IChurch · listed 1967Church of St Peter and St PaulPhoto: Richard Dorrell · CC BY-SA 2.0
Borden Hall · Photo: Stefan Czapski · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Borden · Historic England
16 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Borden’s built-up area, 303 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 14 of Borden’s listed buildings. 15% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
16
303 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
15%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Borden
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 Borden’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IGrade II*
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
16 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I1 Grade II*14 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 Borden
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 Borden
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*Public · listed 1952Borden HallPhoto: Stefan Czapski · CC BY-SA 2.0
Grade II
14 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 14 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Conservation areas
2 conservation areas cover 19% of Borden
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
The Street, Borden 19715 ha
Harman's Corner, Borden 19712 ha
7 hain conservation areas, of 34 ha inside the built-up area.
The first, The Street, Borden and Harman's Corner, Borden, were designated in 1971; the newest, Harman's Corner, Borden, in 1971. 14 of the 16 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
8 of Borden’s 16 listed buildings were added in 1984
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1984 · 81967 · 6
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 2 entries were listed in 1952. 8 came in 1984, 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 Borden
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borden | 528 | 16 | 1 | — |
| Sittingbourne | 54,385 | 124 | 5 | B |
| Newington | 2,691 | 17 | 1 | B |
| Iwade | 4,533 | 4 | 1 | D |
| Lower Halstow | 1,210 | 4 | 0 | C |
| Upchurch | 1,727 | 2 | 1 | C |
| Teynham | 3,128 | 28 | 0 | B+ |
| Queenborough | 3,915 | 23 | 0 | B+ |
In brief
Borden in brief
Borden has 16 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. Its older streets lie in 2 conservation areas, the first designated in 1971. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: Violet McNaughton (1879) was born here before 1900; and 15% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Borden’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Borden?
Historic England lists 16 buildings inside Borden’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 14 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Borden?
One: Church of St Peter and St Paul.
How many conservation areas are there in Borden?
2, covering about 7 hectares of the town. The largest are The Street, Borden and Harman's Corner, Borden.
When were Borden’s buildings listed?
The first in 1952; the most, 8, in 1984.
How old are the homes in Borden?
15% of homes were built before 1919 and 32% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Borden 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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