval to Unknown - 1260 AD)
WALL (Medieval to Unknown - 1260 AD)
CISTERCIAN MONASTERY? (Medieval to Unknown - 1397 AD)
HOUSE (Modern - 1926 AD to 2050 AD)

Protected Status:	Register of Scheduled Monuments (EH national number) 23023: Title not entered; Listed Building (II*) NAR

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Sources and further reading

Cross-ref.	Source description
---	Photograph: 1959. LEYBOURNE CASTLE.. OS59/F311/5. Black and White. Negative.
<1>	Unpublished document: OS Card / NAR index entry. OS 6" 1936
<2>	Unpublished document: OS Card / NAR index entry. The Castles of England 1 1897 29 (J D Mackenzie)
<3>	Unpublished document: OS Card / NAR index entry. The Castle of Gt Britain 1953 240 (S Toy)
<4>	Unpublished document: OS Card / NAR index entry. The English Castle 1936 92 (H Braun)
<5>	Unpublished document: OS Card / NAR index entry. Md Military Arch 2 1884 188 (G T Clark)
<6>	Unpublished document: OS Card / NAR index entry. VCH Kent 1 1906 481 plan
<7>	Unpublished document: OS Card / NAR index entry. Rec 6" (Anon undated)
<8>	Unpublished document: OS Card / NAR index entry. F1 AC 03-AUG-59
<9>	Unpublished document: OS Card / NAR index entry. F2 FGA 19-FEB-64
<10>	Unpublished document: OS Card / NAR index entry. MHLG Malling RD Kent May 1950 56
<11>	Unpublished document: OS Card / NAR index entry. The Buildings of England West Kent and the Weald 1980 380 (J Newman)
<12>	Unpublished document: OS Card / NAR index entry. Md Military Architecture in Eng 2 1884 188-9 (G T Clark)
<13>	Unpublished document: OS Card / NAR index entry. Moated Site Res Grp 6 1979 47 (ed C J Bond)
<14>	Unpublished document: OS Card / NAR index entry. Arch Cant 93 1977 22 (T Tatton-Brown)
<15>	Unpublished document: OS Card / NAR index entry. DOE (IAM) Ancient Monuments Eng 2 1978 112
<16>	Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 65 NE 19 - August, 1959.
<17>	Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 65 NE 19 - February, 1964.
<18>	Unpublished document: N/A. Unpublished report for Kent SMR (KCC). CAT Apr. 1997(66)
<19>	Unpublished document: N/A. Unpublished report for Kent SMR (KCC). Summary report on a supplimentary resistivity surveyat Leybourne Castle. Unpub,Stratascan, March 199
<20>	Unpublished document: N/A. Unpublished report for Kent SMR (KCC). Arch. Eval Report at Leybourne Castle. Unpublished,CAT, March 1998
<21>	Unpublished document: Canterbury Archaeological trust. 1998. Archaeological Evaluation at Leybourne Castle.
<22>	Serial: Castle Studies Group. 2003. Castle Studies Group Newsletter 16.
<23>	Unpublished document: Stratascan. 1998. A summary report on a Supplementary Resistivity Survey carried out at at Leybourne Castle, Kent.
<24>	Unpublished document: Archaeology South East. 2007. The Chapel, Leybourne Castle, Leybourne, Kent:an archaeological investigation report.
<25>	Unpublished document: Smith, V. C. and Saunder, A.. 2001. Kents Defence Heritage.
<26>	Unpublished document: Stratascan. 1998. A report for Neilly-Smith architecture limited on a geophysical survey carried out at Leybourne Castle, Leybourne, Kent.