IChurch · listed 1967St Michael and All Angels ChurchOn the list as Church of St Michael and All AngelsPhoto: Nigel Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0
White Lyon House · Photo: N Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0A−History Grade
History of Marden · Historic England
45 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Marden’s built-up area, 129 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 43 of Marden’s listed buildings. We have photos of 6 of its listed buildings. 19% of its homes were built before 1919. Marden grades A− for history: #23 of 87 in Kent.
Listed buildings
45
129 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
19%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Marden in 6 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Church of St Michael and All AngelsGrade I listed
Sutton Forge OastGrade II listed
Pastures End and Poachers KeepGrade II listed
The Bridge HouseGrade II listed
House Attached to Congregational Church the Limes the Limes the Manse and House Attached to Congregational Church the ManseGrade II listed+1See 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 Marden’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IGrade II*
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
45 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I1 Grade II*43 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 Marden
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*
The Grade II* listed building in Marden
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*House · listed 1967White Lyon HousePhoto: N Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0
What’s protected
Most of Marden’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas26
Churches, chapels & priories8
Inns, shops & warehouses5
Street furniture4
Walls, gates & bridges2
26 entries (58%) are houses, terraces and villas. 8 are churches, chapels and priories, including 1 of the 1 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
43 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 43 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Albion HouseAmber Cottage Fern CottageBank House, Bridgelands Cottage and Greenheys CottageBarn About 20 Metres North West of Stone Pit FarmhouseBishop House Jewell HouseBridgehurst FarmhouseChurch Farm HouseChurch Green CottageChurch Green HouseCornerwaysFormer Stables About 60 Metres South East of the Bridge HouseHouse Attached to Congregational Church the Limes the Limes the Manse and House Attached to Congregational Church the ManseJewel CottagesJohn's Hairdresser, Marsida, and The Old Sweet ShopMarden Farm ShopMilestone Adjacent to East Elevation of White Lyon HouseMonkton HouseOasthouse About 3 Metres East of Church Farm HouseOld Church CottagePastures End and Poachers KeepPump About 10 Metres West of AllensRailings About 3 Metres East of Shepherd's HouseRailings About 3 Metres South and East of Shepherd's HouseRose's Shop Smeeton the Woodstove Trading CompanyShepherd's HouseStocks About 1/2 Metre South of South Aisle of Church of St Michael and All AngelsStone Pit FarmhouseSutton Forge OastThe Bridge HouseThe CottageThe Old HouseThe Old Seed Shop and Shipton CottageThe Old VicarageThe PlaceThe WentwaysTurnpike HouseVine Cottage Yeoman CottageVine HouseWard and PartnersWestend CottagesWestfieldWorking Mens Club2, 4 and 6 High Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 5.6% of Marden
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Marden 19777 ha
7 hain conservation areas, of 129 ha inside the built-up area.
32 of the 45 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 Marden’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1987
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1987 · 271967 · 17
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The first 1 entry was listed in 1952. 27 came in 1987, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Marden 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 (48 points, 138 per 10,000 residents)More than 76% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (19%)More than 59% 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.
Born here
3 notable people born in Marden before 1900
Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Stephen Lefeaver
Edward Battersby Bailey
Sidney Highwood
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Edward Battersby Bailey1881–1965 · English geologist (1881-1965)
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Stephen Lefeaver1791–1867 · English cricketer (1791-1867)
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Sidney Highwood1896–1975 · British flying ace
Everyone born in Marden → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Towns its size
Marden has the 96th most Grade I buildings of 1,132 towns its size
Places of 2,000–6,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
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#232 of 1,132for listed buildings per resident (129 per 10,000). Sandwich, Chipping Campden and Wells-next-the-Sea lead.
95 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Marden
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marden | 3,489 | 45 | 1 | A− |
| Staplehurst | 6,181 | 59 | 1 | B+ |
| Horsmonden | 1,580 | 25 | 0 | A− |
| Coxheath | 8,453 | 79 | 0 | B+ |
| Yalding | 1,549 | 66 | 1 | A |
| Paddock Wood | 7,616 | 15 | 0 | C− |
| Goudhurst | 1,104 | 86 | 1 | A+ |
| Sutton Valence | 1,457 | 60 | 0 | A |
In brief
Marden in brief
Measured per resident, Marden has more listed heritage than 76% of UK towns. In all there are 45 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I, including St Michael and All Angels Church. Only 95 of the 1,132 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1977.
Most entries on the list, 58%, are houses, terraces and villas. Edward Battersby Bailey (1881), Stephen Lefeaver (1791) and Sidney Highwood (1896) were all born here before 1900. The big year was 1987, when 27 of the 45 went on the list. Beyond that, 19% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Marden’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Marden?
Historic England lists 45 buildings inside Marden’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 43 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Marden?
One: Church of St Michael and All Angels.
How many conservation areas are there in Marden?
1, covering about 7 hectares of the town. The largest is Marden.
When were Marden’s buildings listed?
The first in 1952; the most, 27, in 1987.
Who was born in Marden?
Among people born before 1900: Edward Battersby Bailey (1881), Stephen Lefeaver (1791) and Sidney Highwood (1896).
How old are the homes in Marden?
19% of homes were built before 1919 and 23% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The National Heritage List for England is the official, up-to-date register of all nationally protected historic buildings and sites in England; check an entry on Historic England’s website before relying on it.
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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