Mabledon Park
MABLEDON PARK, LONDON ROAD
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1084779
- Date first listed:
- 10-Dec-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Mabledon Park
- Statutory Address:
- MABLEDON PARK, LONDON ROAD
Have you got a photo to share?
Join the Missing Pieces Project. We want you to share your photos and memories.
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 1999-08-26
- Reference:
- IOE01/00716/01
- Rights:
- © Mrs Barbara Ingram-Monk. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1084779
- Date first listed:
- 10-Dec-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Mabledon Park
- Statutory Address 1:
- MABLEDON PARK, LONDON ROAD
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- MABLEDON PARK, LONDON ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Kent
- District:
- Tunbridge Wells (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Southborough
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 58038 44683
Details
SOUTHBOROUGH LONDON ROAD 1/21 Mabledon Park - - II
Tudor-revival country house originally 1804 for James Burton by T F Parkinson, subsequently extended by Burton's son Decimus for John Deacon, 1829-31. Further alterations 1870. Some of the stone is said to have come from the ruins of Penshurst Place. Ironstone ashlar, slate roof. 2 storeys, embattled overall. Burton added the north-west wing, producing an 'L' shape plan. EAST FRONT. 9 window range with square octagonal tower at south end. Square entrance pro- jection to right. 3-centred recessed pointed arch with double doors and overlight. Square tower at north end of front, 3 storeys with oriel window on 1st floor. WEST FRONT. L-shaped. 2-storey canted bay and octagonal turret to left. Small entrance in angle of L. Square bay at end of right-hand wing flanked by round turret. WEST FRONT. 2-storey canted bay in centre. Mixture of square-headed and pointed arch windows throughout with dripstones over. Tudor style brick chimneys, of many different configurations, some dating from the 1870 alterations. INTERIOR. Octagonal south room, now a chapel, with panelled and decorated neo-classical ceiling and doorhood in similar style with inset panel showing antique relief painting. SOUTH DRAWING ROOM. 2 similar door hoods. LIBRARY. Ribbed neo-Jacobean ceiling and wood panelled and vaulted ceiling in window bay. WEST DRAWING ROOM. 2 Gothick revival doorcases. In this house Decimus Burton grew up. See Philip Miller, Decimus Burton, 1800-1881 Exhib Cat, Building Centre, London, 1981.
Listing NGR: TQ5776844020
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 169318
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Miller, P, Decimus Burton 1800-81 Exhibition Catalogue, (1981)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 23-Jun-2026 at 04:23:19.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.