IChurch · listed 1966Parish Church of St John the BaptistPhoto: Hywel Williams · CC BY-SA 2.0
The White House · Photo: N Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0B−History Grade
History of Meopham · Historic England
20 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Meopham’s built-up area, 46 for every 10,000 residents. 18 of Meopham’s listed buildings are Grade II. We have photos of 5 of its listed buildings. 12% of its homes were built before 1919. Meopham grades B− for history: #60 of 87 in Kent.
Listed buildings
20
46 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
12%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Meopham in 5 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Parish Church of St John the BaptistGrade I listed
Meopham WindmillGrade II* listed
The George InnGrade II listed
Well HouseGrade 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 Meopham’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.
20 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I1 Grade II*18 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 Meopham
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 Meopham
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*House · listed 1952Killick's MillOn the list as Meopham WindmillPhoto: Clem Rutter, Rochester Kent · CC BY-SA 3.0
What’s protected
Most of Meopham’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas15
Churches, chapels & priories2
Public & civic buildings1
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
Inns, shops & warehouses1
15 entries (75%) are houses, terraces and villas. 2 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
18 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 18 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
BarnsideChurch CottagesDorrington CottageElizabeth House (The Post Office)Evenden FarmhouseHook Green FarmhouseLeylands BarnLeylands Farm CottageLeylands OrchardMeopham War MemorialMulberry HouseNevill HouseNorwood FarmhouseThe George InnThe Old Forge the Old Forge CottageThe White HouseWaterditchWell House
Conservation areas
3 conservation areas cover 13% of Meopham
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Meopham Green, Meopham 197010 ha
Hook Green, Meopham 19706 ha
The Street, Meopham 19706 ha
22 hain conservation areas, of 171 ha inside the built-up area.
The first, Meopham Green, Meopham, Hook Green, Meopham and The Street, Meopham, were designated in 1970; the newest, The Street, Meopham, in 1970. 16 of the 20 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 Meopham’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1983
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1983 · 12
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The first 1 entry was listed in 1952. 12 came in 1983, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Meopham grades B− for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (23 points, 53 per 10,000 residents)More than 56% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (12%)More than 32% 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.
Towns its size
Meopham has the 88th most Grade I buildings of 991 towns its size
Places of 3,000–7,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Meopham1
#437 of 991for listed buildings per resident (46 per 10,000). Sandwich, Tenby and Arundel lead.
87 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Meopham
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meopham | 4,349 | 20 | 1 | B− |
| Istead Rise | 3,398 | 1 | 0 | D− |
| Longfield, New Ash Green and Hartley | 16,077 | 21 | 2 | C |
| Culverstone Green | 2,038 | 2 | 0 | D |
| Vigo Village | 2,005 | 0 | 0 | D− |
| Gravesend | 58,105 | 122 | 0 | B+ |
| Shorne | 1,038 | 19 | 0 | A− |
| Halling | 2,926 | 4 | 1 | B− |
In brief
Meopham in brief
Meopham has 20 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I, including Parish Church of St John the Baptist. Only 87 of the 991 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. Its older streets lie in 3 conservation areas, the first designated in 1970.
Most entries on the list, 75%, are houses, terraces and villas. The big year was 1983, when 12 of the 20 went on the list. Beyond that, per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and 12% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Meopham’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Meopham?
Historic England lists 20 buildings inside Meopham’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 18 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Meopham?
One: Parish Church of St John the Baptist.
How many conservation areas are there in Meopham?
3, covering about 22 hectares of the town. The largest are Meopham Green, Meopham and Hook Green, Meopham.
When were Meopham’s buildings listed?
The first in 1952; the most, 12, in 1983.
How old are the homes in Meopham?
12% of homes were built before 1919 and 22% 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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