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History of Sandwich · Historic England

439 listed buildings, 7 of them Grade I

Historic England counts them inside Sandwich’s built-up area, 1,031 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 9 scheduled monuments. 30% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 31 of its listed buildings. Sandwich grades A+ for history: #1 of 87 in Kent.

7Grade I26Grade II*1792old map9scheduled monuments28on High Street
Listed buildings
439
1,031 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
7
exceptional interest
Grade II*
26
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
9
1 registered park or garden
Homes built before 1919
30%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures

Sandwich in 33 photos and old views

Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.

The SalutationThe SalutationGrade I listedChapel of St BartholomewChapel of St BartholomewGrade I listedWarehouse (Gardeners)Warehouse (Gardeners)Grade II listedThe KeepThe KeepGrade II listedThe Bell HotelThe Bell HotelGrade II listed+28See all photos

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.

Through time

Sandwich in old photos and maps

An old map and 0 old photos and postcards, in date order. All public domain, made before 1950.

From ‘Collections for an History of Sandwich in Kent’1792
Old mapFrom ‘Collections for an History of Sandwich in Kent’Map: The British Library · No restrictions

Public domain, from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server. Each credit opens the image’s page with its full description and history.

The map

Where Sandwich’s history is

Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.

The Salutation, Sandwich, registered park or gardenSandwich town walls: section at NW corner (150ft long), scheduled monumentSandwich town walls: section extending 40yds (36m) on N side of Strand Street, scheduled monumentSandwich town walls: section from New Gate to Woodnesborough Gate, scheduled monumentSandwich town walls: section from Woodnesborough Gate to Canterbury Gate, scheduled monumentSandwich town walls: section from a point E of gasworks to site of New Gate (including The Bulwark and Mill Wall), scheduled monumentSandwich town walls: section incorporated in the old East Kent Brewery (35ft long), scheduled monumentSandwich town walls: site of the Round House, scheduled monumentSite of medieval port, Stonar, scheduled monumentThe Fisher Gate, scheduled monumentBartlemas, Grade II*Bridge (Site of the Sandown Gate), Grade II*Curfew House, Grade II*Delf House, Grade II*Invicta House Ye Olde King's Arms, Grade II*Luckboat House, Grade II*Manwood Close Manwood Court, Grade II*No 52 Including the Outhouse to North, Grade II*Pellicane House, Grade II*Petersham House, Grade II*Richborough House, Grade II*Stuart House, Grade II*The Admiral Owen Public House, Grade II*The Dutch House, Grade II*The Guildhall, Grade II*The Haven Guest House, 29, Harnet Street, Grade II*The Long House or 62 Strand Street, Grade II*The Red Cow Public House, Grade II*1, Potter Street, Grade II*11, 11A, 13, 15 and 15A, Strand Street, Grade II*15, Mill Wall Place, Grade II*17, Mill Wall Place, Grade II*21, King Street, Grade II*27, Strand Street, Grade II*3 and 5, Vicarage Lane, Grade II*5, King Street, Grade II*Chapel of St Bartholomew, Grade IChurch of St Clement, Grade IChurch of St Mary, Grade IChurch of St Peter, Grade IFisher Gate, Grade IThe Barbican, Grade IThe Salutation, Grade I
Grade IGrade II*Scheduled monumentPark or garden400 m from St Peter's Church
6 of 7Grade I buildings stand within 400 m of St Peter's Church, a five-minute walk. So do 395 of the 439 listed buildings.
1 of 4neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes; in the oldest, 58% were built before 1919.

Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.

439 listed buildings by grade
7 Grade I26 Grade II*406 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 7 Grade I listed buildings in Sandwich

Buildings of exceptional interest, about 2.5% of all listed buildings; 6 of these stand within 400 m of St Peter's Church. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.

Church · listed 1950St Mary's ChurchOn the list as Church of St MaryPhoto: Tilman2007 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Church · listed 1950St Peter's ChurchOn the list as Church of St PeterPhoto: Tilman2007 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Walls & gates · listed 1970Fisher GatePhoto: Tilman2007 · CC BY-SA 4.0
House · listed 1950The BarbicanPhoto: Tilman2007 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Grade II*

The 26 Grade II* listed buildings in Sandwich

Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 21 are photographed.

House · listed 1950Delf HousePhoto: Tilman2007 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Show the other 14
House · listed 1950The Haven Guest HouseOn the list as The Haven Guest House, 29, Harnet StreetPhoto: Tilman2007 · CC BY-SA 4.0
House · listed 1950The Long HouseOn the list as The Long House or 62 Strand StreetPhoto: Tilman2007 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Historic streets

High Street has the most listed buildings

Streets by the listed entries with an address on them. One entry can be a whole terrace, so long rows count once.

High Street28 listed
Strand Street24 listed · 2 II*
11, 11A, 13, 15 and 15A, Strand Street27, Strand Street
King Street23 listed · 2 II*
21, King Street5, King Street
New Street18 listed
Fisher Street16 listed
Upper Strand Street13 listed
Moat Sole11 listed
Cattle Market10 listed
Mill Wall Place9 listed · 2 II*
Church Street St Mary's8 listed
Harnet Street8 listed
Market Street8 listed

Of the 439 entries, 263 are named by a street address; the rest are named buildings such as churches, halls and bridges.

What’s protected

Most of Sandwich’s listed buildings are homes

Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.

Houses, terraces & villas374
Walls, gates & bridges22
Public & civic buildings16
Inns, shops & warehouses9
Churches, chapels & priories8
Street furniture8
Memorials, crosses & tombs2

374 entries (85%) are houses, terraces and villas. 8 are churches, chapels and priories, including 4 of the 7 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

406 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.

The first 150 of 406 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Barbican PlayersBoundary Stone in Front Wall of No 44Boundary Walling (Site of Nos 33-37 New Street)Boundary Walling Between No 82 and Gallows FieldBoundary Walling Between Nos 1 and 3Boundary Walling Between Nos 32 and 34Boundary Walling Between the Cinema and No 2 Cattle MarketBoundary Walling Midway Along the Rope Walk Between Woodnesborough Road and New StreetBoundary Walling South of No 14Boundary Walling at No 47Boundary Walling at Rear of No 21Boundary Walling at the Rear of No 87 on the East Side of Paradise RowBoundary Walling of Bartlemas on North and East SidesBoundary Walling on North and South Side of Entrance to Seven Post AlleyBoundary Walling to North of No 57 (The Limes)Boundary Walling to West Side of No 59Boundary Walling to the Primary SchoolBoundary Walling to the Rear of No 75 Strand StreetBoundary Walling to the Rear of No 89, Bordering Paradise RowBoundary Walls Around the Salutation on the North, West and South Sides and Post BoxBoundary Walls to Rear of Nos 1 to 11 Church Street St Mary's (Site of Hermitage)Boundary wall between 20 and 22 Church Street, St. Mary'sBoundary walling to south west, north and north west of 29, Harnet StreetBowling CornerBowling CottageBridge over Stream at Woodnesborough RoadCanterbury Gate HouseCenturiesChapel Remains Behind No 11Churchyard Walls at East Side of ChurchCinque Ports HouseClarence HouseClaypipes CobblersCrammond HouseCreighton HouseDelf CottageDolphin CottageDoorway and Arch in Boundary WallingDoorway and Wall to South West of No 12Downs Court FarmhouseEast Kent Road Car Former OfficeEast, South and West Boundary Walling of Nos 1 and 3FarthingsFerrywayFishergate HouseFootbridge at Sandwich Railway StationFormer Site of Nos 8 and 10 and Boundary WallingFormer St Barts House (Wardens House)Front Boundary Walling Between Nos 7 and 9Front Boundary Walling of Hidden HouseFront Boundary Walling of Stuart HouseFront Facade of Converted ChapelFront boundary walling to Dover Road of No 16 St BartholomewsGarden Wall to the South of No 3Gas Lamp Mounted on Brick Pier at Entrance to No 23Gas Lamp at Corner near High Street in Seven Post AlleyGas Lamp on Dolphin QuayGate Piers to North of No 14Gateway to St Thomas' HospitalGazen HouseGiles QuayGuildcount HouseHa'penny HouseHadley HouseHarfleet House and Dragon Hall HouseHurstmead Woodroft CottageIron railings at Three Kings, 9 Strand StreetK6 Telephone KioskK6 Telephone KioskKatescottLea HouseLong Barn Adjoining Boundary of Bartlemas and to the North West of No 14 St BartsMalt Shovel HouseManwood CottageMelbourne HouseMilestone at South West Corner of No 30Newgate CottageNo 26 (Now Forms Part of One House with No 28)Norfolk HouseOasthouse Outbuilding at the Rear of No 38Old Milk Alley FlatOutbuilding Between No 1 and Barnesend CourtOutbuilding at Rear of No 15Outbuilding on the Corner of Delf Street and Church Street St Mary, In the Grounds of Stuart HouseOutbuilding to Rear of No 32Outhouse to South of No 21Outhouses in the Garden to the North West of the SalutationPassenger Shelter, Sandwich Railway StationPieces of EightPreston HousePump at North East corner of Former Three Kings Public HouseRailing upon the Bridge at Entrance to Mill WallRear Boundary Walling of No 11Rear Boundary Walling of No 21Rear Boundary Walling of Nos 13 to 19 (Odd)Rear Boundary Walling of St Thomas' HospitalReturn Walling, Boundary of No 43 and the Delf StreamRiver HouseRose CottageRutupiaeSackville HouseSalutation Cottage and GatewaySandwich Railway StationSandwich United Reformed ChurchSandwich War MemorialSection of Town Wall Between Fishergate House and BastionSection of Town Wall Between Warehouse and Army Cadet CentreSection of Town Walling to East of Quay CottageSection of Walling Adjacent to the Sandown BridgeSection of Walling near Modern Small Pump StationSeven Post HouseSouth West Boundary Walling of No 23Spencer HouseSt BartsSt BartsSt BartsSt CuthbertsSt George's HouseSt Johns Hospital AlmshousesSt Mary's Churchyard Boundary WallingSt OswaldsSt Peter's Churchyard WallsSt Thomas' Hospital AlmshousesStone Cross HouseStone Wall on South Side of St Barts Road, To the North West of the Long BarnSunnycotThe Bell HotelThe CottageThe Crispin InnThe DrumThe Fleur de Lys HotelThe Golden KeyThe KeepThe Kings HeadThe LimesThe Old CottageThe Old Kings HouseThree KingsThree Kings YardUnity CottagesWall on North and East Side of School RoadWalling and Bridge of the Delf Stream at the Entrance to the Mill WallWalling of Dolphin QuayWalling to Rear of Guestling Mill and No 62 Strand StreetWarehouse (Gardeners)Water Lane HouseWater Pump Adjoining the Chapel Wall on the North East Side of the ChapelWater Pump to the Rear of No 11West CroftWhite Friars

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Conservation areas

1 conservation area covers 100% of Sandwich

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 HE252 ha
252 hain conservation areas, of 253 ha inside the built-up area.

439 of the 439 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 Sandwich’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1976

The year each building now on the list was first listed.

1976 · 2861950 · 1011970 · 37
19501960197019801990200020102020

The first 101 entries were listed in 1950, 6 of the 7 Grade I buildings among them. 286 came in 1976, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 2 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.

9 scheduled monuments

Nationally important archaeological sites and monuments, protected by law; work on them needs consent from the Secretary of State, advised by Historic England.

The Fisher Gate

1 registered park or garden

The Salutation, Sandwich
History Grade

Sandwich grades A+ for history

Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.

Protected heritage, for its size and in all (498 points, 1,170 per 10,000 residents)More than almost every UK town
Homes built before 1919 (30%)More than 84% 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.

Homes by age

30% of Sandwich’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
4.1%
1900–18
7.8%
1919–29
3.4%
1930s
9.9%
1945–54
8%
1955–64
6.8%
1965–72
5.3%
1973–82
12%
1983–92
3%
1993–99
4.2%
2000–08
1.3%
2009–15
8.1%
2016–25
SandwichEngland & Wales

26% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1983–92, 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 (28 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.

Born here

14 notable people born in Sandwich before 1900

Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.

Roger Manwood
Thomas Lushington
Sir John Mennes
George Ent
Mary Chilton
Edward Nairne
Samuel Foart Simmons
Samuel Warren
John Spratt Rainier
George W. M. Reynolds
George William Burton
Richard Vesey Hamilton
Edward Greey
Ernest Mate
1500165018001950
George W. M. Reynolds
George W. M. Reynolds1814–1879 · British writer (1814-1879)
Edward Nairne
Edward Nairne1726–1806 · English optician and scientific instrument maker (1726–1806)
Richard Vesey Hamilton
Richard Vesey Hamilton1829–1912 · Royal Navy admiral (1829-1912)
George Ent
George Ent1604–1689 · English scientist and physician; (1604-1689)
Roger Manwood
Roger Manwood1525–1593 · English jurist and Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer
Sir John Mennes
Sir John Mennes1599–1671 · Royal Navy admiral (1599-1671)
TL
Thomas Lushington1590–1661 · Author and theologian
MC
Mary Chilton1607–1679 · Mayflower passenger and New World colonist (1607–1679)

Everyone born in Sandwich → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.

Towns its size

Sandwich has the 2nd most Grade I buildings of 1,010 towns its size

Places of 3,000–7,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.

Melbourne11
Sandwich7
Dartmouth7
West Malling7
Thaxted7
Wilton7
Barnard Castle6
Appleby-in-Westmorland6
Repton6
Lyme Regis5
Battle5
Coningsby and Tattershall5
#1 of 1,010for listed buildings per resident (1,031 per 10,000). Sandwich, Tenby and Dolgellau lead.

Only Melbourne has more. Sandwich is level with Dartmouth, West Malling, Thaxted and Wilton. The typical town its size has 0.

Neighbours

Listed buildings in the places around Sandwich

TownPeopleListedGrade IHistory
Sandwich4,2584397A+
Eastry2,388453A
Ash (Dover)2,529651A+
Cliffs End1,28410D−
Deal28,9923700A+
Minster (Thanet)4,739442B+
Wingham1,313752A+
Ramsgate42,0314405A+
In brief

Sandwich in brief

For its size, Sandwich has more listed heritage than 99% of UK towns. In all there are 439 listed buildings, 7 of them Grade I, including St Mary's Church. Of its homes, 30% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. Its Grade I buildings cluster together: 6 of them stand within 400 m of St Peter's Church.

Only one of the 1,010 towns nearest its size has more Grade I buildings. High Street alone has 28 listed buildings. A conservation area protects part of it.

Questions about Sandwich’s history

How many listed buildings are there in Sandwich?

Historic England lists 439 buildings inside Sandwich’s built-up area: 7 Grade I, 26 Grade II* and 406 Grade II.

What are the Grade I listed buildings in Sandwich?

7, including Chapel of St Bartholomew, Church of St Clement, Church of St Mary, Church of St Peter, Fisher Gate and The Barbican.

Which street in Sandwich has the most listed buildings?

High Street (28), Strand Street (24) and King Street (23) have the most listed entries named by an address. One entry can be a whole terrace.

Are there scheduled monuments in Sandwich?

Yes, 9 scheduled monuments, including Sandwich town walls: section at NW corner (150ft long), Sandwich town walls: section extending 40yds (36m) on N side of Strand Street, Sandwich town walls: section from New Gate to Woodnesborough Gate and Sandwich town walls: section from Woodnesborough Gate to Canterbury Gate.

How many conservation areas are there in Sandwich?

1, covering about 252 hectares of the town. The largest is No data available for publication by HE.

When were Sandwich’s buildings listed?

The first in 1950; the most, 286, in 1976.

Who was born in Sandwich?

Among people born before 1900: George W. M. Reynolds (1814), Edward Nairne (1726), Richard Vesey Hamilton (1829), George Ent (1604) and Roger Manwood (1525).

How old are the homes in Sandwich?

30% of homes were built before 1919 and 41% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).

© 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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