IChurch · listed 1954Old Church of St PeterPhoto: Tilman2007 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Old Church of St Peter · Photo: Tilman2007 · CC BY-SA 4.0B+History Grade
History of Pembury · Historic England
54 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Pembury’s built-up area, 93 for every 10,000 residents. Of the listed buildings in Pembury, 52 are Grade II. We have photos of 6 of its listed buildings. 15% of its homes were built before 1919. Pembury grades B+ for history: #35 of 87 in Kent.
Listed buildings
54
93 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
15%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Pembury in 6 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Upper Church of St PeterGrade II* listed
The AlmshousesGrade II listed
The Camden ArmsGrade II listed
The LodgeGrade II listed
Men of Pembury War MemorialGrade 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 Pembury’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IGrade II*
0 of 4neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
54 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I1 Grade II*52 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 Pembury
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 Pembury
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*Church · listed 1954Upper Church of St PeterPhoto: Tilman2007 · CC BY-SA 4.0
What’s protected
The largest group of Pembury’s listed buildings is homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas23
Churches, chapels & priories22
Walls, gates & bridges4
Inns, shops & warehouses2
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
Street furniture1
Public & civic buildings1
23 entries (43%) are houses, terraces and villas. 22 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
52 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 52 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Anonymous Chest Tomb Approximately 1.5 Metres South of the Nave of the Old Church of St PeterAnonymous Chest Tomb Approximately 1.5 Metres South of the Porch of the Old Church of St PeterBaileys Farm CottagesBaileys FarmhouseBayly Headstone Approximately 3.5 Metres South of the Chancel of the Old Church of St PeterChapman Headstone Approximately 8 Metres South of the Nave of the Old Church of St PeterChest Tomb Approximately 1 Metres South of the Chancel of the Old Church of St PeterChippingsChurchyard Walls Belonging to the Upper Church of St PeterDickenson Headstone Approximately 7 Metres South of the Chancel of the Old Church of St PeterDix Headstone Approximately 7 Metres South of the Nave of the Old Church of St PeterFry Headstone Approximately 5 Metres South of the Porch of the Old Church of St PeterGibbon Monument Approximately 16 Metres North East of the Chancel of the Old Church of St PeterHartniep Headstone Approximately 3 Metres South West of the Porch of the Old Church of St PeterHazelwoodIllegible Headstone Approximately 1 Metre South of the Chancel of the Old Church of St PeterKinzey Headstone Approximately 4 Metres South of the Chancel of the Old Church of St PeterKnights PlaceLychgate to Churchyard of the Old Church of St PeterMancktell Headstone Approximately 2 Metres West of the Tower of the Old Church of St PeterMays BarnMays FarmhouseMen of Pembury War MemorialMyrtle CottageNo 5, Gates House Including Front Area RailingsNos 15-21 (Odd) Including Front Area RailingsOasthouse Approximately 20 Metres South West of Romford HousePair of Hartridge Headstones Approximately 4 Metres West South West of the Tower of the Old Church of St PeterPembury County Primary School (Old School) Including Front Boundary WallPeto Monument Approximately 2.5 Metres South of the Chancel of the Old Church of St PeterPoppingburyPotter Headstone Approximately 3.5 Metres South of the Chancel of the Old Church of St PeterQueens FollyRomford FarmhouseRomford HouseRose CottageRow of 3 Driver Headstones Approximately 6 Metres South of the Tower of the Old Church of St PeterSlowery FarmhouseStantonsThe AlmshousesThe Camden ArmsThe ForrestersThe LodgeThe Manor House Including Front Garden WallsThe Old MillWeller Headstone Approximately 3 Metres South West of the Tower of the Old Church of St PeterWellgrove FarmhouseWoodward Headstone Approximately 1.5 Metres North of the Chancel of the Old Church of St Peter2 Adjacent Headstones Approximately 1 Metre South of the Nave of the Old Churhc of St Peter23 and 23A, High Street38, Henwood Green Road51, Lower Green Road
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 100% of Pembury
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 HE200 ha
200 hain conservation areas, of 200 ha inside the built-up area.
54 of the 54 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 Pembury’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1990
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1990 · 46
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The first 4 entries were listed in 1954, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 46 came in 1990, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Pembury 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 (57 points, 99 per 10,000 residents)More than 74% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (15%)More than 45% 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
Pembury has the 90th most Grade I buildings of 913 towns its size
Places of 3,000–9,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Pembury1
#206 of 913for listed buildings per resident (93 per 10,000). Sandwich, Tenby and Brecon lead.
89 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Pembury
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pembury | 5,783 | 54 | 1 | B+ |
| Royal Tunbridge Wells | 51,215 | 275 | 1 | A |
| Five Oak Green | 1,436 | 11 | 0 | B+ |
| Southborough | 9,632 | 26 | 0 | B+ |
| Paddock Wood | 7,616 | 15 | 0 | C− |
| Rusthall and Langton Green | 7,783 | 30 | 0 | B+ |
| Tonbridge | 36,136 | 108 | 2 | B+ |
| Horsmonden | 1,580 | 25 | 0 | A− |
In brief
Pembury in brief
Pembury has 54 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I, including Old Church of St Peter. Only 89 of the 913 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. A conservation area protects part of it. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1990: 46 of 54. The rest is about typical: per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and 15% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Pembury’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Pembury?
Historic England lists 54 buildings inside Pembury’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 52 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Pembury?
One: Old Church of St Peter.
How many conservation areas are there in Pembury?
1, covering about 200 hectares of the town. The largest is No data available for publication by HE.
When were Pembury’s buildings listed?
The first in 1954; the most, 46, in 1990.
How old are the homes in Pembury?
15% of homes were built before 1919 and 32% 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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