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History of Chartway Street · Historic England

Old homes in Chartway Street: 44% built before 1919

Against 15% in the typical town, Chartway Street has 3 times the share. Historic England lists 14 buildings inside Chartway Street’s built-up area, 366 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument.

Listed buildings
14
366 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
44%
typical UK town 15%
The map

Where Chartway Street’s history is

Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.

Medieval moated site, East Sutton, scheduled monumentChurch of St Peter and St Paul, Grade I
Grade IScheduled monument

Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.

14 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*13 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 Chartway Street

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

13 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 13 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
How the list grew

More than half of Chartway Street’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1985

The year each building now on the list was first listed.

1985 · 13
19501960197019801990200020102020

The first 1 entry was listed in 1968, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 13 came in 1985, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. 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.

Homes by age

44% of Chartway Street’s homes were built before 1919

Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).

43%
Before 1900
1.4%
1900–18
4.1%
1919–29
6.1%
1930s
6.1%
1945–54
8.8%
1955–64
10%
1965–72
1.4%
1973–82
6.1%
1983–92
2.7%
1993–99
4.1%
2000–08
0%
2009–15
6.1%
2016–25
Chartway StreetEngland & Wales

43% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1965–72, which added 10% 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 (6 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.

Neighbours

Listed buildings in the places around Chartway Street

TownPeopleListedGrade IHistory
Chartway Street383141—
Sutton Valence1,457600A
Kingswood1,37100D
Headcorn3,293401B+
Lenham and Harrietsham4,763904A−
Bearsted8,349601B−
Staplehurst6,181591B+
Coxheath8,453790B+
In brief

Chartway Street in brief

More of Chartway Street’s homes are old than in most places: 44% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 14 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1985: 13 of 14. The rest is about typical: it also has a scheduled monument.

Questions about Chartway Street’s history

How many listed buildings are there in Chartway Street?

Historic England lists 14 buildings inside Chartway Street’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 13 Grade II.

What are the Grade I listed buildings in Chartway Street?

One: Church of St Peter and St Paul.

Are there scheduled monuments in Chartway Street?

Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Medieval moated site, East Sutton.

When were Chartway Street’s buildings listed?

The first in 1968; the most, 13, in 1985.

How old are the homes in Chartway Street?

44% of homes were built before 1919 and 54% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).

Chartway Street has no History Grade.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The National Heritage List for England is the official, up-to-date register of all nationally protected historic buildings and sites in England; check an entry on Historic England’s website before relying on it.

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. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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