IChurch · listed 1967Church of St NicholasPhoto: Poliphilo · CC0
Church of St Nicholas · Photo: Poliphilo · CC0–Not graded
History of Pluckley · Historic England
20 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Pluckley’s built-up area, 567 for every 10,000 residents. Of the listed buildings in Pluckley, 19 are Grade II. 41% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
20
567 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
41%
typical UK town 15%
The map
Where Pluckley’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade I
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
20 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*19 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 Pluckley
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.
What’s protected
Most of Pluckley’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas12
Walls, gates & bridges3
Public & civic buildings2
Inns, shops & warehouses2
Churches, chapels & priories1
12 entries (60%) are houses, terraces and villas. 1 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
19 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 19 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Church Gates Church Gates CottageCliffe CottageCoopers CottageCorner House and Church GatesFir Tree CottageForge CottageForge Hill HouseGate Lodge to Former Surrenden Dering, 300 Metres to South East of Church of St Nicholas, PluckleyMunday Farm Hop Pickers’ HutsMunday FarmhouseOasthouse to North of Munday FarmhouseOld Kingsland CottagePluckley Church of England Primary SchoolThe Black Horse InnThe Butchers Shop and Street HouseThe Old Bakery the Post Office StoresThe Old ForgeTollgate HouseYew Tree Cottage
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 100% of Pluckley
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 HE27 ha
27 hain conservation areas, of 27 ha inside the built-up area.
20 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 Pluckley’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1980
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1980 · 111967 · 6
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The first 1 entry was listed in 1952. 11 came in 1980, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
41% of Pluckley’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
35%
Before 1900
3.7%
1900–18
2.4%
1919–29
6.1%
1930s
12%
1945–54
7.3%
1955–64
4.9%
1965–72
3.7%
1973–82
7.3%
1983–92
4.9%
1993–99
1.2%
2000–08
2.4%
2009–15
9.1%
2016–25
PluckleyEngland & Wales
35% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1945–54, which added 12% 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 (4 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Pluckley
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pluckley | 353 | 20 | 1 | — |
| Charing | 2,170 | 70 | 5 | A |
| Bethersden | 1,008 | 38 | 1 | A |
| Headcorn | 3,293 | 40 | 1 | B+ |
| Shadoxhurst | 1,009 | 19 | 0 | B− |
| Ashford | 82,143 | 226 | 2 | B |
| Lenham and Harrietsham | 4,763 | 90 | 4 | A− |
| Challock | 1,089 | 13 | 0 | B |
In brief
Pluckley in brief
More of Pluckley’s homes are old than in most places: 41% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 20 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area protects part of it. Of the whole list, 60% are houses, terraces and villas. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1980: 11 of 20.
Questions about Pluckley’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Pluckley?
Historic England lists 20 buildings inside Pluckley’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 19 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Pluckley?
One: Church of St Nicholas.
How many conservation areas are there in Pluckley?
1, covering about 27 hectares of the town. The largest is No data available for publication by HE.
When were Pluckley’s buildings listed?
The first in 1952; the most, 11, in 1980.
How old are the homes in Pluckley?
41% of homes were built before 1919 and 49% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Pluckley 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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