IHouse · listed 1954Matfield HousePhoto: David Kemp · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Wsw16 · Public domain–Not graded
History of Matfield · Historic England
44 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Matfield’s built-up area, 940 for every 10,000 residents. 38 of Matfield’s listed buildings are Grade II. 33% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 3 of its listed buildings.
Listed buildings
44
940 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
2
exceptional interest
Grade II*
4
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
33%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Matfield
Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Matfield HouseGrade I listed
Stable Block Immediately North East of Matfield HouseGrade I listed
Matfield House CottagesGrade II* listedPhotos 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 Matfield’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.
44 listed buildings by grade
2 Grade I4 Grade II*38 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 Matfield
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.
IHouse · listed 1954Stable Block Immediately North East of Matfield HousePhoto: Oast House Archive · CC BY-SA 2.0
Grade II*
The 4 Grade II* listed buildings in Matfield
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 1 is photographed.
II*House · listed 1954Matfield House CottagesPhoto: Oast House Archive · CC BY-SA 2.0
House · listed 1954Coach House About 40 Metres North East of Matfield House
House · listed 1954Stable Building About 50 Metres East of Matfield House
Walls & gates · listed 1954Walls, Gate Piers, Railings and Gates to the Garden South and West of Matfield House
What’s protected
Most of Matfield’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas29
Churches, chapels & priories8
Public & civic buildings2
Walls, gates & bridges2
Inns, shops & warehouses2
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
29 entries (66%) are houses, terraces and villas. 8 are churches, chapels and priories.
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
38 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 38 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Acer CottageBarn About 40 Metres South West of MaynardsBarn West of HatherleighCanterbury Cottage Hodge CottageChapel CottageChapel Immediately North of Chapel CottageChapel of Ease of St LukeCherry Trees Including Post Office and Art GalleryCottage Immediately North West of HatherleighForge CottageHatherliegh Including Garden Walls and Gate to the EastHolmbushHomebush CottageHomecroft CottageLees CourtMastersMatfield War MemorialMaycotsMaynardsMounting Block Immediately East of Matfield HouseNorth West Lychgate to the Chapel of Ease of St LukeOasthouse About 100 Metres North of Matfield HouseRow of 4 Sharp Chest Tombs Immediately South East of the Chancel of the Chapel of Ease of St LukeSouth East Lychgate to the Chapel of Ease of St LukeStorr Memorial About 20 Metres South East of the Chancel of the Chapel of Ease of St LukeSwingle Swangle CottagesThe ForgeThe Old LaundryThe Poet at MatfieldThe Star Public HouseThe Wheelwright's ArmsThe White HouseThorn CottagesThorn HouseTutty's FarmhouseWhitethorn CottageWhitethorn CottagesWilshin Memorial Immediately South of the Vestry of the Chapel of Ease of St Luke
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 100% of Matfield
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 HE68 ha
68 hain conservation areas, of 68 ha inside the built-up area.
44 of the 44 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 Matfield’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1990
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1990 · 331954 · 10
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The first 10 entries were listed in 1954, 2 of the 2 Grade I buildings among them. 33 came in 1990, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
33% of Matfield’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
27%
Before 1900
5%
1900–18
11%
1919–29
7.3%
1930s
11%
1945–54
8.6%
1955–64
1.4%
1965–72
2.3%
1973–82
6.4%
1983–92
2.3%
1993–99
3.6%
2000–08
3.6%
2009–15
11%
2016–25
MatfieldEngland & Wales
27% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1919–29, which added 11% 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 (3 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Matfield
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matfield | 468 | 44 | 2 | — |
| Paddock Wood | 7,616 | 15 | 0 | C− |
| Pembury | 5,783 | 54 | 1 | B+ |
| Five Oak Green | 1,436 | 11 | 0 | B+ |
| Horsmonden | 1,580 | 25 | 0 | A− |
| East Peckham | 2,144 | 27 | 0 | B+ |
| Goudhurst | 1,104 | 86 | 1 | A+ |
| Royal Tunbridge Wells | 51,215 | 275 | 1 | A |
In brief
Matfield in brief
More of Matfield’s homes are old than in most places: 33% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 44 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade I. A conservation area protects part of it. Most entries on the list, 66%, are houses, terraces and villas. The big year was 1990, when 33 of the 44 went on the list.
Questions about Matfield’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Matfield?
Historic England lists 44 buildings inside Matfield’s built-up area: 2 Grade I, 4 Grade II* and 38 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Matfield?
2, including Matfield House and Stable Block Immediately North East of Matfield House.
How many conservation areas are there in Matfield?
1, covering about 68 hectares of the town. The largest is No data available for publication by HE.
When were Matfield’s buildings listed?
The first in 1954; the most, 33, in 1990.
How old are the homes in Matfield?
33% of homes were built before 1919 and 51% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Matfield has no History Grade.
© 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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