Boughton Monchelsea
Boughton Quarries curious cottages
Follow the Loose Valley to Boughton Quarries and you will come across several 19th century cottages
built by John Braddick of Boughton Mount Estate. They are easily identified by their slate-roofed
verandas, supported on roughly trimmed tree trunks or planed poles. Some of the cottages feature stone tablets, two of which are inscribed with ‘commandments’ to Braddick’s farm workers.
1. Bridge Row
With INDUSTRY, ECONOMY, HONESTY, SOBRIETY, CIVILITY and CLEANLINESS
a Poor Man may live HAPPY and RESPECTABLE. 1827.
2. Veranda at Bridge Row
3. Verandas at Bridge Row
4. Half Way Cottage
Feed the Cattle six times a day.
Clean out the trough after each time of feeding.
Curry Comb & Rub twice a day.
Keep the Stalls clean and well littered.
