IPublic · listed 1967Barn to South East of Palace FarmhousePhoto: Poliphilo · CC0
Barn to South East of Palace Farmhouse · Photo: Poliphilo · CC0AHistory Grade
History of Charing · Historic England
70 listed buildings, 5 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Charing’s built-up area, 323 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. 25% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 10 of its listed buildings. Charing grades A for history.
Listed buildings
70
323 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
5
exceptional interest
Grade II*
6
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
25%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Charing in 10 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Church of St Peter and St PaulGrade I listed
Palace Cottages and the Remains of the Gatehouse AdjoiningGrade I listed
Palace FarmhouseGrade I listed
Ludwell HouseGrade II* listed
Peirce HouseGrade II* listed+5See 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 Charing’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IGrade II*Scheduled monument400 m from Barn to South East of Palace Farmhouse
5 of 5Grade I buildings stand within 400 m of Barn to South East of Palace Farmhouse, a five-minute walk. So do 64 of the 70 listed buildings.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
70 listed buildings by grade
5 Grade I6 Grade II*59 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 5 Grade I listed buildings in Charing
Buildings of exceptional interest, about 2.5% of all listed buildings; 5 of these stand within 400 m of Barn to South East of Palace Farmhouse. 4 are photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
IChurch · listed 1967Church of St Peter and St PaulPhoto: Oast House Archive · CC BY-SA 2.0
IWalls & gates · listed 1967Palace Cottages and the Remains of the Gatehouse AdjoiningPhoto: Oast House Archive · CC BY-SA 2.0
IPublic · listed 1967Palace FarmhousePhoto: Poliphilo · CC0
Public · listed 1967Outhouse to West of Palace Farmhouse
Grade II*
The 6 Grade II* listed buildings in Charing
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*House · listed 1952Ludwell HousePhoto: N Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*House · listed 1952Peirce HousePhoto: N Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*House · listed 1952Sherborne HousePhoto: N Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*House · listed 1952The Old HousePhoto: N Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*House · listed 1967The Old Vicarage Vicarage CottagePhoto: Oast House Archive · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*House · listed 1952Wakeley HousePhoto: N Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0
What’s protected
Most of Charing’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas60
Public & civic buildings6
Walls, gates & bridges3
Churches, chapels & priories1
60 entries (86%) are houses, terraces and villas. 1 are churches, chapels and priories, including 1 of the 5 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
59 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 59 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Broadway CottagesBroadway HouseCharing CourtCharing WindmillChesnut House Tea RoomsEliza CottagesElizabethan CourtForge HouseFormer Stable to Rear of Nos 27 and 29 (Sherborne House)Gazebo to Rear of Ludwell HouseKings House and Beckett HouseLedbury HouseLion FieldMounting Block Opposite Entrance to Pett LaneNew House CottagesNo 59 and Garden Wall to Ludwell HouseNorth End CottageOld School HousePeckwater HouseRaywood FarmhouseRemains of the Boundary Walls of the Archbishop's PalaceRidgemountRomney HouseRose VillaStable to the North West of Ledbury HouseTanner's LodgeThe FirsThe GazeboThe Moat HouseThe White HouseWakeley VillasWheler HouseWillow Cottage1 and 2, Market Place1 and 3, High Street10 and 12, High Street11 and 13, High Street14 and 16, High Street18 and 18A, Ashford Road2 and 4, High Street20 and 22, High Street21,23 and 25, High Street24, High Street29-35 Station Road3, Market Place30 and 32, High Street38-42, High Street39-43, High Street4 and 5, Market Place44-48, High Street45, High Street47, High Street5 High Street50, High Street52 and 54, High Street56, High Street6 and 8, High Street61, High Street9, High Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 100% of Charing
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 HE111 ha
111 hain conservation areas, of 111 ha inside the built-up area.
70 of the 70 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
32 of Charing’s 70 listed buildings were added in 1967
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1967 · 321980 · 29
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 5 entries were listed in 1952. 32 came in 1967. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
Monuments & landscapes
Monuments, parks and gardens
Designations that overlap the town by a tenth of their area or half a hectare.
1 scheduled monument
Nationally important archaeological sites and monuments, protected by law; work on them needs consent from the Secretary of State, advised by Historic England.
History Grade
Charing 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 (88 points, 406 per 10,000 residents)More than 90% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (25%)More than 74% 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
25% of Charing’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
24%
Before 1900
1.5%
1900–18
4%
1919–29
4.6%
1930s
11%
1945–54
5.6%
1955–64
7.9%
1965–72
6.9%
1973–82
9.7%
1983–92
5%
1993–99
6%
2000–08
7.3%
2009–15
6.7%
2016–25
CharingEngland & Wales
24% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1945–54, which added 11% 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 (15 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Towns its size
Charing has the 8th most Grade I buildings of 1,428 towns its size
Places of 1,000–3,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Charing5
#116 of 1,428for listed buildings per resident (323 per 10,000). Burford, Painswick and Chipping Campden lead.
Only Cromford, St Davids, Thaxted, Great Haywood, Appleby-in-Westmorland, Clare and Repton have more. Charing is level with Chipping Campden and Tisbury. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Charing
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charing | 2,170 | 70 | 5 | A |
| Challock | 1,089 | 13 | 0 | B |
| Lenham and Harrietsham | 4,763 | 90 | 4 | A− |
| Ashford | 82,143 | 226 | 2 | B |
| Bethersden | 1,008 | 38 | 1 | A |
| Wye | 2,064 | 94 | 3 | A |
| Kingswood | 1,371 | 0 | 0 | D |
| Shadoxhurst | 1,009 | 19 | 0 | B− |
In brief
Charing in brief
More of Charing’s homes are old than in most places: 25% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 70 listed buildings, 5 of them Grade I. For its size, it has more listed heritage than 90% of UK towns. Barn to South East of Palace Farmhouse sits at the heart of it all, with 5 of the town’s Grade I buildings within 400 m.
Only 7 of the 1,428 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. High Street alone has 21 listed buildings. A conservation area protects part of it. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: it also has a scheduled monument.
Questions about Charing’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Charing?
Historic England lists 70 buildings inside Charing’s built-up area: 5 Grade I, 6 Grade II* and 59 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Charing?
5, including Barn to South East of Palace Farmhouse, Church of St Peter and St Paul, Outhouse to West of Palace Farmhouse, Palace Cottages and the Remains of the Gatehouse Adjoining and Palace Farmhouse.
Are there scheduled monuments in Charing?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including The archbishop's palace.
How many conservation areas are there in Charing?
1, covering about 111 hectares of the town. The largest is No data available for publication by HE.
When were Charing’s buildings listed?
The first in 1952; the most, 32, in 1967.
How old are the homes in Charing?
25% of homes were built before 1919 and 33% 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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