II*Church · listed 1962Church of St Mary Church of St Mary VirginPhoto: John Salmon · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Nick Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Lydden · Historic England
6 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade II*
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Lydden’s built-up area, 87 for every 10,000 residents. 5 of Lydden’s listed buildings are Grade II. 32% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
6
87 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
32%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Lydden
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 Lydden’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade II*
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
6 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I1 Grade II*5 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 II*
The Grade II* listed building in Lydden
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
Grade II
5 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 5 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 100% of Lydden
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 HE31 ha
31 hain conservation areas, of 31 ha inside the built-up area.
6 of the 6 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.
Homes by age
32% of Lydden’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
25%
Before 1900
7.4%
1900–18
2.7%
1919–29
9.5%
1930s
9.5%
1945–54
5.7%
1955–64
23%
1965–72
2%
1973–82
2.7%
1983–92
2.7%
1993–99
2%
2000–08
1%
2009–15
7.4%
2016–25
LyddenEngland & Wales
25% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1965–72, which added 23% 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 (8 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Lydden
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lydden | 687 | 6 | 0 | — |
| Sibertswold | 1,619 | 9 | 0 | B |
| Whitfield | 6,509 | 2 | 0 | D− |
| Eythorne | 1,487 | 23 | 0 | B |
| Dover | 36,349 | 140 | 3 | A |
| Guston | 1,684 | 15 | 0 | B |
| Capel-le-Ferne | 1,962 | 0 | 0 | D− |
| Hawkinge | 8,499 | 2 | 0 | D− |
In brief
Lydden in brief
More of Lydden’s homes are old than in most places: 32% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 6 listed buildings. A conservation area protects part of it. Beyond that, the list grew between 1962 and 1987.
Questions about Lydden’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Lydden?
Historic England lists 6 buildings inside Lydden’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 5 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Lydden?
1, covering about 31 hectares of the town. The largest is No data available for publication by HE.
How old are the homes in Lydden?
32% of homes were built before 1919 and 44% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Lydden 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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