IChurch · listed 1962Parish Church of St MaryPhoto: John Salmon · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: John Salmon · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of High Halden · Historic England
26 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside High Halden’s built-up area, 267 for every 10,000 residents. Of the listed buildings in High Halden, 25 are Grade II. 17% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
26
267 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
17%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of High Halden
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 High Halden’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade I
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
26 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*25 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 High Halden
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 High Halden’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas15
Churches, chapels & priories5
Public & civic buildings2
Inns, shops & warehouses2
Walls, gates & bridges1
Street furniture1
15 entries (58%) are houses, terraces and villas. 5 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
25 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 25 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Black CottageBourne CottageBv and J Cooke Stores High Halden Post OfficeChennellsChestnut HouseChurch FarmhouseChurch HouseDragon House LarassetDuxburyForge HouseGarden Wall to Hathewolden GrangeHathewolden GrangeHope HouseHope's Grove CottageJessamine CottageK6 Telephone KioskLion HouseLittle RobscotNational Westminster Bank the Cot the Green the White House StoresOasthouse at Church FarmSummerhillThe Chequers InnVerrall CottageVillage school and school houseWar Memorial in the Grounds of Church of St Mary the Virgin
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 100% of High Halden
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 HE48 ha
48 hain conservation areas, of 48 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 High Halden’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1979
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1979 · 151962 · 8
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 1 entry was listed in 1952. 15 came in 1979, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around High Halden
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Halden | 974 | 26 | 1 | — |
| Tenterden | 7,775 | 151 | 1 | A |
| Bethersden | 1,008 | 38 | 1 | A |
| Biddenden | 1,345 | 40 | 3 | A− |
| Woodchurch | 1,201 | 34 | 1 | A |
| Shadoxhurst | 1,009 | 19 | 0 | B− |
| Headcorn | 3,293 | 40 | 1 | B+ |
| Benenden | 1,409 | 56 | 0 | A+ |
In brief
High Halden in brief
High Halden has 26 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area protects part of it. Of the whole list, 58% are houses, terraces and villas. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1979: 15 of 26. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: 17% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about High Halden’s history
How many listed buildings are there in High Halden?
Historic England lists 26 buildings inside High Halden’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 25 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in High Halden?
One: Parish Church of St Mary.
How many conservation areas are there in High Halden?
1, covering about 48 hectares of the town. The largest is No data available for publication by HE.
When were High Halden’s buildings listed?
The first in 1952; the most, 15, in 1979.
How old are the homes in High Halden?
17% of homes were built before 1919 and 25% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
High Halden 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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