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History of Littlebourne · Historic England

51 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade I

On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Littlebourne’s built-up area, 320 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 49 of Littlebourne’s listed buildings. 31% of its homes were built before 1919. Littlebourne grades A for history.

2Grade I 6on High Street

Listed buildings

320 per 10,000 residents

Grade I

exceptional interest

Grade II*

more than special interest

Scheduled monuments

nationally important sites

Homes built before 1919

31%

typical UK town 15%

In pictures

Landmarks of Littlebourne

Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.

Barn at Littlebourne CourtGrade I listed

Church of St VincentGrade I listed

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 Littlebourne’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.

51 listed buildings by grade

2 Grade I0 Grade II*49 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 2 Grade I listed buildings in Littlebourne

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.

Public · listed 1967Barn at Littlebourne CourtPhoto: N Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0

Church · listed 1967Church of St VincentPhoto: John Salmon · CC BY-SA 2.0

What’s protected

Most of Littlebourne’s listed buildings are homes

Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.

Houses, terraces & villas38

Public & civic buildings5

Inns, shops & warehouses5

Churches, chapels & priories1

Walls, gates & bridges1

Street furniture1

38 entries (75%) are houses, terraces and villas. 1 are churches, chapels and priories, including 1 of the 2 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

49 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 49 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z

Albion Cottages Albion House Brewery Cottages Brewery House Brookland Cottages Cedars Lodge (28) Coachman's Cottage (28B) and 28A, The Hill Corner Cottage Devon Cottage Grove Cottage Dial Cottages Former Anchor Inn Former King William IV Public House Garden Wall to Littlebourne House Holly Lodge K6 Telephone Kiosk Leigh Leigh Cottage Little Court Little Howletts Littlebourne Court House Littlebourne House Littlebourne Mill Littlebourne Post Office Manor Oast Flats Adjoining the Manor House to the South West Nargate Cottages Old Hall Old Oast Old Waterway Cottage Riverbank Rose Cottage The Bow Window Restaurant The Manor House The Old Vicarage Tudor Cottage Vine Cottages White Cottage Whitegate Cottage Willow Cottage 1 and 3, Nargate Street 1, The Green 12, High Street 12-18, Bekesbourne Lane 14-20, High Street 20, Bekesbourne Lane 24 and 26, High Street 28, High Street 30, High Street 4, Nargate Street 46 and 48, High Street 5, 7 and 9, The Green 79-85, Nargate Street

Conservation areas

2 conservation areas cover 40% of Littlebourne

Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.

Littlebourne22 ha

Ickham, Wickhambreaux and Seaton 19694 ha

27 hain conservation areas, of 67 ha inside the built-up area.

51 of the 51 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 Littlebourne’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1980

The year each building now on the list was first listed.

1980 · 311967 · 11

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The first 4 entries were listed in 1952. 31 came in 1980, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.

History Grade

Littlebourne grades A for history

Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.

Protected heritage, for its size and in all (55 points, 345 per 10,000 residents)More than 85% of UK towns

Homes built before 1919 (31%)More than 85% 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

31% of Littlebourne’s homes were built before 1919

Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).

28%

Before 1900

3.2%

1900–18

3.6%

1919–29

6.7%

1930s

3.2%

1945–54

18%

1955–64

3.8%

1965–72

6.9%

1973–82

6.3%

1983–92

4.2%

1993–99

4.6%

2000–08

4.1%

2009–15

8.1%

2016–25

LittlebourneEngland & Wales

28% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1955–64, which added 18% 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 (15 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.

Towns its size

Littlebourne has the 32nd most Grade I buildings of 1,691 towns its size

Places of 1,000–3,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.

Littlebourne2

#185 of 1,691for listed buildings per resident (320 per 10,000). Aberaeron, Beaumaris and Burford lead.

31 have more. The typical town its size has 0.

Neighbours

Listed buildings in the places around Littlebourne

Town	People	Listed	Grade I	History
Littlebourne	1,596	51	2	A
Wingham	1,313	75	2	A⁺
Sturry	4,857	76	4	A⁻
Hersden	2,118	2	0	D
Bridge	1,539	41	0	A
Aylesham	5,788	0	0	D⁻
Canterbury	55,107	913	36	A
Ash (Dover)	2,529	65	1	A⁺

In brief

Littlebourne in brief

More of Littlebourne’s homes are old than in most places: 31% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 51 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade I. For its size, it has more listed heritage than 85% of UK towns. Only 31 of the 1,691 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings.

Its older streets lie in 2 conservation areas, the first designated in 1969. Of the whole list, 75% are houses, terraces and villas. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1980: 31 of 51.

Questions about Littlebourne’s history

How many listed buildings are there in Littlebourne?

Historic England lists 51 buildings inside Littlebourne’s built-up area: 2 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 49 Grade II.

What are the Grade I listed buildings in Littlebourne?

2, including Barn at Littlebourne Court and Church of St Vincent.

How many conservation areas are there in Littlebourne?

2, covering about 27 hectares of the town. The largest are Littlebourne and Ickham, Wickhambreaux and Seaton.

When were Littlebourne’s buildings listed?

The first in 1952; the most, 31, in 1980.

How old are the homes in Littlebourne?

31% of homes were built before 1919 and 41% 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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