IChurch · listed 1954Parish Church of All SaintsPhoto: Poliphilo · CC0
Parish Church of All Saints · Photo: Poliphilo · CC0–Not graded
History of Brenchley · Historic England
Old homes in Brenchley: 51% built before 1919
Against 15% in the typical town, Brenchley has 3 times the share. Historic England lists 66 buildings inside Brenchley’s built-up area, 1,560 for every 10,000 residents. We have photos of 6 of its listed buildings.
Listed buildings
66
1,560 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
5
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
51%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Brenchley in 6 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
StudmoreGrade II* listed
Terry's Town Farm Cottage Town FarmhouseGrade II* listed
The Old PalaceGrade II* listed
The Old VicarageGrade II* listed
The Old WorkhouseGrade 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 Brenchley’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.
66 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I5 Grade II*60 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 Brenchley
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 5 Grade II* listed buildings in Brenchley
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*House · listed 1954StudmorePhoto: Oast House Archive · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*House · listed 1954Terry's Town Farm Cottage Town FarmhousePhoto: N Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Public · listed 1954The Old PalacePhoto: N Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*House · listed 1954The Old VicaragePhoto: N Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*House · listed 1954The Old WorkhousePhoto: N Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0
What’s protected
The largest group of Brenchley’s listed buildings is churches and chapels
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Churches, chapels & priories27
Houses, terraces & villas23
Inns, shops & warehouses6
Walls, gates & bridges5
Public & civic buildings2
Memorials, crosses & tombs2
Street furniture1
23 entries (35%) are houses, terraces and villas. 27 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
60 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 60 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Barn About 20 Metres East of PortobelloBarn Immediately South West of Chill MillBeals CottagesBournes Shop and House Adjoining at the WestBrattles GrangeChest Tomb About 1 Metre East of the Chancel of the Church of All SaintsChill MillChurch HouseEdward Down Headstone About 13 Metres South of the South Transept of the Church of All SaintsElizabeth Fuggle Headstone About 9 Metres South West of the Tower of the Church of All SaintsFielder Chest Tomb and Railings About 5 Metres North of the North Transept of the Church of All SaintsFormer Rose and Crown Public HouseFrancis Bully Headstone About 4 Metres South East of the South Transept of the Church of All SaintsFrith and Osborne Chest Tombs About 7 Metres East of the North Transept of the Church of All SaintsGarden Walls and Railings West and South of Portobello Including Pedestrian Gate and Piers to Carriage GateHill HouseHooker Memorial Immediately West of the North Transept of the Church of All SaintsJohn Boulds Headstone About 4 Metres South of the Tower of the Church of All SaintsJohn Hanbury Headstone About 23 Metres North West of the Tower of the Church of All SaintsJohn Mileiss Headstone About 13 Metres South of the South Aisle of the Church of All SaintsJonathan Monckton Chest Tomb About 4 Metres South of the Priests' Door in the South Wall of the Chancel Fo the Church of All SaintsLittle Broad Oak Including Railings and Gate to Garden to the West and Brick Walls to Garden to the EastLittle Portobello Including Garden Railings to the WestLychgate and Churchyard Walls to the Parish Church of All SaintsMainwaring Memorial About 39 Metres South of the South Transept of the Church of All SaintsMarchant Chest Tomb and Railings About 13 Metres North of the Church Porch, West Side of the Path of the Church of All SaintsMarchant Chest Tomb and Railings About 19 Metres North of the Church Porch, West Side of the PathMarket Heath CottageMatthew Diamond Headstone About 11 Metres South West of the West Door of the Church of All SaintsMill CottagePair of Noakes headstones and railings in the south east corner of the churchyard of the Church of All SaintsPair of Prall Headstones About 5 Metres North of the Tower of the Church of All SaintsPark CottagePetteridge PlacePortobelloRichard Wells Headstone Immediately East of the North Transept of the Church of All SaintsRichard Wills Headstone About 14 Metres South of the South Aisle of the Church of All SaintsRow of 5 Diamond Headstones, 6 Footstones and 2 Bodystones About 10 Metres West of the West Door of the Church of All SaintsSouth CottageStephen Monkton Memorial and Railings About 20 Metres South East of the Chancel of the Church of All SaintsStorr Ledger Stone and Railings About 27 Metres South West of the Tower of the Church of All SaintsThe Bull Public HouseThe Cottage South East of Portobello Including Walls to the Garden East of PortobelloThe CrescentThe Drinking FountainThe ViewThe War MemorialThe White HouseThomas Hickmott Headstone About 19 Metres North of the Chancel of the Church of All SaintsThomas Monkton Chest Tomb About 21 Metres South East of the Chancel of the Church of All SaintsTown Farm DairyTown Farm OastWalters FarmhouseWilliam Clark Headstone About 11 Metres South of the Chancel of the Church of All SaintsWilliam Gibbons Headstone About 9 Metres South of the South Aisle of the Church of All Saints2 Chest Tombs About 9 Metres South East of the Porch of the Church of All Saints2 Headstones and 5 Bodystones About 21 Metres South East of the Chancel of the Church of All Saints2 Wimshurst Memorials Immediately East of the North Transept of the Church of All Saints2 Woodgate Headstones About 3 Metres South of the South Transept of the Church of All Saints3 Wimshurst Headstones and 5 Bodystones About 10 Metres South East of the Porch of the Church of All Saints
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 100% of Brenchley
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 HE71 ha
71 hain conservation areas, of 71 ha inside the built-up area.
66 of the 66 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 Brenchley’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1990
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1990 · 501954 · 16
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 16 entries were listed in 1954, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 50 came in 1990, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
51% of Brenchley’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
47%
Before 1900
4%
1900–18
8%
1919–29
4%
1930s
5.1%
1945–54
2.9%
1955–64
9.1%
1965–72
4%
1973–82
6.3%
1983–92
2.9%
1993–99
2.9%
2000–08
0%
2009–15
4%
2016–25
BrenchleyEngland & Wales
47% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1965–72, which added 9.1% 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 (5 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Brenchley
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brenchley | 423 | 66 | 1 | — |
| Horsmonden | 1,580 | 25 | 0 | A− |
| Paddock Wood | 7,616 | 15 | 0 | C− |
| Five Oak Green | 1,436 | 11 | 0 | B+ |
| Pembury | 5,783 | 54 | 1 | B+ |
| Goudhurst | 1,104 | 86 | 1 | A+ |
| Marden | 3,489 | 45 | 1 | A− |
| East Peckham | 2,144 | 27 | 0 | B+ |
In brief
Brenchley in brief
Old houses are part of Brenchley’s character: 51% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 66 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area protects part of it. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1990: 50 of 66. Beyond that, Edward Martin (1814) was born here before 1900.
Questions about Brenchley’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Brenchley?
Historic England lists 66 buildings inside Brenchley’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 5 Grade II* and 60 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Brenchley?
One: Parish Church of All Saints.
How many conservation areas are there in Brenchley?
1, covering about 71 hectares of the town. The largest is No data available for publication by HE.
When were Brenchley’s buildings listed?
The first in 1954; the most, 50, in 1990.
How old are the homes in Brenchley?
51% of homes were built before 1919 and 62% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Brenchley 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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