IChurch · listed 1951Church of St NicholasPhoto: Ian Dunster · CC BY-SA 3.0
The Cinque Port Arms · Photo: Chris Whippet · CC BY-SA 2.0B+History Grade
History of New Romney · Historic England
59 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside New Romney’s built-up area, 152 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. We have photos of 6 of its listed buildings. 12% of its homes were built before 1919. New Romney grades B+ for history: #31 of 87 in Kent.
Listed buildings
59
152 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
12%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
New Romney in 6 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Church of St NicholasGrade I listed
St John's Priory, Including the Ruins of the PrioryGrade II* listed
The Assembly Rooms and Schoolroom AdjoiningGrade II listed
Mulberry HouseGrade II listed
Southlands HospitalGrade 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 New Romney’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IGrade II*Scheduled monument
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
59 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I2 Grade II*56 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 New Romney
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 2 Grade II* listed buildings in New Romney
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 1 is photographed.
II*Church · listed 1951St John's Priory, Including the Ruins of the PrioryPhoto: Simon Carey · CC BY-SA 2.0
House · listed 19513 and 4, West Street
What’s protected
Most of New Romney’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas45
Public & civic buildings5
Inns, shops & warehouses4
Walls, gates & bridges3
Churches, chapels & priories2
45 entries (76%) 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
56 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 56 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
BrissendenCaldecot HouseCheriton LodgeCraythornesDelapreFairfield HouseFormer Prince of Wales Public HouseFrogs HallGarden Wall Between Craythornes and Craythorne CottageGarden Wall to Rear of Mulberry HouseGarden Wall to Right of Mulberry HouseGun HouseHenbury Cottage Henbury HouseHigh HouseKing's HouseLittle GablesMascall HouseMillsideMittell HouseMulberry HouseOak HousePage Cottage and Page HousePlum Tree HouseRating OfficeRome HouseSouthlands HospitalStable Building to Rear of Rome HouseStone HouseThe Assembly Rooms and Schoolroom AdjoiningThe Cinque Port ArmsThe Governor's HouseThe LimesThe New InnThe Ship HotelThe Town HallTown Hall HouseTrones HouseVictoria HouseVirginia CottagesWest Lawn1, George Lane16, High Street18 and 20, High Street2 and 3, George Lane25, High Street27, 29, 31 and 33, High Street28 and 30, High Street38, High Street40, High Street41, High Street43, High Street46, High Street48, High Street5, West Street85, High Street86 and 88, High Street
Conservation areas
2 conservation areas cover 7.1% of New Romney
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
New Romney, High Street 197111 ha
New Romney, Cannon Street 19711 ha
12 hain conservation areas, of 166 ha inside the built-up area.
The first, New Romney, High Street and New Romney, Cannon Street, were designated in 1971; the newest, New Romney, Cannon Street, in 1971. 54 of the 59 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
28 of New Romney’s 59 listed buildings were added in 1973
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1973 · 281951 · 25
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 25 entries were listed in 1951, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 28 came in 1973, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have 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
New Romney 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 (65 points, 168 per 10,000 residents)More than 81% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (12%)More than 35% 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
New Romney has the 81st most Grade I buildings of 1,059 towns its size
Places of 2,000–6,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
New Romney1
#157 of 1,059for listed buildings per resident (152 per 10,000). Sandwich, Tenby and Dolgellau lead.
80 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around New Romney
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Romney | 3,870 | 59 | 1 | B+ |
| Littlestone-on-Sea | 5,271 | 4 | 0 | D |
| St Mary's Bay | 2,966 | 0 | 0 | D− |
| Lydd | 3,911 | 53 | 1 | A− |
| Dymchurch | 3,097 | 22 | 0 | B− |
| Hamstreet | 1,738 | 10 | 0 | B− |
| Lympne | 1,074 | 1 | 0 | C− |
| Aldington | 1,280 | 13 | 0 | B |
In brief
New Romney in brief
Measured per resident, New Romney has more listed heritage than 81% of UK towns. In all there are 59 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I, including Church of St Nicholas. Only 80 of the 1,059 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. On High Street alone there are 13 listed buildings.
Its older streets lie in 2 conservation areas, the first designated in 1971. Most entries on the list, 76%, are houses, terraces and villas. Beyond that, Mabel Stringer (1868) and Dorothy Bannon (1885) were born here before 1900; it also has a scheduled monument; and 12% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about New Romney’s history
How many listed buildings are there in New Romney?
Historic England lists 59 buildings inside New Romney’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 56 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in New Romney?
One: Church of St Nicholas.
Are there scheduled monuments in New Romney?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Part of a Cistercian grange, north of New Romney High Street, also known as Romney Priory.
How many conservation areas are there in New Romney?
2, covering about 12 hectares of the town. The largest are New Romney, High Street and New Romney, Cannon Street.
When were New Romney’s buildings listed?
The first in 1951; the most, 28, in 1973.
How old are the homes in New Romney?
12% of homes were built before 1919 and 16% 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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