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History of Shoreham · Historic England
Old homes in Shoreham: 49% built before 1919
The typical town has 15%: Shoreham has 3 times the share. Historic England lists 36 buildings inside Shoreham’s built-up area, 429 for every 10,000 residents.
Listed buildings
36
429 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
49%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Shoreham
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 Shoreham’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.
36 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*35 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 Shoreham
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 Shoreham’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas18
Inns, shops & warehouses6
Walls, gates & bridges4
Churches, chapels & priories4
Public & civic buildings2
Street furniture1
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
18 entries (50%) are houses, terraces and villas. 4 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
35 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 35 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Bridge CottageBridge over the River DarentChapel Alley CottagesChurch CottagesChurch CottagesCoachmans Cottage the Old VicarageFlint CottageFriars PilgrimsGarden Wall of Shoreham HouseHolly PlaceIvy Cottage Waterfall CottageIvy Cottage and Tudor CottageK6 Telephone Kiosk Beside ForgeMill Lane CottagesMill Lane CottagesOld Darent CottageOutbuildings to Rear of Old George InnOxbourne FarmhouseRecord and Little Record adjoiningReed Beds the Samuel Palmer School of Fine ArtRising SunRiverside HouseRow of Almshouses at Corner of Church StreetShoreham War MemorialSmithy Building Adjoining No 38 the Old ForgeThe Crown InnThe MillThe Old George InnWall and Lych Gate to Church of St Peter and St PaulWaterfall Cottage Studio Waterfall Cottage Tea RoomWaterhouseWinslade Cottage1, High Street29-33, High Street35 and 37, High Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 100% of Shoreham
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 HE38 ha
38 hain conservation areas, of 38 ha inside the built-up area.
36 of the 36 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 Shoreham’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1975
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1975 · 241954 · 8
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 8 entries were listed in 1954, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 24 came in 1975, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
49% of Shoreham’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
43%
Before 1900
4.5%
1900–18
6%
1919–29
1.6%
1930s
8.9%
1945–54
2.9%
1955–64
8.9%
1965–72
1.6%
1973–82
6%
1983–92
1.6%
1993–99
1.6%
2000–08
2.9%
2009–15
10%
2016–25
ShorehamEngland & Wales
43% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 2016–25, which added 10% 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 Shoreham
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shoreham | 840 | 36 | 1 | — |
| Otford and Kemsing | 7,332 | 57 | 1 | B |
| Eynsford | 1,676 | 37 | 1 | A |
| Dunton Green | 3,241 | 2 | 0 | D |
| Crockenhill | 1,569 | 9 | 0 | B |
| Seal | 1,616 | 37 | 1 | A− |
| Farningham | 1,279 | 51 | 1 | A+ |
| West Kingsdown | 4,306 | 8 | 0 | C− |
In brief
Shoreham in brief
Old houses are part of Shoreham’s character: 49% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 36 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area protects part of it. Most entries on the list, 50%, are houses, terraces and villas. The big year was 1975, when 24 of the 36 went on the list.
Questions about Shoreham’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Shoreham?
Historic England lists 36 buildings inside Shoreham’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 35 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Shoreham?
One: Church of St Peter and St Paul.
How many conservation areas are there in Shoreham?
1, covering about 38 hectares of the town. The largest is No data available for publication by HE.
When were Shoreham’s buildings listed?
The first in 1954; the most, 24, in 1975.
How old are the homes in Shoreham?
49% of homes were built before 1919 and 56% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Shoreham 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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