IHouse · listed 1952Gads Hill PlaceOn the list as Gadshill PlacePhoto: Jack1956 at en · Public domain
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History of Higham · Historic England
4 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Higham’s built-up area, 15 for every 10,000 residents. Of the listed buildings in Higham, 3 are Grade II. 16% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 3 of its listed buildings. Higham grades C for history: #63 of 87 in Kent.
Listed buildings
4
15 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
16%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Higham
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Gadshill PlaceGrade I listed
Sir John Falstaff Public HouseGrade II listed
Church of St John, Higham UpshireGrade 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 Higham’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.
4 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*3 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 Higham
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
3 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 3 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
History Grade
Higham grades C for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (6 points, 23 per 10,000 residents)More than 30% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (16%)More than 48% 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
Higham has the 93rd most Grade I buildings of 1,280 towns its size
Places of 2,000–4,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Higham1
#979 of 1,280for listed buildings per resident (15 per 10,000). Painswick, Chipping Campden and Wells-next-the-Sea lead.
92 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Higham
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Higham | 2,642 | 4 | 1 | C |
| Shorne | 1,038 | 19 | 0 | A− |
| Cliffe Woods | 2,689 | 0 | 0 | D− |
| Rochester | 67,279 | 279 | 21 | A− |
| Cuxton | 3,039 | 5 | 1 | C− |
| Chattenden | 2,417 | 0 | 0 | D− |
| Gravesend | 58,105 | 122 | 0 | B+ |
| Cliffe | 2,531 | 15 | 1 | B+ |
In brief
Higham in brief
Higham has 4 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I, including Gads Hill Place. Only 92 of the 1,280 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. The rest is about typical: per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; Bert Smith (1892) and Stephen Botting (1845) were born here before 1900; and the list grew between 1952 and 1983.
Questions about Higham’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Higham?
Historic England lists 4 buildings inside Higham’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 3 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Higham?
One: Gadshill Place.
How old are the homes in Higham?
16% of homes were built before 1919 and 27% 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. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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