IChurch · listed 1967Church of St John the BaptistPhoto: Nick Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Marathon · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Barham · Historic England
45 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Barham’s built-up area, 573 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. 30% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
45
573 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
30%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Barham
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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 Barham’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.
45 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I1 Grade II*43 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 Barham
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 Grade II* listed building in Barham
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest.
Public · listed 1952Anne Court, Barham CourtOn the list as Anne Court Barham Court
What’s protected
Most of Barham’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas34
Public & civic buildings5
Churches, chapels & priories3
Walls, gates & bridges2
Street furniture1
34 entries (76%) are houses, terraces and villas. 3 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
43 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 43 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Barham Court Farm BarnBarham House Nursing HomeBarham Methodist ChapelBeggars Cottage Finch Cottage Meadow CottageBlacking Bottle Cottage, Bay Tree Cottage, Rose Cottage and JasmineBridge CottageBroome CottageBrown CottageChurch CottageClare CottageCornerwaysCourt CottageDane CottageDays CottageDerringstone Hill FarmhouseDerringstone Hill HouseDerringstone ManorDuniston CourtEgerton HouseFarm CottageFarm Cottages, Barham CourtFootbridge at FordFord CottageFriends CottageHeaselandsIvy HouseJock's LodgeK6 Telephone KioskOld Well House Rose CottageRailway CottagesRiverside Riverside CottageSleepers Cottage and Dering CottageSydney HouseThe Garden Wall of Barham Court and Anne CourtThe Little ManorThe Old BakehouseThe Old Dairy HouseThe Old FarmhouseThe Old HouseThe Red HouseTheberton HouseYew Tree Cottage4, Derringstone Green
Conservation areas
4 conservation areas cover 64% of Barham
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Barham 199124 ha
Derringstone 199111 ha
Elham Valley Railway 19951 ha
Broome Park 19871 ha
36 hain conservation areas, of 57 ha inside the built-up area.
The first, Broome Park, was designated in 1987; the newest, Elham Valley Railway, in 1995. 45 of the 45 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 Barham’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1980
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1980 · 291967 · 11
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 2 entries were listed in 1952. 29 came in 1980, 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.
Homes by age
30% of Barham’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
28%
Before 1900
3%
1900–18
6.4%
1919–29
12%
1930s
5.5%
1945–54
16%
1955–64
8.8%
1965–72
11%
1973–82
4.9%
1983–92
0.3%
1993–99
3.6%
2000–08
0%
2009–15
0.9%
2016–25
BarhamEngland & Wales
28% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1955–64, which added 16% 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 (1 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Barham
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barham | 786 | 45 | 1 | — |
| Aylesham | 5,788 | 0 | 0 | D− |
| Bridge | 1,539 | 41 | 0 | A |
| Sibertswold | 1,619 | 9 | 0 | B |
| Eythorne | 1,487 | 23 | 0 | B |
| Littlebourne | 1,596 | 51 | 2 | A |
| Wingham | 1,313 | 75 | 2 | A+ |
| Lyminge | 1,918 | 12 | 1 | B+ |
In brief
Barham in brief
More of Barham’s homes are old than in most places: 30% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 45 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. Its older streets lie in 4 conservation areas, the first designated in 1987.
Most entries on the list, 76%, are houses, terraces and villas. The big year was 1980, when 29 of the 45 went on the list. Beyond that, Sir Thomas Thompson, 1st Baronet (1766) was born here before 1900; and it also has a scheduled monument.
Questions about Barham’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Barham?
Historic England lists 45 buildings inside Barham’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 43 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Barham?
One: Church of St John the Baptist.
Are there scheduled monuments in Barham?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Barrow field on Breach Down, Derringstone.
How many conservation areas are there in Barham?
4, covering about 36 hectares of the town. The largest are Barham and Derringstone.
When were Barham’s buildings listed?
The first in 1952; the most, 29, in 1980.
How old are the homes in Barham?
30% of homes were built before 1919 and 48% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Barham 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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