II*Church · listed 1959Church of St Peter and St PaulPhoto: John Salmon · CC BY-SA 2.0
Slodden Farmhouse · Photo: David Anstiss · CC BY-SA 2.0B−History Grade
History of Dymchurch · Historic England
22 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade II*
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Dymchurch’s built-up area, 71 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 2 scheduled monuments. 7.9% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 4 of its listed buildings. Dymchurch grades B− for history: #58 of 87 in Kent.
Listed buildings
22
71 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
2
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
7.9%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Dymchurch in 6 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Dymchurch RedoubtScheduled monument
Church of St Peter and St PaulGrade II* listed
Martello tower no 24 at DymchurchScheduled monument
The Ship InnGrade II listed
Bridge Cottage Middle CottageGrade 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 Dymchurch’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade II*Scheduled monument
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
22 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I2 Grade II*20 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 II*
The 2 Grade II* listed buildings in Dymchurch
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 1 is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
Public · listed 1959New HallOn the list as New Hall New Hall Cottage the Expenditors House
What’s protected
Most of Dymchurch’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas16
Churches, chapels & priories2
Walls, gates & bridges1
Street furniture1
Public & civic buildings1
Inns, shops & warehouses1
16 entries (73%) are houses, terraces and villas. 2 are churches, chapels and priories.
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
20 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 20 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Bridge Cottage Middle CottageCedar Dairies Well CottageClissold CottageDormers Restaurant Little Cottage the CottageDr Syn's RestaurantDunkirk End and Herring Hang AttachedDymchurch RectoryK8 Telephone KioskMartello Tower No 23Martello Tower No 24Martello Tower Number 25Old Tree CottageSlodden FarmhouseSundial Circa 2 Yards South of Nave of Church of St Peter and St PaulThe Manor Steak HouseThe Old Manor HouseThe Ship InnTudor CottageWest End Villa30 and 32, Hythe Road
Conservation areas
2 conservation areas cover 3.9% of Dymchurch
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Dymchurch, Church Area 19715 ha
Dymchurch High Street 19711 ha
6 hain conservation areas, of 146 ha inside the built-up area.
The first, Dymchurch, Church Area and Dymchurch High Street, were designated in 1971; the newest, Dymchurch High Street, in 1971. 11 of the 22 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 Dymchurch’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1985
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1985 · 151959 · 6
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 6 entries were listed in 1959. 15 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.
2 scheduled monuments
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
Dymchurch grades B− for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (28 points, 90 per 10,000 residents)More than 64% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (7.9%)More than 18% 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
7.9% of Dymchurch’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
5.8%
Before 1900
2.2%
1900–18
5.6%
1919–29
13%
1930s
8.4%
1945–54
7.9%
1955–64
41%
1965–72
5.1%
1973–82
5.1%
1983–92
2.7%
1993–99
3%
2000–08
0%
2009–15
0.5%
2016–25
DymchurchEngland & Wales
5.8% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1965–72, which added 41% 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 (0 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Dymchurch
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dymchurch | 3,097 | 22 | 0 | B− |
| St Mary's Bay | 2,966 | 0 | 0 | D− |
| Lympne | 1,074 | 1 | 0 | C− |
| New Romney | 3,870 | 59 | 1 | B+ |
| Hythe | 14,613 | 114 | 1 | A− |
| Littlestone-on-Sea | 5,271 | 4 | 0 | D |
| Aldington | 1,280 | 13 | 0 | B |
| Brabourne Lees | 1,479 | 15 | 0 | B+ |
In brief
Dymchurch in brief
Dymchurch has 22 listed buildings, including Dymchurch Redoubt. Its older streets lie in 2 conservation areas, the first designated in 1971. Most entries on the list, 73%, are houses, terraces and villas.
Its homes are mostly newer: 7.9% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. The big year was 1985, when 15 of the 22 went on the list. The rest is about typical: like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building; per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and it also has 2 scheduled monuments.
Questions about Dymchurch’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Dymchurch?
Historic England lists 22 buildings inside Dymchurch’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 20 Grade II.
Are there scheduled monuments in Dymchurch?
Yes, 2 scheduled monuments, including Dymchurch Redoubt and Martello tower no 24 at Dymchurch.
How many conservation areas are there in Dymchurch?
2, covering about 6 hectares of the town. The largest are Dymchurch, Church Area and Dymchurch High Street.
When were Dymchurch’s buildings listed?
The first in 1959; the most, 15, in 1985.
How old are the homes in Dymchurch?
7.9% of homes were built before 1919 and 26% 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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