Hope Cottage
HOPE COTTAGE, RUNHAM LANE
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1344285
- Date first listed:
- 14-Dec-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Hope Cottage
- Statutory Address:
- HOPE COTTAGE, RUNHAM LANE
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:
- 2003-03-30
- Reference:
- IOE01/09205/35
- Rights:
- © Ms Lesley Feakes. 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:
- 1344285
- Date first listed:
- 14-Dec-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Hope Cottage
- Statutory Address 1:
- HOPE COTTAGE, RUNHAM LANE
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:
- HOPE COTTAGE, RUNHAM LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Kent
- District:
- Maidstone (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Lenham
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 87257 51401
Details
LENHAM RUNHAM LANE TQ 85 SE (east side) 4/226 Hope Cottage II House. C15 with possibly later cross-wing. Timber-framed. Front elevation of main section tile-hung to left, weatherboard to right. Cross-wing underbuilt in C19 red brick in Flemish bond on ground floor, tile-hung above. Plain tile roof. Hall and cross-wing, latter projecting slightly to front - 2 storeys on stone plinth. Hall has lean-to to front with low eaves, above which roof hipped to left and abutts cross-wing to right. Wing roof hipped to front. Multiple brick ridge stack towards right end of hall and small projecting stack to rear of right side elevation of wing. Irregular fenestration of one 3-light and one single light casement to front lean-to of hall, and one 2-light casement to each floor of wing. Boarded door with rectangular light under flat hood to centre of hall, slightly left of stack, and further boarded door in weatherboarded porch to rear. Rear elevation has first floor window above low catslide roof. Interior not inspected.
Listing NGR: TQ8725751401
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 173962
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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 22-Jun-2026 at 16:45:03.
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.