IChurch · listed 1967Church of St MaryPhoto: Martinbee · Public domain
Church of St Mary · Photo: Martinbee · Public domain–Not graded
History of Great Chart · Historic England
31 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Great Chart’s built-up area, 502 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 28 of Great Chart’s listed buildings. We have photos of 3 of its listed buildings. 13% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
31
502 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
13%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Great Chart
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Court LodgeGrade II* listed
Timber Framed Building in the South West Corner of the Churchyard of Church of St MaryGrade II* listedPhotos 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 Great Chart’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.
31 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I2 Grade II*28 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 Great Chart
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 Great Chart
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*Public · listed 1952Court LodgePhoto: Nick Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Church · listed 1967Timber Framed Building in the South West Corner of the Churchyard of Church of St MaryPhoto: Nick Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0
What’s protected
Most of Great Chart’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas21
Public & civic buildings4
Churches, chapels & priories3
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
Inns, shops & warehouses1
Walls, gates & bridges1
21 entries (68%) are houses, terraces and villas. 3 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
28 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 28 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Baillie HallChart HouseForge StoresGreat Chart War MemorialIvy CottagesKent CottageMill House the Curosity ShopPadwell CottagesThe AlmshousesThe ChapelThe CottageThe HoldersThe Old GranaryThe Old SchoolThe Swan & DogThe White HouseToke CottageWall to Churchyard of Church of St Mary and to Court LodgeWalnut Tree CottageWalnut Tree House1 and 2, Gothic Cottages10 and 12, The Street16, The Street18, The Street3 and 4, Gothic Cottages44 and 46, The Street6 and 8, The Street64 and 66, The Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 100% of Great Chart
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 HE24 ha
24 hain conservation areas, of 24 ha inside the built-up area.
31 of the 31 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 Great Chart’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1980
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1980 · 211967 · 7
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The first 2 entries were listed in 1952. 21 came in 1980, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Great Chart
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Chart | 617 | 31 | 1 | — |
| Ashford | 82,143 | 226 | 2 | B |
| Shadoxhurst | 1,009 | 19 | 0 | B− |
| Finberry | 1,571 | 0 | 0 | D− |
| Bethersden | 1,008 | 38 | 1 | A |
| Charing | 2,170 | 70 | 5 | A |
| Wye | 2,064 | 94 | 3 | A |
| Woodchurch | 1,201 | 34 | 1 | A |
In brief
Great Chart in brief
Great Chart has 31 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area protects part of it. Of the whole list, 68% are houses, terraces and villas. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1980: 21 of 31. The rest is about typical: 13% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Great Chart’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Great Chart?
Historic England lists 31 buildings inside Great Chart’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 28 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Great Chart?
One: Church of St Mary.
How many conservation areas are there in Great Chart?
1, covering about 24 hectares of the town. The largest is No data available for publication by HE.
When were Great Chart’s buildings listed?
The first in 1952; the most, 21, in 1980.
How old are the homes in Great Chart?
13% of homes were built before 1919 and 15% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Great Chart 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.
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