IHouse · listed 1952Bradbourne HousePhoto: Nigel Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0
Leybourne Castle · Photo: Glen · CC BY 2.0B−History Grade
History of Larkfield · Historic England
87 listed buildings, 4 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Larkfield’s built-up area, 33 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 2 scheduled monuments. 6.7% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 10 of its listed buildings. Larkfield grades B− for history: #55 of 87 in Kent.
Listed buildings
87
33 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
4
exceptional interest
Grade II*
7
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
2
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
6.7%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Larkfield in 10 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Bradbourne HouseGrade I listed
Church of St JamesGrade I listed
The King and Queen Public HouseGrade II listed
Aylesford StationGrade II listed
The Clifford Sheldon Club HouseGrade II listed+5See 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 Larkfield’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.
Grade IGrade II*Scheduled monument
Homes built before 1919, by neighbourhoodunder 10%10–25%25–50%50%+
0 of 17neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes; in the oldest, 33% were built before 1919.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
87 listed buildings by grade
4 Grade I7 Grade II*76 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. Neighbourhood dots: the population-weighted centre of each Census 2021 output area, coloured by its neighbourhood’s (LSOA’s) share of homes built before 1919 (Valuation Office Agency, March 2025).
Grade I
The 4 Grade I listed buildings in Larkfield
Buildings of exceptional interest, about 2.5% of all listed buildings. 3 are photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
IChurch · listed 1959Church of St JamesPhoto: The Voice of Hassocks · CC0
IHouse · listed 1952Stable Block and Barns 40 Yards North of Bradbourne HousePhoto: N Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0
House · listed 1952Clare House
Grade II*
The 7 Grade II* listed buildings in Larkfield
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 4 are photographed.
II*Public · listed 1959Leybourne CastlePhoto: Glen · CC BY 2.0
II*Church · listed 1959St Peter's ChurchOn the list as Church of St Peter Ad VinculaPhoto: DittonDangler · CC BY-SA 3.0
II*Church · listed 1959Church of St Peter and St PaulPhoto: Hywel Williams · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Public · listed 1987The Wealden Hall RestaurantPhoto: Oast House Archive · CC BY-SA 2.0
House · listed 1952Paris Farmhouse
House · listed 1987Stream Cottages
House · listed 19524 and 6, Church Walk
What’s protected
Most of Larkfield’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas53
Public & civic buildings11
Churches, chapels & priories10
Inns, shops & warehouses6
Memorials, crosses & tombs3
Walls, gates & bridges3
Street furniture1
53 entries (61%) are houses, terraces and villas. 10 are churches, chapels and priories, including 1 of the 4 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
76 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 76 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Andrewes Tomb 10 Yards North of East Malling ChurchAndrewes Tomb 4 Yards North East of Malling ChurchAndrewes Tomb 6 Yards North of East Malling ChurchAndrewes Tomb 8 Yards North of East Malling ChurchAylesford Goods ShedAylesford Signal BoxAylesford StationBarn 30 Yards South West of Great Lunsford FarmhouseBarn 30 Yards West of Ivy House FarmhouseBarn 80 Yards to the East of Paris FarmhouseBlackland Timber BarnBlacklands HouseChurch of the Holy TrinityCobb's HallCourt LodgeDovecot 30 Yards North East of Paris FarmhouseEast Malling War MemorialElizabeth Smith AlmshousesFinnish Olympic SaunaFountain 30 Yards North of Preston HallGolding Tomb 15 Yards South of Ditton ChurchGolding Tomb 20 Yards South East of the Chancel of Ditton ChurchGreat Lunsford FarmhouseHolly Cottage Raven CottageHorse Pond 20 Yards North West of Weir MillInglesideIvy CottageIvy House FarmhouseKinross CottageLittle Lunsford FarmhouseLyme CottageMalting's RestaurantMilepost at NGR TQ6998558314Milepost on A20 London Road at Ditton, KentMonk's CottageOffice Building at Invicta WorksOld School CottagesPreston HallRock FarmhouseStatues Flanking Entrance 50 Yards South of Preston HallTamarisk CottageThe Clifford Sheldon Club HouseThe Forge HouseThe Inn HouseThe King and Queen Public HouseThe LaurelsThe LimesThe Monk's Head Public House and Nos 46-50 (Even)The Old Mill HouseThe VicarageThornhill Tomb 15 Yards West North West of East MallingVillage PumpWall and Arch to Stable Court at Clare HouseWall and Gates to Courtyard at Front of Preston HallWall to North East of the LimesWar MemorialWeir MillWestbrook House10-16, High Street106, Clare Lane108, New Road11, Mill Street120-126, Mill Street132, The Rocks Road148-152, Mill Street24 and 26, High Street3 and 5 Mill Street40, The Stream45, High Street5, Mill Hall578-580, London Road6, The Rocks Road69-75, Mill Street781-189, London Road90, Mill Street93 and 95, Mill Street
Conservation areas
8 conservation areas cover 5.5% of Larkfield
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Clare Park and Blacklands 199313 ha
Holtwood, Aylesford 19749 ha
East Malling Village 19719 ha
Ditton 19714 ha
Mill Street, East Malling 19714 ha
Bradbourne, East Malling 19933 ha
Larkfield Church 19931 ha
Cobdown Farm, Ditton 19931 ha
44 hain conservation areas, of 807 ha inside the built-up area.
The first, East Malling Village, Ditton and Mill Street, East Malling, were designated in 1971; the newest, Cobdown Farm, Ditton, in 1993. 61 of the 87 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
43 of Larkfield’s 87 listed buildings were added in 1987
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1987 · 431952 · 15
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 15 entries were listed in 1952, 3 of the 4 Grade I buildings among them. 43 came in 1987, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 4 have been added in the last 15 years.
Monuments & landscapes
Monuments, parks and gardens
Designations that overlap the town by a tenth of their area or half a hectare.
2 scheduled monuments
Nationally important archaeological sites and monuments, protected by law; work on them needs consent from the Secretary of State, advised by Historic England.
History Grade
Larkfield 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 (106 points, 41 per 10,000 residents)More than 68% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (6.7%)More than 15% 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
6.7% of Larkfield’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
6.3%
Before 1900
0.4%
1900–18
0.9%
1919–29
5.9%
1930s
3.8%
1945–54
19%
1955–64
16%
1965–72
12%
1973–82
13%
1983–92
2.3%
1993–99
11%
2000–08
3.3%
2009–15
5.5%
2016–25
LarkfieldEngland & Wales
6.3% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1955–64, which added 19% 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 (13 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Towns its size
Larkfield has the 24th most Grade I buildings of 382 towns its size
Places of 16,000–42,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Larkfield4
#125 of 382for listed buildings per resident (33 per 10,000). Lewes, Stamford and Saffron Walden lead.
23 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Larkfield
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larkfield | 26,147 | 87 | 4 | B− |
| West Malling | 4,251 | 168 | 7 | A |
| Eccles | 1,706 | 3 | 0 | C+ |
| Snodland | 11,820 | 21 | 1 | B− |
| Kings Hill | 9,963 | 10 | 0 | D |
| Burham | 1,293 | 1 | 0 | C |
| Wateringbury | 2,248 | 49 | 3 | A |
| Halling | 2,926 | 4 | 1 | B− |
In brief
Larkfield in brief
The official list counts 87 listed buildings in Larkfield, 4 of them Grade I, including Bradbourne House. Only 23 of the 382 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. Its older streets lie in 8 conservation areas, the first designated in 1971.
Most entries on the list, 61%, are houses, terraces and villas. Its homes are mostly newer: 6.7% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. Beyond that, per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; Punter Humphreys (1881) and Charles Hooman (1887) were born here before 1900; and it also has 2 scheduled monuments.
Questions about Larkfield’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Larkfield?
Historic England lists 87 buildings inside Larkfield’s built-up area: 4 Grade I, 7 Grade II* and 76 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Larkfield?
4, including Bradbourne House, Church of St James, Clare House and Stable Block and Barns 40 Yards North of Bradbourne House.
Are there scheduled monuments in Larkfield?
Yes, 2 scheduled monuments, including Leybourne Castle and Part of an Iron Age enclosure and a minor Roman villa 128m SSE of the Church of St James.
How many conservation areas are there in Larkfield?
8, covering about 44 hectares of the town. The largest are Clare Park and Blacklands and Holtwood, Aylesford.
When were Larkfield’s buildings listed?
The first in 1952; the most, 43, in 1987.
How old are the homes in Larkfield?
6.7% of homes were built before 1919 and 13% 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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