IChurch · listed 1967St Mary's ChurchOn the list as Church of St MaryPhoto: Poliphilo · CC0
Church of St Mary · Photo: Poliphilo · CC0A+History Grade
History of Goudhurst · Historic England
Goudhurst: 46% of homes built before 1919
The typical town has 15%: Goudhurst has 3 times the share. Historic England lists 86 buildings inside Goudhurst’s built-up area, 779 for every 10,000 residents. Goudhurst grades A+ for history.
Listed buildings
86
779 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
46%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Goudhurst
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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 Goudhurst’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IGrade II*
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
86 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I2 Grade II*83 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 Goudhurst
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*
The 2 Grade II* listed buildings in Goudhurst
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 1 is photographed.
II*House · listed 1989MaypolePhoto: Oast House Archive · CC BY-SA 2.0
Church · listed 1952Church Cottage Church House
What’s protected
Most of Goudhurst’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas54
Churches, chapels & priories14
Inns, shops & warehouses9
Walls, gates & bridges5
Public & civic buildings2
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
Street furniture1
54 entries (63%) are houses, terraces and villas. 14 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
83 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 83 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Bank HouseBarn About 25 Metres North East of LambertsBeechurstBlack Swan HallBlackman's Old CottageBruton House, Burgess Store and Goudhurst Antiques and InteriorsCandleglow CottageChest Tomb About 5 Metres East of Church of St MaryChest Tomb to Daniel West, About 15 Metres South of Church of St MaryClayhillClayhill CottagesCliffe Cottages First Cottage First Cottage and Middle Cottage, Cliffe Cottages Middle CottageCliffe Cottages, 4 North RoadCliffe Cottages, 5 North RoadCoach House/Schoolroom About 20 Metres South East of MaypoleCoachhouse Block About 25 Metres West of LidwellsCottage Attached to Rear of the Old BricklayersEx Servicemen's ClubForge House and Railed ForecourtFormer Lloyds Bank, former Eight Bells Inn and SpywaysFountain HouseGarden Walls to North and North East of MaypoleGlebe House South View South View and Glebe House and Railed ForecourtGoudhurst Butchers, House Attached and Rear CourtyardGoudhurst House and Newsagent's ShopGrange Farm CottageGreenaways Shop and House AttachedGroup of 2 Headstones and 2 Chest Tombs About 20 Metres North of Church of St MaryGroup of 4 Chest Tombs About 5-10 Metres South West of Church of St MaryGroup of 5 Chest Tombs About 10 to 25 Metres South West of Church of St MaryHeadstone to Elizabeth Bridgland About 5 Metres South of Church of St MaryHeadstone to Mary Imell(?) About 20 Metres West of Church of St MaryHeadstone to Robert Fuller(?) About 30 Metres East of Church of St MaryHigh ViewHolly HouseHolly VillasHughendenLamberts Yew Tree CottageLidwellsLittle CotLittle HoltLittle Mill House Mill HouseLittle Tattlebury TattleburyLower Maypole CottageManor Cottage with Projecting Wall and the PharmacyMorebreddis CottagesMorebreddis CottagesOak HouseOutbuilding About 5 Metres South of HughendenOuthouse About 20 Metres North East of Mill HouseParkviewPharmacy CottageProperty Adjacent to Weekes Bakery, Formerly a L Remnant, TobacconistRaised pavement fronting The Star and Eagle Hotel, to SpywaysRatcliffe House Ratcliffe House and Russets and Stable Wing Attached RussetsRow of 3 Headstones, About 20 Metres North West of Church of St MaryRow of Chest Tombs About 30 to 40 Metres North West of Church of St MarySpring CottageStable/Coach House About 10 Metres North of Vine HotelSundial About 30 Metres North East of Church of St MaryTattlebury Gallery the Wine ListThe CottageThe GrangeThe Manor House with Projecting WallThe Old BricklayersThe Old Lime HouseThe Star and Eagle Hotel and wall attachedThe Village HallThe Vine Hotel the Vine Hotel and Assembly RoomTrundlesTwitten CottagesTwo Headstones, With Barrel Chests and Chest Tomb About 25 Metres East of Church of St MaryTylersUnderhill CottagesWater Pump About 1 Metre South of LambertsWater Trough on the PlainWeavers' CottagesWeavers' CottagesWeeks BakeryWest HouseWhite's Cottage and White's Lodge, Wall and Gate Piers AttachedWhite's FarmhouseWhites
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 100% of Goudhurst
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 HE86 ha
86 hain conservation areas, of 86 ha inside the built-up area.
86 of the 86 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 Goudhurst’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1989
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1989 · 581967 · 25
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 2 entries were listed in 1952. 58 came in 1989, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Goudhurst 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 (90 points, 815 per 10,000 residents)More than 92% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (46%)More than 97% 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
46% of Goudhurst’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
43%
Before 1900
4.4%
1900–18
6.8%
1919–29
1.6%
1930s
2.1%
1945–54
4.9%
1955–64
15%
1965–72
4.4%
1973–82
2.1%
1983–92
7.2%
1993–99
4.4%
2000–08
0.9%
2009–15
2.8%
2016–25
GoudhurstEngland & Wales
43% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1965–72, which added 15% 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 (28 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Towns its size
Goudhurst has the 86th most Grade I buildings of 2,045 towns its size
Places of 1,000–2,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Goudhurst1
#42 of 2,045for listed buildings per resident (779 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 Goudhurst
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goudhurst | 1,104 | 86 | 1 | A+ |
| Horsmonden | 1,580 | 25 | 0 | A− |
| Cranbrook | 3,962 | 178 | 3 | A+ |
| Marden | 3,489 | 45 | 1 | A− |
| Ticehurst | 1,464 | 65 | 0 | A |
| Hawkhurst | 3,683 | 105 | 1 | A+ |
| Paddock Wood | 7,616 | 15 | 0 | C− |
| Staplehurst | 6,181 | 59 | 1 | B+ |
In brief
Goudhurst in brief
Few towns are as rich in listed heritage as Goudhurst: per resident it has more than 92% of UK towns. In all there are 86 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. Its housing is old: 46% of homes date from before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. Only 85 of the 2,045 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings.
A conservation area protects part of it. Of the whole list, 63% are houses, terraces and villas. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1989: 58 of 86.
Questions about Goudhurst’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Goudhurst?
Historic England lists 86 buildings inside Goudhurst’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 83 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Goudhurst?
One: Church of St Mary.
How many conservation areas are there in Goudhurst?
1, covering about 86 hectares of the town. The largest is No data available for publication by HE.
When were Goudhurst’s buildings listed?
The first in 1952; the most, 58, in 1989.
How old are the homes in Goudhurst?
46% of homes were built before 1919 and 54% 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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