IChurch · listed 1968St Peter's and St Paul's ChurchOn the list as Church of St Peter and St PaulPhoto: Oast House Archive · CC BY-SA 2.0
Church of St Peter and St Paul · Photo: Oast House Archive · CC BY-SA 2.0B+History Grade
History of Headcorn · Historic England
40 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Headcorn’s built-up area, 121 for every 10,000 residents. 37 of Headcorn’s listed buildings are Grade II. We have photos of 6 of its listed buildings. 14% of its homes were built before 1919. Headcorn grades B+ for history: #43 of 87 in Kent.
Listed buildings
40
121 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
14%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Headcorn in 6 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Cloth HallGrade II* listed
Headcorn ManorGrade II* listed
Hubble's Stores Post OfficeGrade II listed
The Baptist ChapelGrade II listed
Manor FarmhouseGrade II listed+1See all photosPhotos 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 Headcorn’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.
40 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I2 Grade II*37 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 Headcorn
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 Headcorn
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*Public · listed 1986Cloth HallPhoto: N Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*House · listed 1952Headcorn ManorPhoto: N Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0
What’s protected
Most of Headcorn’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas25
Churches, chapels & priories7
Inns, shops & warehouses3
Public & civic buildings2
Street furniture2
Walls, gates & bridges1
25 entries (63%) are houses, terraces and villas. 7 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
37 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 37 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Barn at Tq 829 449ChequersFormer Toll House at Tq 842 441Glebe Cottage Heron Cottage Church CottageHazelpits FarmhouseHubble's Stores Post OfficeL.a. Burden, Corn and Seeds the Beams RestaurantManor Cottages and Pump AttachedManor FarmhouseMortley and the Village ShopOldfield Polly AnnaPetite Cottage, Bless Cottage and Weavers CottagePump Adjacent to No 30Railings and Gate About 2 Metres North of Manor FarmhouseRushford ManorShakespeare House and Path Between Front Door and High StreetTable Tomb About 10 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Peter and St PaulTable Tomb About 2 Metres South of South Chapel of Church of St Peter and St PaulTable Tomb About 5 Metres South of South Chapel of Church of St Peter and St PaulTable Tomb About 5 Metres South of South Porch of Church of St Peter and St PaulThe Baptist ChapelThe Institute 9 and 11a High Street and 15-19 High StreetThe Kings Arms Inn and Shop Adjoining to RightThe ManseThe MoatThe Mortgage Shop, Lloyds Bank and Ap Davis, ChemistThe Old Vicarage1 and 2, Moat Road1,2,3,4, Church Walk1-5, Forge Lane16 and 18, Wheeler Street21-25, High Street31, High Street53-57, High Street6-18, High Street69, High Street9 and 10, Church Walk
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 6.6% of Headcorn
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Headcorn 19778 ha
8 hain conservation areas, of 123 ha inside the built-up area.
35 of the 40 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 Headcorn’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1986
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1986 · 231968 · 12
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The first 1 entry was listed in 1952. 23 came in 1986, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Headcorn grades B+ for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (44 points, 134 per 10,000 residents)More than 75% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (14%)More than 39% 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.
Towns its size
Headcorn has the 94th most Grade I buildings of 1,180 towns its size
Places of 2,000–5,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Headcorn1
#261 of 1,180for listed buildings per resident (121 per 10,000). Sandwich, Chipping Campden and Wells-next-the-Sea lead.
93 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Headcorn
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Headcorn | 3,293 | 40 | 1 | B+ |
| Staplehurst | 6,181 | 59 | 1 | B+ |
| Sutton Valence | 1,457 | 60 | 0 | A |
| Biddenden | 1,345 | 40 | 3 | A− |
| Kingswood | 1,371 | 0 | 0 | D |
| Lenham and Harrietsham | 4,763 | 90 | 4 | A− |
| Marden | 3,489 | 45 | 1 | A− |
| Bethersden | 1,008 | 38 | 1 | A |
In brief
Headcorn in brief
The official list counts 40 listed buildings in Headcorn, 1 of them Grade I, including St Peter's and St Paul's Church. Only 93 of the 1,180 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1977.
Of the whole list, 63% are houses, terraces and villas. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1986: 23 of 40. Beyond that, per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; John Willes (1778) was born here before 1900; and 14% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Headcorn’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Headcorn?
Historic England lists 40 buildings inside Headcorn’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 37 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Headcorn?
One: Church of St Peter and St Paul.
How many conservation areas are there in Headcorn?
1, covering about 8 hectares of the town. The largest is Headcorn.
When were Headcorn’s buildings listed?
The first in 1952; the most, 23, in 1986.
How old are the homes in Headcorn?
14% of homes were built before 1919 and 18% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
© 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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