IChurch · listed 1968St Martin of Tours ChurchOn the list as Church of St Martin of ToursPhoto: Oast House Archive · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Oast House Archive · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Detling · Historic England
17 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Detling’s built-up area, 231 for every 10,000 residents. Of the listed buildings in Detling, 16 are Grade II. 21% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
17
231 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
21%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Detling
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 Detling’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.
17 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*16 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 Detling
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
16 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 16 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
CaresendCoopers CottageDovecot in Garden of Medway HouseGateway and Garden Wall of East Court, With Mounting Block AttachedHeadstone to Parkers, 1 Yard East of South Porch of Church of St Marting of ToursHolly CottageK6 Telephone KioskTable Tomb Circa 12 Yards South of Church of St Martin of ToursThe Cock Horse Public House and Cottage Adjoining to North WestThe CottageThe HomesteadVine HouseWell CottageWest Court26, The Street42 and 44, The Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 23% of Detling
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Detling 19708 ha
8 hain conservation areas, of 36 ha inside the built-up area.
17 of the 17 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 Detling’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1984
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1984 · 101968 · 6
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The first 6 entries were listed in 1968, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 10 came in 1984, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Detling
In brief
Detling in brief
Detling has 17 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1970. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1984: 10 of 17. Beyond that, 21% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Detling’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Detling?
Historic England lists 17 buildings inside Detling’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 16 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Detling?
One: Church of St Martin of Tours.
How many conservation areas are there in Detling?
1, covering about 8 hectares of the town. The largest is Detling.
When were Detling’s buildings listed?
The first in 1968; the most, 10, in 1984.
How old are the homes in Detling?
21% of homes were built before 1919 and 34% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Detling 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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