Photo: D-G-Seamon · CC BY-SA 2.04 listed buildings
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Littlestone-on-Sea’s built-up area, 7.6 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. 5.1% of its homes were built before 1919. Littlestone-on-Sea grades D for history: #74 of 87 in Kent.
Landmarks of Littlestone-on-Sea
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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.
Where Littlestone-on-Sea’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
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.
4 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 4 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
2 conservation areas cover 4.9% of Littlestone-on-Sea
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
The first, Dungeness, was designated in 1985; the newest, Littlestone-on-Sea, in 1990. 2 of the 4 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.
Monuments, parks and gardens
Designations that overlap the town by a tenth of their area or half a hectare.
1 scheduled monument
Nationally important archaeological sites and monuments, protected by law; work on them needs consent from the Secretary of State, advised by Historic England.
Littlestone-on-Sea grades D for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all 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.
5.1% of Littlestone-on-Sea’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
4.3% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1973–82, which added 21% 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 (0 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Listed buildings in the places around Littlestone-on-Sea
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Littlestone-on-Sea | 5,271 | 4 | 0 | D |
| New Romney | 3,870 | 59 | 1 | B+ |
| Lydd | 3,911 | 53 | 1 | A− |
| St Mary's Bay | 2,966 | 0 | 0 | D− |
| Dymchurch | 3,097 | 22 | 0 | B− |
| Camber | 1,132 | 1 | 0 | D |
| Lympne | 1,074 | 1 | 0 | C− |
| Hamstreet | 1,738 | 10 | 0 | B− |
Littlestone-on-Sea in brief
Littlestone-on-Sea has 4 listed buildings, including Former Water Tower. Its older streets lie in 2 conservation areas, the first designated in 1985. Its homes are mostly newer: 5.1% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. For its size the list is short: per resident, it has more listed heritage than only 23% of UK towns. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: the list grew between 1973 and 1993; and it also has a scheduled monument.
Questions about Littlestone-on-Sea’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Littlestone-on-Sea?
Historic England lists 4 buildings inside Littlestone-on-Sea’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 4 Grade II.
Are there scheduled monuments in Littlestone-on-Sea?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Lade Fort.
How many conservation areas are there in Littlestone-on-Sea?
2, covering about 11 hectares of the town. The largest are Littlestone-on-Sea and Dungeness.
How old are the homes in Littlestone-on-Sea?
5.1% of homes were built before 1919 and 18% 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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