IChurch · listed 1962Church of St Anthony the MartyrPhoto: David Anstiss · CC BY-SA 2.0
Church of St Anthony the Martyr · Photo: David Anstiss · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Alkham · Historic England
20 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Alkham’s built-up area, 621 for every 10,000 residents. Of the listed buildings in Alkham, 19 are Grade II. 17% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
20
621 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
17%
typical UK town 15%
The map
Where Alkham’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade I
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
20 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*19 Grade II
Historic England lists buildings in three grades: Grade I for buildings of exceptional interest (about 2.5% of all listed buildings), Grade II* for particularly important buildings of more than special interest (about 5.8%), and Grade II for buildings of special interest (about 91.7%). Listing protects the whole building, inside and out.
Every entry on the National Heritage List for England whose point lies inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary. One list entry can cover a terrace or a group of buildings.
Grade I
The Grade I listed building in Alkham
Buildings of exceptional interest, about 2.5% of all listed buildings. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
What’s protected
Most of Alkham’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas10
Churches, chapels & priories8
Walls, gates & bridges1
Public & civic buildings1
10 entries (50%) are houses, terraces and villas. 8 are churches, chapels and priories, including 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings.
Buildings are sorted by words in each entry’s name (church, gate, inn, memorial…): the list’s open data has no building type. An entry named only by its address counts as a house.
Grade II
19 Grade II listed buildings
Most listed buildings are in this grade, which covers buildings of special interest. Open any building to read its official list entry.
All 19 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Box Tree CottageCoachman's CottageForstal CottageGate Piers and Walls About 50 Metres East of the Old RectoryGranary About 20 Metres South East of HogbrookGroup of 4 Headstones About 15 Metres South West of Church of St AnthonyGroup of 4 Headstones About 30 Metres South of Church of St AnthonyHalton CourtHeadstone William Kinham, About 20 Metres South of Church of St AnthonyHeadstone to John White About 5 Metres South of Church of St AnthonyHogbrookMalmains ManorMarquis of GranbyMemorial to Susan Smith Et Al, About 20 Metres South East of Church of St AnthonyNorth Hill CottageThe Old RectoryThe Old VicarageTwo Headstones About 10 Metres South of Church of St AnthonyTwo Headstones About 15 Metres Due South of Church of St Anthony
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 100% of Alkham
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
No data available for publication by HE30 ha
30 hain conservation areas, of 30 ha inside the built-up area.
20 of the 20 listed buildings stand in one.
Historic England’s conservation areas layer, supplied by councils (incomplete in places, so a page fact, never graded). Hectares are the part of each area inside the built-up area.
How the list grew
More than half of Alkham’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1987
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1987 · 14
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The first 1 entry was listed in 1952. 14 came in 1987, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Alkham
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alkham | 322 | 20 | 1 | — |
| Capel-le-Ferne | 1,962 | 0 | 0 | D− |
| Dover | 36,349 | 140 | 3 | A |
| Hawkinge | 8,499 | 2 | 0 | D− |
| Whitfield | 6,509 | 2 | 0 | D− |
| Sibertswold | 1,619 | 9 | 0 | B |
| Guston | 1,684 | 15 | 0 | B |
| Folkestone | 51,987 | 226 | 2 | A |
In brief
Alkham in brief
The official list counts 20 listed buildings in Alkham, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area protects part of it. Most entries on the list, 50%, are houses, terraces and villas. The big year was 1987, when 14 of the 20 went on the list. Beyond that, John Davison (1828) was born here before 1900; and 17% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Alkham’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Alkham?
Historic England lists 20 buildings inside Alkham’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 19 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Alkham?
One: Church of St Anthony the Martyr.
How many conservation areas are there in Alkham?
1, covering about 30 hectares of the town. The largest is No data available for publication by HE.
When were Alkham’s buildings listed?
The first in 1952; the most, 14, in 1987.
How old are the homes in Alkham?
17% of homes were built before 1919 and 29% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Alkham has no History Grade.
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Sources: Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only · Historic England conservation areas (supplied by local planning authorities; October 2026). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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