IChurch · listed 1959St Augustine's ChurchOn the list as Church of St AugustinePhoto: Edgepedia · CC BY-SA 3.0
Church of St Augustine · Photo: Edgepedia · CC BY-SA 3.0–Not graded
History of Brookland · Historic England
20 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Brookland’s built-up area, 418 for every 10,000 residents. Of the listed buildings in Brookland, 18 are Grade II. 37% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
20
418 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
2
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
37%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Brookland
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 Brookland’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.
20 listed buildings by grade
2 Grade I0 Grade II*18 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 2 Grade I listed buildings in Brookland
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.
IChurch · listed 1959Detached Belfry Circa 1 Yard North of Church of St AugustinePhoto: Edgepedia · CC BY-SA 3.0
What’s protected
Most of Brookland’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas10
Churches, chapels & priories5
Walls, gates & bridges3
Public & civic buildings1
Inns, shops & warehouses1
10 entries (50%) are houses, terraces and villas. 5 are churches, chapels and priories, including 2 of the 2 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
18 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 18 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Boxted Lodge, Garden Walls and GatesBrookland Antiques S Coleman and SonsBrookland HouseBrookland StoresCurved Garden Wall, Railings and Gates Circa 18 Yards West North West of Boxted LodgeCurved Garden Wall, Railings and Gates Circa 18 Yards West South West of Boxted LodgeHamilton HouseHouse Circa 1 Yard East of Brookland StoresK6 Telephone Kiosk Outside St Augustine's ChurchMulberry HousePear Tree HouseRailed Table Tomb Circa 7 Yards South of Chancel of Church of St AugustineTable Tomb to Henry Read Circa 5 Yards South East of South Aisle of Church of St AugustineThe Manor HouseThe Old GranaryThe Old School HouseThe Royal Oak InnWilson House
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 26% of Brookland
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Brookland 19736 ha
6 hain conservation areas, of 24 ha inside the built-up area.
18 of the 20 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 Brookland’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1985
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1985 · 111959 · 8
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The first 8 entries were listed in 1959, 2 of the 2 Grade I buildings among them. 11 came in 1985, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
37% of Brookland’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
34%
Before 1900
5.7%
1900–18
2.1%
1919–29
3.6%
1930s
17%
1945–54
2.1%
1955–64
3.6%
1965–72
9.3%
1973–82
5.7%
1983–92
5.7%
1993–99
3.6%
2000–08
2.1%
2009–15
5.7%
2016–25
BrooklandEngland & Wales
34% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1945–54, which added 17% 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 (3 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Brookland
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brookland | 478 | 20 | 2 | — |
| Camber | 1,132 | 1 | 0 | D |
| Lydd | 3,911 | 53 | 1 | A− |
| Hamstreet | 1,738 | 10 | 0 | B− |
| New Romney | 3,870 | 59 | 1 | B+ |
| Rye | 4,888 | 303 | 4 | A+ |
| Woodchurch | 1,201 | 34 | 1 | A |
| Littlestone-on-Sea | 5,271 | 4 | 0 | D |
In brief
Brookland in brief
Old houses are part of Brookland’s character: 37% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 20 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade I. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1973. Of the whole list, 50% are houses, terraces and villas. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1985: 11 of 20.
Questions about Brookland’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Brookland?
Historic England lists 20 buildings inside Brookland’s built-up area: 2 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 18 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Brookland?
2, including Church of St Augustine and Detached Belfry Circa 1 Yard North of Church of St Augustine.
How many conservation areas are there in Brookland?
1, covering about 6 hectares of the town. The largest is Brookland.
When were Brookland’s buildings listed?
The first in 1959; the most, 11, in 1985.
How old are the homes in Brookland?
37% of homes were built before 1919 and 42% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Brookland 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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