II*House · listed 1967Balcombe FarmhousePhoto: N Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0
Balcombe Farmhouse · Photo: N Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Frittenden · Historic England
Old homes in Frittenden: 47% built before 1919
Against 15% in the typical town, Frittenden has 3 times the share. Historic England lists 26 buildings inside Frittenden’s built-up area, 992 for every 10,000 residents.
Listed buildings
26
992 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
47%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Frittenden
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 Frittenden’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade II*
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
26 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I2 Grade II*24 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 Frittenden
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
II*Church · listed 1967Church of St MaryPhoto: John Salmon · CC BY-SA 2.0
What’s protected
Most of Frittenden’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas14
Churches, chapels & priories6
Walls, gates & bridges4
Inns, shops & warehouses1
Public & civic buildings1
14 entries (54%) are houses, terraces and villas. 6 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
24 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 24 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Bell and Jorrocks Public HouseCharity CottagesChurch CottageCorner FarmhouseForge HouseFrittenden SchoolFrittenden Stores Manchester HouseGatehouseLychgate and Quadrant Walls, About 40 Metres South Off Church of St MaryManor FarmhouseMonument to Reverend Edward Moore, About 25 Metres South of Church of St MaryOasthouse About 25 Metres North of Weaver's DenOasthouse and Barn About 15 Metres South of Manor FarmhouseProvidence Chapel and HouseStreet Farm Cottage Street FarmhouseSundial About 30 Metres South of Church of St MaryThe MitchellsThree Chest Tombs About 1 to 6 Metres East of Church of St MaryTownsend CottagesWall and Outhouse Attached to Well HouseWall and outhouse attached to Church CottageWeaver's DenWell HouseWell and Housing About 10 Metres East of Well House
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 100% of Frittenden
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 HE36 ha
36 hain conservation areas, of 36 ha inside the built-up area.
26 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 Frittenden’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1989
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1989 · 20
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The first 4 entries were listed in 1967. 20 came in 1989, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
47% of Frittenden’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
45%
Before 1900
2.7%
1900–18
5.4%
1919–29
0.9%
1930s
1.8%
1945–54
7.1%
1955–64
13%
1965–72
2.7%
1973–82
1.8%
1983–92
2.7%
1993–99
1.8%
2000–08
1.8%
2009–15
13%
2016–25
FrittendenEngland & Wales
45% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1965–72, which added 13% 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 Frittenden
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frittenden | 262 | 26 | 0 | — |
| Biddenden | 1,345 | 40 | 3 | A− |
| Headcorn | 3,293 | 40 | 1 | B+ |
| Staplehurst | 6,181 | 59 | 1 | B+ |
| Cranbrook | 3,962 | 178 | 3 | A+ |
| Marden | 3,489 | 45 | 1 | A− |
| Benenden | 1,409 | 56 | 0 | A+ |
| Sutton Valence | 1,457 | 60 | 0 | A |
In brief
Frittenden in brief
Old houses are part of Frittenden’s character: 47% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 26 listed buildings. A conservation area protects part of it.
Of the whole list, 54% are houses, terraces and villas. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1989: 20 of 26. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: Arthur Moore (1847) was born here before 1900.
Questions about Frittenden’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Frittenden?
Historic England lists 26 buildings inside Frittenden’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 24 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Frittenden?
1, covering about 36 hectares of the town. The largest is No data available for publication by HE.
When were Frittenden’s buildings listed?
The first in 1967; the most, 20, in 1989.
How old are the homes in Frittenden?
47% of homes were built before 1919 and 53% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Frittenden 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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