IChurch · listed 1951St Mary's Parish ChurchOn the list as Parish Church of St Mary the VirginPhoto: Julian P Guffogg · CC BY-SA 2.0
Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin · Photo: Julian P Guffogg · CC BY-SA 2.0BHistory Grade
History of Ashford · Historic England
226 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Ashford’s built-up area, 28 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 2 scheduled monuments. We have photos of 15 of its listed buildings. 11% of its homes were built before 1919. Ashford grades B for history: #51 of 87 in Kent.
Listed buildings
226
28 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
2
exceptional interest
Grade II*
12
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
2
1 registered park or garden
Homes built before 1919
11%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Ashford in 16 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Willesborough WindmillGrade II* listed
Godinton ParkGrade II* park or garden
The Star InnGrade II listed
Lodge House, 5 Yards North East of Tower LodgeGrade II listed
The Masonic Temple and North Street HallGrade II listed+11See all photosPhotos 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 Ashford’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.
Grade IGrade II*Scheduled monumentPark or garden
Homes built before 1919, by neighbourhoodunder 10%10–25%25–50%50%+
3 of 50neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes; in the oldest, 83% were built before 1919.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
226 listed buildings by grade
2 Grade I12 Grade II*212 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. Neighbourhood dots: the population-weighted centre of each Census 2021 output area, coloured by its neighbourhood’s (LSOA’s) share of homes built before 1919 (Valuation Office Agency, March 2025).
Grade I
The 2 Grade I listed buildings in Ashford
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.
IChurch · listed 1957Church of St MaryPhoto: DKrieger · CC BY-SA 3.0
Grade II*
The 12 Grade II* listed buildings in Ashford
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 10 are photographed.
II*House · listed 1951New MillOn the list as Willesborough WindmillPhoto: Sue Wallace · Public domain
II*Walls & gates · listed 1951Bridge HousePhoto: N Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Church · listed 1951Church of St Mary the VirginPhoto: The National Churches Trust · CC BY 2.0
II*Memorials · listed 1976Hubert FountainPhoto: David Anstiss · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*House · listed 1951Nightingale HousePhoto: N Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Public · listed 1951The CollegePhoto: Iain Crump · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Public · listed 1951The Doctor Wilks Memorial HallPhoto: Dave Skinner · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*House · listed 195122, North StreetPhoto: Tilman2007 · CC BY-SA 4.0
II*House · listed 195151-55, High StreetPhoto: Tilman2007 · CC BY-SA 4.0
II*House · listed 195191, High StreetPhoto: Tilman2007 · CC BY-SA 4.0
House · listed 1952Singleton Manor
House · listed 1951Whist House
Historic streets
High Street has the most listed buildings
Streets by the listed entries with an address on them. One entry can be a whole terrace, so long rows count once.
High Street20 listed · 2 II*
North Street12 listed · 1 II*
Middle Row10 listed
The Street7 listed
New Street6 listed
The Churchyard5 listed
Blackwall Road3 listed
Church Road3 listed
Kennington Road3 listed
New Rents3 listed
Silver Hill Road3 listed
Of the 226 entries, 90 are named by a street address; the rest are named buildings such as churches, halls and bridges.
What’s protected
Most of Ashford’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas172
Public & civic buildings18
Inns, shops & warehouses14
Walls, gates & bridges10
Churches, chapels & priories8
Memorials, crosses & tombs3
Street furniture1
172 entries (76%) are houses, terraces and villas. 8 are churches, chapels and priories, including 2 of the 2 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
212 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.
The first 150 of 212 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Ashford War Memorial and Ornamental Gates to Garden of RemembranceBarn About 20 Metres South East of Court LodgeBarn at Court Lodge to North West of the House and Adjoining the Preceding Barn on the WestBarn to North West of Court LodgeBarn to South East of Lacton FarmhouseBarn to South West of Repton ManorBarrowhill HouseBarton CottageBeaver CottageBeaver HouseBockhanger FarmhouseBoys HallBrisley FarmhouseBrisley RiseBrooke PlaceBuxford Mill Buxford Mill HouseBybrookBybrook TavernCarriage ShopChrist ChurchChurch of St MaryChurchyard of Parish Church of St Mary the VirginChurchyard to St Mary's ChurchCloverley CottageConningbrook ManorCounty HotelCourt LodgeCourt LodgeCulversDisused GraveyardDunn's Hill HouseEast Lodge to Godinton ParkElmtreeEngine ShedFinn Farm OastFinn FarmhouseFormer Acetylene StoreFormer Castle HotelFormer Fox Public HouseFormer Industrial building belonging to Knowles Removals and StorageFormer National School Including Iron RailingsFormer Oast House to east of Lacton FarmhouseFormer St Theresa's SchoolFormer barn to south west of BybrookFormer barn to west of Bybrook TavernFormer row of outhouses to south east of BybrookGarden Wall to West of No 22Gate House to Railway WorksGlenmore LodgeGloversHewitt HouseHolly Tree HouseHome FarmHome FarmhouseHooden on the HillK6 Telephone Kiosk Adjoining Baldwin's Travel Agency in ChurchyardK6 Telephone Kiosk near Man of Kent Public HouseKennington HouseKennington LodgeKenwayLacton FarmhouseLacton HallLaurel Tree HouseLeacon CottagesLees FarmhouseLees HouseLenacre HallLittle Boys HallLittle FollyLocomotive Workshops at Newtown Railway WorksLodge House, 5 Yards North East of Tower LodgeLoudon CottagesManor HouseMay Tree CottageMillers LeyNorthsideOak Farm CottageOld Mill CottageOld National School St Marys HallOne Mile OastPaint Stores and Electroplating ShopParks and Cemeteries OfficePilgrim CottageRailings and Wall to East of No 14Rear Part of No 75Repton Manor (Templar Barracks)RosemarySandy Lane CottagesShepwaySpearpoint CottageStables to Lees FarmhouseStatue of William Harvey in Grounds of William Harvey Public HouseStone HouseStone setts, balustraded piers and curved stairs adjoining the Hubert FountainSumach CottageSummerhillTalbot HouseTank Situated in Centre of New StreetTemple HouseThe Albion InnThe Blacksmith's Arms Public HouseThe Clergy HouseThe ForgeThe George HotelThe GrangeThe HomesteadThe Masonic Temple and North Street HallThe Old HouseThe Railings of the Churchyard of the Parish Church of St Mary the VirginThe RectoryThe Singleton BarnThe Star InnThe Street HouseThe William Harvey Public HouseTollgate CottageTower Lodge and Flanking Walls, Eastwell ParkWall and Gatepiers to CemeteryWall to South East No 9Wall to South East of No 11Wall to South West of the CollegeWalnut Tree HouseWeatherboarded Barn to North of Finn FarmhouseWhitehallWillowbed FarmhouseYeoman Cottages1-15, Barrowhill Terrace1-19, Barrowhill Cottages1-3, Knott's Square1-5, Barrowhill Place1-5, Kings Parade10, Middle Row100-102, High Street11, East Hill11, Middle Row11, North Street12 New Street12-18, High Street121,123, The Street124 and 126, The Street13, Middle Row13, North Street13-19, Lees Road130,132,134, The Street14, North Street14, The Churchyard14-18, Blackwall Road146,148,150, The Street15, Castle Street15, The Churchyard16, The Churchyard
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 100% of Ashford
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 HE2,079 ha
2,079 hain conservation areas, of 2,079 ha inside the built-up area.
226 of the 226 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 Ashford’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1976
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1976 · 1251951 · 49
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 49 entries were listed in 1951, 1 of the 2 Grade I buildings among them. 125 came in 1976, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has 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.
2 scheduled monuments
Nationally important archaeological sites and monuments, protected by law; work on them needs consent from the Secretary of State, advised by Historic England.
1 registered park or garden
Godinton ParkGrade II*
History Grade
Ashford grades B for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (248 points, 30 per 10,000 residents)More than 69% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (11%)More than 28% 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.
Born here
15 notable people born in Ashford before 1900
Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Thomas Milles
John Wallis
Stephen Hills
John Furley
Sir Arthur Dorman, 1st Baronet
Inglewood Parkin
Edward Rigby
Elizabeth Polunin
Horace Hamilton
Horace Glover
Percy Morfee
Verena Holmes
Adrian Knatchbull-Hugessen
Malcolm Sargent
Herbert Richardson
155016001650170017501800185019001950
John Wallis1616–1703 · English mathematician (*1616 – †1703)
Malcolm Sargent1895–1967 · English conductor, organist and composer (1895-1967)
Verena Holmes1889–1964 · English mechanical engineer and inventor (1889–1964)
ER
Edward Rigby1879–1951 · British actor (1879-1951)
HG
Horace Glover1883–1967 · English footballer (1883-1967)
TM
Thomas Milles1550–1629 · British economist
SH
Stephen Hills1771–1844 · American architect
PM
Percy Morfee1886–1945 · English cricketer (1886-1945)
Everyone born in Ashford → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Ashford
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashford | 82,143 | 226 | 2 | B |
| Finberry | 1,571 | 0 | 0 | D− |
| Shadoxhurst | 1,009 | 19 | 0 | B− |
| Wye | 2,064 | 94 | 3 | A |
| Brabourne Lees | 1,479 | 15 | 0 | B+ |
| Aldington | 1,280 | 13 | 0 | B |
| Bethersden | 1,008 | 38 | 1 | A |
| Challock | 1,089 | 13 | 0 | B |
In brief
Ashford in brief
The official list counts 226 listed buildings in Ashford, 2 of them Grade I, including St Mary's Parish Church. High Street alone has 20 listed buildings. A conservation area protects part of it. Of the whole list, 76% are houses, terraces and villas.
John Wallis (1616), Malcolm Sargent (1895) and Verena Holmes (1889) are among the 15 people born here before 1900. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1976: 125 of 226. The rest is about typical: it has 2 Grade I buildings, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 2); per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and it also has 2 scheduled monuments.
Questions about Ashford’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Ashford?
Historic England lists 226 buildings inside Ashford’s built-up area: 2 Grade I, 12 Grade II* and 212 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Ashford?
2, including Church of St Mary and Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin.
Which street in Ashford has the most listed buildings?
High Street (20), North Street (12) and Middle Row (10) have the most listed entries named by an address. One entry can be a whole terrace.
Are there scheduled monuments in Ashford?
Yes, 2 scheduled monuments, including A moated site and associated garden earthworks 460m south east of Boys Hall and Romano-British roadside settlement and World War II pillbox immediately east of Westhawk Farm.
How many conservation areas are there in Ashford?
1, covering about 2,079 hectares of the town. The largest is No data available for publication by HE.
When were Ashford’s buildings listed?
The first in 1951; the most, 125, in 1976.
Who was born in Ashford?
Among people born before 1900: John Wallis (1616), Malcolm Sargent (1895), Verena Holmes (1889), Edward Rigby (1879) and Horace Glover (1883).
How old are the homes in Ashford?
11% of homes were built before 1919 and 17% 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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