IChurch · listed 1958Minster AbbeyPhoto: Simon Burchell · CC BY-SA 4.0
Minster Abbey · Photo: Simon Burchell · CC BY-SA 4.0B+History Grade
History of Minster (Thanet) · Historic England
44 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Minster (Thanet)’s built-up area, 93 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. We have photos of 6 of its listed buildings. 17% of its homes were built before 1919. Minster (Thanet) grades B+ for history: #29 of 87 in Kent.
Listed buildings
44
93 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
2
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
17%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Minster (Thanet) in 6 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Cleve Court and Cleve LodgeGrade II* listed
Church of Saint MaryGrade I listed
The Bell InnGrade II listed
The Old SchoolGrade II listed
No 11 and the Old Jezard's BakeryGrade 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 Minster (Thanet)’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IGrade II*Scheduled monument
0 of 5neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes; in the oldest, 26% were built before 1919.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
44 listed buildings by grade
2 Grade I1 Grade II*41 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 Minster (Thanet)
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.
IChurch · listed 1963Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, Minster-in-ThanetOn the list as Church of Saint MaryPhoto: John Salmon · CC BY-SA 2.0
Grade II*
The Grade II* listed building in Minster (Thanet)
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*Public · listed 1963Cleve Court and Cleve LodgePhoto: David Anstiss · CC BY-SA 2.0
What’s protected
The largest group of Minster (Thanet)’s listed buildings is homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas20
Churches, chapels & priories8
Public & civic buildings5
Walls, gates & bridges5
Street furniture3
Inns, shops & warehouses2
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
20 entries (45%) are houses, terraces and villas. 8 are churches, chapels and priories, including 2 of the 2 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
41 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 41 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Barn About 30 Metres North East of Minster AbbeyBarn at Manston GreenBay Tree CottageCast Iron Lamp StandardCast Iron Lamp Standard Opposite Entrance to Car ParkCast Iron Lamp Standard Outside No.7 Church StreetChurch CottageDurlock LodgeEden HallFormer Prospect InnGarden Cottage and Garden WallGate and Railings Adjoining and West of the White HorseGates and Walls to Minster AbbeyGranary About 25 Metres South of Manston Court FarmhouseGroup of Chest Tombs North of Church of Saint MaryGrove Farmhouse and Walled Front GardenHawthorne LodgeInglewoodLaundry About 15 Metres West of Minster AbbeyLittle DurlockManston Court and Wall AdjacentManston War MemorialNo 11 and the Old Jezard's BakeryNumber 2, The White Horse, Including Lamp Bracket and Hand PumpOld Forge HousePsalm CottageRailed Tomb Chests and Memorial Cross About 5 Metres South of Nave of Saint Mary's ChurchRemains of Monastic Building, Now OutbuildingRose CottageThanet HouseThe Bell InnThe Elms, 42 High StreetThe Old SchoolThe Old VicarageThe Public Library (Walsingham House)Wall and Gate Lodge East of Minster AbbeyWatchester Farmhouse1 and 3, Church Street14, 16 and 18, High Street5 and 7, Church Street53, High Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 1% of Minster (Thanet)
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Minster 19725 ha
5 hain conservation areas, of 514 ha inside the built-up area.
25 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 Minster (Thanet)’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1986
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1986 · 25
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 1 entry was listed in 1952. 25 came in 1986, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
Monuments & landscapes
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.
History Grade
Minster (Thanet) 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 (51 points, 108 per 10,000 residents)More than 74% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (17%)More than 51% 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
Minster (Thanet) has the 42nd most Grade I buildings of 959 towns its size
Places of 3,000–8,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Minster (Thanet)2
#234 of 959for listed buildings per resident (93 per 10,000). Sandwich, Tenby and Arundel lead.
41 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Minster (Thanet)
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minster (Thanet) | 4,739 | 44 | 2 | B+ |
| Cliffs End | 1,284 | 1 | 0 | D− |
| Margate | 63,315 | 303 | 2 | A |
| Ramsgate | 42,031 | 440 | 5 | A+ |
| Ash (Dover) | 2,529 | 65 | 1 | A+ |
| Sandwich | 4,258 | 439 | 7 | A+ |
| Broadstairs | 25,780 | 129 | 0 | A− |
| Eastry | 2,388 | 45 | 3 | A |
In brief
Minster (Thanet) in brief
The official list counts 44 listed buildings in Minster (Thanet), 2 of them Grade I, including Minster Abbey. Only 41 of the 959 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1972. The big year was 1986, when 25 of the 44 went on the list. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; it also has a scheduled monument; and 17% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Minster (Thanet)’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Minster (Thanet)?
Historic England lists 44 buildings inside Minster (Thanet)’s built-up area: 2 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 41 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Minster (Thanet)?
2, including Church of Saint Mary and Minster Abbey.
Are there scheduled monuments in Minster (Thanet)?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Monastic grange and pre-Conquest nunnery at Minster Abbey.
How many conservation areas are there in Minster (Thanet)?
1, covering about 5 hectares of the town. The largest is Minster.
When were Minster (Thanet)’s buildings listed?
The first in 1952; the most, 25, in 1986.
How old are the homes in Minster (Thanet)?
17% of homes were built before 1919 and 28% 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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