IChurch · listed 1967Church of St MargaretPhoto: John Salmon · CC BY-SA 2.0
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History of Bethersden · Historic England
38 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Bethersden’s built-up area, 377 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 37 of Bethersden’s listed buildings. 32% of its homes were built before 1919. Bethersden grades A for history.
Listed buildings
38
377 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
32%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Bethersden
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 Bethersden’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.
38 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*37 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 Bethersden
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 Bethersden’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas26
Inns, shops & warehouses5
Public & civic buildings3
Churches, chapels & priories2
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
Street furniture1
26 entries (68%) are houses, terraces and villas. 2 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
37 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 37 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Beacon HouseBean PlaceBethersden Post Office and Village ViewBethersden War MemorialBox Cottage Rose CottageChurch CottageCourt LodgeCudhill Fleur Cottage Prospect CottagesElizabeth HouseForge Corner Stores the LaurelsForge DeneHaffendensJasmine HouseJohns CottagesK6 Telephone Kiosk Outside the StoreLaurel CottageLovelace FarmhouseLuton HouseMelville HouseMill FarmhouseNewtownOasthouse to South West of Lovelace Farmhouse, And 'the Oast House'Oasthouse to South of Thorne FarmhouseRenfrewRose CourtStreet CottageSunnysideThe Bull InnThe George Public HouseThe Stables of the Bull InnThorne FarmhouseTotneyWeatherboarded Barn to South West of Thorne FarmhouseWest View LaburnamWhistonWinifreds Cottage, 2 and 3 Mill Road4-8, Batemans Corner
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 100% of Bethersden
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 HE55 ha
55 hain conservation areas, of 55 ha inside the built-up area.
38 of the 38 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 Bethersden’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1980
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1980 · 221967 · 14
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The first 14 entries were listed in 1967, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 22 came in 1980, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Bethersden 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 (40 points, 397 per 10,000 residents)More than 82% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (32%)More than 87% 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
32% of Bethersden’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
30%
Before 1900
1.2%
1900–18
3.7%
1919–29
3.7%
1930s
9.9%
1945–54
9.9%
1955–64
7.4%
1965–72
2.5%
1973–82
4.9%
1983–92
4.9%
1993–99
2.5%
2000–08
7.4%
2009–15
12%
2016–25
BethersdenEngland & Wales
30% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 2016–25, which added 12% 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 (12 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Towns its size
Bethersden has the 87th most Grade I buildings of 2,128 towns its size
Places of 1,000–2,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Bethersden1
#269 of 2,128for listed buildings per resident (377 per 10,000). Aberaeron, Beaumaris and Burford lead.
86 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Bethersden
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bethersden | 1,008 | 38 | 1 | A |
| Shadoxhurst | 1,009 | 19 | 0 | B− |
| Woodchurch | 1,201 | 34 | 1 | A |
| Tenterden | 7,775 | 151 | 1 | A |
| Biddenden | 1,345 | 40 | 3 | A− |
| Ashford | 82,143 | 226 | 2 | B |
| Charing | 2,170 | 70 | 5 | A |
| Finberry | 1,571 | 0 | 0 | D− |
In brief
Bethersden in brief
Old houses are part of Bethersden’s character: 32% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 38 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. For its size, it has more listed heritage than 82% of UK towns. Only 86 of the 2,128 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings.
A conservation area protects part of it. Most entries on the list, 68%, are houses, terraces and villas. The big year was 1980, when 22 of the 38 went on the list.
Questions about Bethersden’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Bethersden?
Historic England lists 38 buildings inside Bethersden’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 37 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Bethersden?
One: Church of St Margaret.
How many conservation areas are there in Bethersden?
1, covering about 55 hectares of the town. The largest is No data available for publication by HE.
When were Bethersden’s buildings listed?
The first in 1967; the most, 22, in 1980.
How old are the homes in Bethersden?
32% of homes were built before 1919 and 40% 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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