IChurch · listed 1963Church of St MaryPhoto: Jean Marc Gfp · CC BY 3.0
Photo: Nick Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Nonington · Historic England
41 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Nonington’s built-up area, 445 for every 10,000 residents. Of the listed buildings in Nonington, 37 are Grade II. 28% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 3 of its listed buildings.
Listed buildings
41
445 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
2
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
28%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Nonington
Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Photos 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 Nonington’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.
41 listed buildings by grade
2 Grade I2 Grade II*37 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 Nonington
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.
IPublic · listed 1952St Albans CourtPhoto: Nick Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0
Grade II*
The 2 Grade II* listed buildings in Nonington
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 1 is photographed.
II*House · listed 1980Southdown CottagePhoto: pam fray · CC BY-SA 2.0
Walls & gates · listed 1986Old St Albans Court and Wall
What’s protected
Most of Nonington’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas24
Walls, gates & bridges7
Public & civic buildings6
Churches, chapels & priories4
24 entries (59%) are houses, terraces and villas. 4 are churches, chapels and priories, including 1 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
37 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 37 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Barn CottageBarn and Stable Range About 5 Metres East of White House FarmhouseCaretakers Cottage and Stable Court, St Albans CourtCharnel House or Mortuary Chapel About 20 Metres South of Church of St MaryChurch CottageFairfields OaklandsFarthingalesField Cottage Rosemarin CottageFour LimesGarden Walls South and East of Old St Albans CourtGate Piers and Flanking Walls About 40 Metres North East of Stable Court, St Albans CourtGoosebery Hall CottageGoosebery Hall FarmhouseGreystonesHatchettsHome FarmhouseLime Tree CottageLodge to Fredville ParkMonument to Ellen Massey 10 Metres North of Church of St MaryMount Ephraim HouseOld MalthouseRed TilesSouthdown HouseSt MichaelsStables About 5 Metres South East of White House FarmhouseSwedish Dance Theatre to North West of St Albans CourtTall Chimneys and Number 9Terrace Wall and Steps to South East and South West of St Albans CourtThe BarnThe Old HouseToll CottageTrinity CourtWall and Gateways to North Forecourt of St Albans CourtWall and Railings About 4 Metres South East of Four LimesWall parallel and to the north-west of The Coach House at Old St Albans CourtWhite House Farmhouse1 and 2 Home Farm Cottages
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 100% of Nonington
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 HE97 ha
97 hain conservation areas, of 98 ha inside the built-up area.
41 of the 41 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 Nonington’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1986
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1986 · 281963 · 5
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The first 4 entries were listed in 1952, 1 of the 2 Grade I buildings among them. 28 came in 1986, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
28% of Nonington’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
26%
Before 1900
1.7%
1900–18
30%
1919–29
5.2%
1930s
3.5%
1945–54
16%
1955–64
8.7%
1965–72
1.7%
1973–82
5.2%
1983–92
0%
1993–99
0%
2000–08
0%
2009–15
1.7%
2016–25
NoningtonEngland & Wales
26% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1919–29, which added 30% 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 (6 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Nonington
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonington | 921 | 41 | 2 | — |
| Aylesham | 5,788 | 0 | 0 | D− |
| Eythorne | 1,487 | 23 | 0 | B |
| Sibertswold | 1,619 | 9 | 0 | B |
| Eastry | 2,388 | 45 | 3 | A |
| Wingham | 1,313 | 75 | 2 | A+ |
| Ash (Dover) | 2,529 | 65 | 1 | A+ |
| Littlebourne | 1,596 | 51 | 2 | A |
In brief
Nonington in brief
Old houses are part of Nonington’s character: 28% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 41 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade I. A conservation area protects part of it. Most entries on the list, 59%, are houses, terraces and villas. The big year was 1986, when 28 of the 41 went on the list.
Questions about Nonington’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Nonington?
Historic England lists 41 buildings inside Nonington’s built-up area: 2 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 37 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Nonington?
2, including Church of St Mary and St Albans Court.
How many conservation areas are there in Nonington?
1, covering about 97 hectares of the town. The largest is No data available for publication by HE.
When were Nonington’s buildings listed?
The first in 1952; the most, 28, in 1986.
How old are the homes in Nonington?
28% of homes were built before 1919 and 62% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Nonington has no History Grade.
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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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