IChurch · listed 1963Church of St NicholasPhoto: Acabashi · CC BY-SA 4.0
Coombe Lane Cottage · Photo: David Anstiss · CC BY-SA 2.0A+History Grade
History of Ash (Dover) · Historic England
65 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Ash (Dover)’s built-up area, 257 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. 37% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 3 of its listed buildings. Ash (Dover) grades A+ for history: #6 of 87 in Kent.
Listed buildings
65
257 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
37%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Ash (Dover)
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Photos from Wikimedia Commons and Geograph, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its licence; names open the building’s page or its official list entry.
The map
Where Ash (Dover)’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IGrade II*Scheduled monument
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
65 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I2 Grade II*62 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 Ash (Dover)
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.
Grade II*
The 2 Grade II* listed buildings in Ash (Dover)
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest.
House · listed 1963Chilton House
Public · listed 1952School Farm House
What’s protected
Most of Ash (Dover)’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas44
Churches, chapels & priories8
Walls, gates & bridges6
Inns, shops & warehouses4
Public & civic buildings2
Street furniture1
44 entries (68%) 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
62 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 62 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Bank HouseBrewery Cottage Brewery House First and Last CottagesCape HouseChequer LodgeChest Tomb About 2 Metres North East of Church of St NicholasChest Tomb for Tomlin Family, About 3 Metres East of North Porch of Church of St NicholasChest Tomb for Wood Family, About 3 Metres South East of Chancel of Church of St NicholasChilton CottageChurchyard Wall and Gate Piers About 20 Metres North of Church of St NicholasCobwebsCollar Maker's HoleCoombe Lane CottageDiamond CottageFlint House Flint House CottageForge Cottage and Pearl CottageFormer Lion HotelGarden Wall About 10 Metres North of and Returned to Spencer HouseGarden Wall and Gate About 5 Metres North of Chilton HouseGeorgian HouseGranary About 5 Metres North East of School FarmhouseGriffin CottageGroup of Chest Tomb and 5 Headstones, About 30 Metres North West of Church of St NicholasGuilton Farmhouse and Garden WallGuilton HouseGuilton RectoryHardens Cottage and Cherry Tree CottageHills DowneHolly Tree Cottage and Numbers 1-3 Guilton CottagesLovekey CottageMeadow ViewMoat FarmhouseMonument About 1 Metre South of Church of St NicholasNorfolk HousePair of Headstones, About 1 Metre North of North Chancel of Church of St NicholasPair of Tomb Chests About 30 Metres South of South Transept of Church of St NicholasPump Cottage Yeoman ThatchShip HouseShipyard CottagesSolly CottageSpencer HouseStreetend House and Garden WallsStuartsThe Chequer InnThe PharmacyThe ShrubberyVine Cottage Vine HouseWall to Chilton House, About 5 Metres South of Chilton CottageYoung's Cottage1 and 2, Goodban Square30 and 32, The Street34, The Street36, The Street37, The Street40 and 42 The Street41, The Street43, New Street50, New Street57A and 57B, The Street61 and 63, The Street79 and 79A The Street81 83 and 83A The Street87 and 89, The Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 100% of Ash (Dover)
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 HE88 ha
88 hain conservation areas, of 88 ha inside the built-up area.
65 of the 65 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 Ash (Dover)’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1987
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1987 · 481963 · 13
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 3 entries were listed in 1952. 48 came in 1987, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
Monuments & landscapes
Monuments, parks and gardens
Designations that overlap the town by a tenth of their area or half a hectare.
1 scheduled monument
Nationally important archaeological sites and monuments, protected by law; work on them needs consent from the Secretary of State, advised by Historic England.
Anglo-SaxonAnglo-Saxon cemetery at Ash Mill
History Grade
Ash (Dover) grades A+ for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (71 points, 281 per 10,000 residents)More than 86% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (37%)More than 91% of UK towns
Two measures, each ranked against every UK town of 1,000 or more, with protected heritage counting twice as much as the age of homes. Protected heritage counts each listed building by its grade (Grade I three points, II* two, II one), each scheduled monument and battlefield two, and each registered park or garden by its grade; it is ranked both per 10,000 residents and as a total, so a village with one fine church doesn’t outrank a historic city. The second measure is the share of homes built before 1919, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records. History is a character grade: it describes the town and isn’t part of the overall grade.
Homes by age
37% of Ash (Dover)’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
35%
Before 1900
1.9%
1900–18
3.6%
1919–29
4.9%
1930s
7.6%
1945–54
4.9%
1955–64
9.4%
1965–72
5.4%
1973–82
3%
1983–92
2.6%
1993–99
9.9%
2000–08
1.6%
2009–15
10%
2016–25
Ash (Dover)England & Wales
35% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 2016–25, which added 10% of today’s homes.
Valuation Office Agency, council tax stock of properties by build period, 31 March 2025, for the neighbourhoods (LSOAs) that make up the town, split by where their residents live. Homes with no recorded build period (37 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Towns its size
Ash (Dover) has the 95th most Grade I buildings of 1,324 towns its size
Places of 2,000–4,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Ash (Dover)1
#129 of 1,324for listed buildings per resident (257 per 10,000). Burford, Painswick and Chipping Campden lead.
94 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Ash (Dover)
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ash (Dover) | 2,529 | 65 | 1 | A+ |
| Sandwich | 4,258 | 439 | 7 | A+ |
| Eastry | 2,388 | 45 | 3 | A |
| Wingham | 1,313 | 75 | 2 | A+ |
| Minster (Thanet) | 4,739 | 44 | 2 | B+ |
| Aylesham | 5,788 | 0 | 0 | D− |
| Littlebourne | 1,596 | 51 | 2 | A |
| Cliffs End | 1,284 | 1 | 0 | D− |
In brief
Ash (Dover) in brief
Old houses are part of Ash (Dover)’s character: 37% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 65 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I, including Church of St Nicholas. For its size, it has more listed heritage than 86% of UK towns. Only 94 of the 1,324 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings.
On The Street alone there are 11 listed buildings. A conservation area protects part of it. Of the whole list, 68% are houses, terraces and villas. The rest is about typical: it also has a scheduled monument.
Questions about Ash (Dover)’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Ash (Dover)?
Historic England lists 65 buildings inside Ash (Dover)’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 62 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Ash (Dover)?
One: Church of St Nicholas.
Are there scheduled monuments in Ash (Dover)?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Ash Mill.
How many conservation areas are there in Ash (Dover)?
1, covering about 88 hectares of the town. The largest is No data available for publication by HE.
When were Ash (Dover)’s buildings listed?
The first in 1952; the most, 48, in 1987.
How old are the homes in Ash (Dover)?
37% of homes were built before 1919 and 46% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
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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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