IWalls & gates · listed 1952Bastions and Curtain Wall About 10 Metres South East of Saltwood CastlePhoto: Edgepedia · CC BY-SA 3.0
Bastions and Curtain Wall About 10 Metres South East of Saltwood Castle · Photo: Edgepedia · CC BY-SA 3.0–Not graded
History of Saltwood · Historic England
10 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Saltwood’s built-up area, 117 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. 33% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 3 of its listed buildings.
Listed buildings
10
117 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
33%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Saltwood
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. 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 Saltwood’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.
10 listed buildings by grade
2 Grade I1 Grade II*7 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 Saltwood
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 1952Saltwood CastlePhoto: Edgepedia · CC BY-SA 3.0
Grade II*
The Grade II* listed building in Saltwood
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*Church · listed 1966Church of St Peter and St PaulPhoto: John Salmon · CC BY-SA 2.0
Grade II
7 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.
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 21% of Saltwood
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Saltwood 197413 ha
13 hain conservation areas, of 63 ha inside the built-up area.
8 of the 10 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
4 of Saltwood’s 10 listed buildings were added in 1986
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 3 entries were listed in 1952, 2 of the 2 Grade I buildings among them. 4 came in 1986, 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.
Homes by age
33% of Saltwood’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
24%
Before 1900
8.9%
1900–18
6.5%
1919–29
9.9%
1930s
3.4%
1945–54
11%
1955–64
7.6%
1965–72
6.5%
1973–82
2.1%
1983–92
6.5%
1993–99
7.6%
2000–08
1%
2009–15
4.5%
2016–25
SaltwoodEngland & Wales
24% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1955–64, which added 11% 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 (9 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Saltwood
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saltwood | 857 | 10 | 2 | — |
| Hythe | 14,613 | 114 | 1 | A− |
| Lympne | 1,074 | 1 | 0 | C− |
| Lyminge | 1,918 | 12 | 1 | B+ |
| Folkestone | 51,987 | 226 | 2 | A |
| Hawkinge | 8,499 | 2 | 0 | D− |
| Dymchurch | 3,097 | 22 | 0 | B− |
| Brabourne Lees | 1,479 | 15 | 0 | B+ |
In brief
Saltwood in brief
Old houses are part of Saltwood’s character: 33% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 10 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade I. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1974. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: it also has a scheduled monument.
Questions about Saltwood’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Saltwood?
Historic England lists 10 buildings inside Saltwood’s built-up area: 2 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 7 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Saltwood?
2, including Bastions and Curtain Wall About 10 Metres South East of Saltwood Castle and Saltwood Castle.
Are there scheduled monuments in Saltwood?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Saltwood Castle (uninhabited portions).
How many conservation areas are there in Saltwood?
1, covering about 13 hectares of the town. The largest is Saltwood.
When were Saltwood’s buildings listed?
The first in 1952; the most, 4, in 1986.
How old are the homes in Saltwood?
33% of homes were built before 1919 and 50% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Saltwood has no History Grade.
© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The National Heritage List for England is the official, up-to-date register of all nationally protected historic buildings and sites in England; check an entry on Historic England’s website before relying on it.
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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