II*House · listed 1952Great CompPhoto: Marathon · CC BY-SA 2.0
Great Comp · Photo: Marathon · CC BY-SA 2.0BHistory Grade
History of Borough Green · Historic England
33 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade II*
Historic England counts them inside Borough Green’s built-up area, 70 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 32 of Borough Green’s listed buildings. We have photos of 4 of its listed buildings. 17% of its homes were built before 1919. Borough Green grades B for history: #45 of 87 in Kent.
Listed buildings
33
70 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
17%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Borough Green
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Church of St MaryGrade II listed
Red Lion Public HouseGrade II listed
Platt OastGrade II listed+1See 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 Borough Green’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade II*
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
33 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I1 Grade II*32 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 II*
The Grade II* listed building in Borough Green
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
What’s protected
Most of Borough Green’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas31
Churches, chapels & priories1
Inns, shops & warehouses1
31 entries (94%) are houses, terraces and villas. 1 are churches, chapels and priories.
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
32 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 32 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Barn 13 metres to the south of Oak BeamsCaptain's WalkChurch of St MaryCobblestones the Homestead the Red CottageCricketts FarmhouseDalesFarm Building 30 Yards North East of Pigeon's Green FarmhouseFarm Building 30 Yards to West of Pigeon's Green FarmhouseFir Tree CottagesForge CottageFourways HouseFourways HouseGlebe HouseHolmesHunts FarmhouseKelvin Laurelcott Little LaurelcottKnole CottageNumber 3 Including the Former Apple StoreOak BeamsOak Cottage Oakley Cottage Tudor CottagePatchwaysPigeon's Green FarmhousePlatt FarmhousePlatt OastRed Lion Public HouseRose CottageStone CottageThe HopfieldThe Old Manor HouseTwo Barns with Attached Outbuildings at Borough Green House35-39, Sevenoaks Road89, Station Road
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 4.8% of Borough Green
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Platt 19759 ha
9 hain conservation areas, of 194 ha inside the built-up area.
16 of the 33 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 Borough Green’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1984
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1984 · 201952 · 6
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The first 6 entries were listed in 1952. 20 came in 1984, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Borough Green 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 (34 points, 72 per 10,000 residents)More than 64% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (17%)More than 51% 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.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Borough Green
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borough Green | 4,712 | 33 | 0 | B |
| Ightham | 2,037 | 47 | 1 | A |
| Wrotham | 1,961 | 52 | 1 | A |
| Plaxtol | 1,137 | 38 | 0 | A+ |
| Vigo Village | 2,005 | 0 | 0 | D− |
| Culverstone Green | 2,038 | 2 | 0 | D |
| Seal | 1,616 | 37 | 1 | A− |
| West Malling | 4,251 | 168 | 7 | A |
In brief
Borough Green in brief
The official list counts 33 listed buildings in Borough Green, including Great Comp. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1975. Of the whole list, 94% are houses, terraces and villas. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1984: 20 of 33. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building; per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and Catherine Crowe (1790) was born here before 1900.
Questions about Borough Green’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Borough Green?
Historic England lists 33 buildings inside Borough Green’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 32 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Borough Green?
1, covering about 9 hectares of the town. The largest is Platt.
When were Borough Green’s buildings listed?
The first in 1952; the most, 20, in 1984.
How old are the homes in Borough Green?
17% of homes were built before 1919 and 24% 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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