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History of Eynsford · Historic England
37 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Eynsford’s built-up area, 221 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 2 scheduled monuments. 25% of its homes were built before 1919. Eynsford grades A for history.
Listed buildings
37
221 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
2
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
25%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Eynsford
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 Eynsford’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IScheduled monument
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
37 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*36 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 Eynsford
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.
What’s protected
Most of Eynsford’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas26
Inns, shops & warehouses3
Walls, gates & bridges3
Public & civic buildings2
Memorials, crosses & tombs2
Churches, chapels & priories1
26 entries (70%) are houses, terraces and villas. 1 are churches, chapels and priories, including 1 of the 1 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
36 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 36 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Avenue CottageBank CottagesBay Tree CottagesBower CottageBoyneDarenth CottageElectrical Junction Box in front of Stacklands and Fountain CourtElizabeth CottagesElizabeth CottagesEynsford BridgeEynsford Hill and Attached Terrace Walls, Masonry, Steps and GazeboEynsford HouseEynsford War MemorialFord House and Eynsford Post OfficeFountain CottagesGore Tree Cottage and Rowan CottageHome FarmhouseLittle MoteNo 32 (Malt Cottage) and No 34 (The Malt House)Nos 14,16 and 18 (Plough Cottages) and No 22Parsonage HouseRussel Garth Russell CottagesThe CottageThe Mill HouseThe Old MillToll Bar CottageTudor CottageUnderbergVine Cottage and Rose CottageWalls on North East and South West Sides of North West Garden at Little MoteWhitewood CottagesWhitewood CottagesWhitewood Cottages (No 4), The Nook (No 5) and Harvey Elend and Co (No 6)Willow CottageWindmill CottageYew Tree Cottage and Yew Cottage
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 100% of Eynsford
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 HE80 ha
80 hain conservation areas, of 80 ha inside the built-up area.
37 of the 37 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
16 of Eynsford’s 37 listed buildings were added in 1982
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1982 · 161967 · 91952 · 5
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 5 entries were listed in 1952. 16 came in 1982, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 2 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
Eynsford 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 (43 points, 257 per 10,000 residents)More than 80% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (25%)More than 73% 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 Eynsford’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
21%
Before 1900
3.5%
1900–18
2.4%
1919–29
11%
1930s
13%
1945–54
20%
1955–64
3.5%
1965–72
4.7%
1973–82
12%
1983–92
2.4%
1993–99
4.7%
2000–08
1.2%
2009–15
1.2%
2016–25
EynsfordEngland & Wales
21% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1955–64, which added 20% 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 (9 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Towns its size
Eynsford has the 86th most Grade I buildings of 1,630 towns its size
Places of 1,000–3,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Eynsford1
#282 of 1,630for listed buildings per resident (221 per 10,000). Aberaeron, Beaumaris and Burford lead.
85 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Eynsford
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eynsford | 1,676 | 37 | 1 | A |
| Farningham | 1,279 | 51 | 1 | A+ |
| Horton Kirby | 1,247 | 24 | 0 | A− |
| West Kingsdown | 4,306 | 8 | 0 | C− |
| Crockenhill | 1,569 | 9 | 0 | B |
| Swanley | 17,209 | 3 | 0 | D− |
| South Darenth and Sutton at Hone | 4,091 | 14 | 1 | C+ |
| Hextable | 4,100 | 2 | 0 | D |
In brief
Eynsford in brief
More of Eynsford’s homes are old than in most places: 25% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 37 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. Per resident, it has more listed heritage than 80% of UK towns. Only 85 of the 1,630 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings.
A conservation area protects part of it. Most entries on the list, 70%, are houses, terraces and villas. The rest is about typical: Thomas Whitby (1813) and Henry Stockley (1892) were born here before 1900; and it also has 2 scheduled monuments.
Questions about Eynsford’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Eynsford?
Historic England lists 37 buildings inside Eynsford’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 36 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Eynsford?
One: Church of Saint Martin.
Are there scheduled monuments in Eynsford?
Yes, 2 scheduled monuments, including Eynsford Bridge and Eynsford Castle.
How many conservation areas are there in Eynsford?
1, covering about 80 hectares of the town. The largest is No data available for publication by HE.
When were Eynsford’s buildings listed?
The first in 1952; the most, 16, in 1982.
How old are the homes in Eynsford?
25% of homes were built before 1919 and 38% 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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