II*Church · listed 1967Church of Saint MaryPhoto: Arthur Hussey · Public domain
Photo: Prioryman · CC BY-SA 4.0–Not graded
History of East Farleigh · Historic England
26 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade II*
Historic England counts them inside East Farleigh’s built-up area, 1,262 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. 42% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
26
1,262 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
42%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of East Farleigh
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 East Farleigh’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.
26 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I1 Grade II*25 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 Grade II* listed building in East Farleigh
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
What’s protected
The largest group of East Farleigh’s listed buildings is homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas12
Churches, chapels & priories10
Public & civic buildings3
Walls, gates & bridges1
12 entries (46%) are houses, terraces and villas. 10 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
25 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 25 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Adelaide CottageBeckets PlaceBridge HouseChurch HallCottage About 1.5 Metres North of OaklandsEast Farleigh HouseEast Farleigh StationFormer East Farleigh WaterworksHalf Yoke HouseLittle Adelaide FarmhouseMonument About 1.5 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St MaryMonument About 3 Metres South East of South Porch of Church of St MaryMonument About 4 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St MaryMonument to Elizabeth Kennard Adjoining East End of South Chapel of Church of St MaryMonument to Mary Mercer About 4 Metres East of Chancel to Church of St MaryMonument to Peter Cooke About 6 Metres East of South Chapel of Church of St MaryMonument to Sarah Brewer About 21 Metres East of South Chapel of Church of St MaryMonument to Thomas Comber About 2 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St MaryMonument to Tolhurst About 2 Metres South of Church of St MaryOaklandsOast House About 30 Metres North of Beckets PlaceSchool HouseThatchersThe LimesThe Old Vicarage
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 12% of East Farleigh
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
East Farleigh Lower Road 19775 ha
5 hain conservation areas, of 41 ha inside the built-up area.
20 of the 26 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 East Farleigh’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1987
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1987 · 17
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 2 entries were listed in 1952. 17 came in 1987, 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
42% of East Farleigh’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
38%
Before 1900
3.1%
1900–18
3.1%
1919–29
6.3%
1930s
3.1%
1945–54
6.3%
1955–64
11%
1965–72
9.4%
1973–82
8.3%
1983–92
3.1%
1993–99
3.1%
2000–08
2.1%
2009–15
3.1%
2016–25
East FarleighEngland & Wales
38% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1965–72, 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 (2 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around East Farleigh
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Farleigh | 206 | 26 | 0 | — |
| Coxheath | 8,453 | 79 | 0 | B+ |
| Maidstone | 109,503 | 374 | 8 | B+ |
| Wateringbury | 2,248 | 49 | 3 | A |
| Yalding | 1,549 | 66 | 1 | A |
| Kings Hill | 9,963 | 10 | 0 | D |
| Larkfield | 26,147 | 87 | 4 | B− |
| Bearsted | 8,349 | 60 | 1 | B− |
In brief
East Farleigh in brief
Old houses are part of East Farleigh’s character: 42% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 26 listed buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1977. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1987: 17 of 26. Beyond that, it also has a scheduled monument.
Questions about East Farleigh’s history
How many listed buildings are there in East Farleigh?
Historic England lists 26 buildings inside East Farleigh’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 25 Grade II.
Are there scheduled monuments in East Farleigh?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including East Farleigh Bridge, over the Medway.
How many conservation areas are there in East Farleigh?
1, covering about 5 hectares of the town. The largest is East Farleigh Lower Road.
When were East Farleigh’s buildings listed?
The first in 1952; the most, 17, in 1987.
How old are the homes in East Farleigh?
42% of homes were built before 1919 and 52% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
East Farleigh 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 · Historic England conservation areas (supplied by local planning authorities; October 2026). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.