Leybourne Castle is a 13th-century castle in the parish of
Leybourne
Leybourne is a village and civil parish in Kent, England situated off Junction 4 of the M20 motorway, M20 Motorway. Leybourne is adjacent to New Hythe, East Malling and Larkfield, Larkfield and West Malling. As of 2020, Leybourne Parish had a po ...
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Kent
Kent is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Essex across the Thames Estuary to the north, the Strait of Dover to the south-east, East Sussex to the south-west, Surrey to the west, and Gr ...
, west of Castle Way. The two semi circular
bastions
A bastion is a structure projecting outward from the curtain wall of a fortification, most commonly angular in shape and positioned at the corners of the fort. The fully developed bastion consists of two faces and two flanks, with fire from the ...
of the twin towered gatehouse built in 1275 remain and are incorporated into a
Tudor farmhouse that was extensively rebuilt around 1930. Some evidence of circular earthworks also remains. The
curtain wall was extant until the 18th century but now none of it remains. It has strong links with the similar church very near it.
Leybourne Castle is a Grade II* listed building.
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Currently it is private property and inaccessible to the public.
See also
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Roger de Leybourne
Sir Roger de Leybourne (1215–1271) was an English soldier, landowner and royal servant during the Second Barons' War.
Origins
Roger was the younger son of another Sir Roger de Leybourne, by his first wife, Eleanor, the daughter and heires ...
References
External links
* https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1007461
Leybourne Castle page at The Gatehouse*
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Exploring Kent's past, Kent County Council
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Castles in Kent
Grade II* listed buildings in Kent