II*Church · listed 1954Church of St Mary the VirginPhoto: Ruth Sharville · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Marathon · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Speldhurst · Historic England
51 listed buildings, 3 of them Grade II*
Historic England counts them inside Speldhurst’s built-up area, 539 for every 10,000 residents. Of the listed buildings in Speldhurst, 48 are Grade II. 31% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 3 of its listed buildings.
Listed buildings
51
539 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
3
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
31%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Speldhurst
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Church of St Mary the VirginGrade II* listed
Old Post Office CottageGrade II* listed
The George and DragonGrade II* listedPhotos 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 Speldhurst’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade II*
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
51 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I3 Grade II*48 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 II*
The 3 Grade II* listed buildings in Speldhurst
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
II*Public · listed 1990Old Post Office CottagePhoto: N Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*House · listed 1954The George and DragonPhoto: Nigel Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0
What’s protected
Most of Speldhurst’s listed buildings are churches and chapels
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Churches, chapels & priories36
Houses, terraces & villas6
Walls, gates & bridges6
Public & civic buildings2
Inns, shops & warehouses1
6 entries (12%) are houses, terraces and villas. 36 are churches, chapels and priories.
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
48 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 48 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Anonymous Chest Tomb Approximately 1.5 Metres South of the Chancel of the Church of St Mary the VirginAnonymous Chest Tomb Approximately 3 Metres West of the Tower of the Church of St Mary the VirginAnonymous Chest Tomb Approximately 8 Metres South of the Nave of the Church of St Mary the VirginAnonymous Coffin Slab Approximately 11 Metres South of the Porch of the Church of St Mary the VirginAnonymous Headstone Approximately 6 Metres South of the Chancel of the Church of St Mary the VirginBellingham Headstone Approximately 10 Metres South of the Porch of the Church of St Mary the VirginBlake Headstone 4 Metres North East of the Organ Loft of the Church of St Mary the VirginBurrows Chest Tomb Approximately 1.5 Metres North of the Tower of the Church of St Mary the VirginCoach House Adjoining South of the Glebe HouseCoombin Headstone Adjacent North Wall of the Aisle of the Church of St Mary the VirginFront Boundary Wall Approximately 30 Metres South of the Old PlaceGossum headstone approximately 12m south west of the tower of the Church of St Mary the VirginGroup of 3 C18 Headstones Approximately 13 Metres South of the Tower of the Church of St Mary the VirginGroup of 3 Chest Tombs Approximately 6 Metres North of the Porch of the Church of St Mary the VirginGroup of 3 Chest Tombs Approximately 6 Metres North of the Vestry of the Church of St Mary the VirginGroup of 3 Chest Tombs Approximately 9 Metres North of the Aisle of the Church of St Mary the VirginGroup of 4 Chest Tombs Approximately 12 Metres North of the Tower of the Church of St Mary the VirginGroup of 5 C18 Headstones Approximately 11 Metres South of the Tower of the Church of St Mary the VirginJohnstone Chest Tomb Approximately 3 Metres South of the Chancel of the Church of St Mary the VirginKnell Headstone Approximately 2 Metres West of the Tower of the Church of St Mary the VirginLower Church FarmhouseLychgate to Churchyard of the Church of St Mary the VirginMorley Chest Tomb Approximately 7 Metres South of the Tower of the Church of St Mary the VirginNesbitt Memorial Approximately 16 Metres North East of the Vestry of the Church of St Mary the VirginOkill Headstone Approximately 3 Metres East of the Chancel of the Church of St Mary the VirginOld PlacePair of Coyte Headstones Adjacent East Wall of the Chancel of the Church of St Mary the VirginPair of Cripps Headstones Approximately 12 Metres South West of the Tower of the Church of St Mary the VirginPair of Drury Headstones Approximately 7 Metres South of the Nave of the Church of St Mary the VirginPair of Friend Headstones Approximately 3 Metres South of the Porch of the Church of St Mary the VirginRevettment Wall on North East and South East Sides of the ChurchyardRow of 3 May Headstones Approximately 20 Metres North East of the Chancel of the Church of St Mary the VirginRow of 5 Jeffery Headstones Approximately 9 Metres South of the Tower of the Church of St Mary the VirginRow of 6 Cooke Headstones Approximately 9 Metres South of the Tower of the Church of St Mary the VirginRow of Fry Headstones Approximately 4 Metres East of the Chancel of the Church of St Mary the VirginRow of Headstones Approximately 12 Metres South West of the Tower of the Church of St Mary the VirginRow of Jarret Headstones Approximately 3 Metres North East of the Chancel of the Church of St Mary the VirginScattered Group of 4 C18 Headstones Between 6-18 Metres East of the Chancel of the Church of St Mary the VirginShadwellSkinner Headstone Approximately 8 Metres South of the Nave of the Church of St Mary the VirginSpeldhurst County Primary SchoolThe CottageThe ManorThe Mill BuildingThe Rectory Including Front Boundary WallWalls, Gate Piers and Gates at the Entrance to the ManorWar Memorial Approximately 12 Metres South of the Porch of the Church of St Mary the VirginWilkins Headstone Approximately 3.5 Metres South of the Chancel of the Church of St Mary the Virgin
Conservation areas
2 conservation areas cover 100% of Speldhurst
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 HE55 ha
No data available for publication by HE1 ha
56 hain conservation areas, of 56 ha inside the built-up area.
51 of the 51 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 Speldhurst’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. 46 came in 1990, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
31% of Speldhurst’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
30%
Before 1900
2.5%
1900–18
13%
1919–29
4.1%
1930s
11%
1945–54
9.1%
1955–64
7.7%
1965–72
8.6%
1973–82
4.1%
1983–92
2.5%
1993–99
4.1%
2000–08
0.6%
2009–15
3%
2016–25
SpeldhurstEngland & Wales
30% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1919–29, which added 13% 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 Speldhurst
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Speldhurst | 947 | 51 | 0 | — |
| Rusthall and Langton Green | 7,783 | 30 | 0 | B+ |
| Southborough | 9,632 | 26 | 0 | B+ |
| Royal Tunbridge Wells | 51,215 | 275 | 1 | A |
| Leigh | 1,104 | 39 | 0 | A+ |
| Groombridge | 1,077 | 37 | 1 | A+ |
| Tonbridge | 36,136 | 108 | 2 | B+ |
| Hildenborough | 4,943 | 45 | 0 | B |
In brief
Speldhurst in brief
Old houses are part of Speldhurst’s character: 31% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 51 listed buildings. Its older streets lie in 2 conservation areas.
Most entries on the list, 71%, are churches, chapels and priories. The big year was 1990, when 46 of the 51 went on the list. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: Robert Smythe Hichens (1864) was born here before 1900.
Questions about Speldhurst’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Speldhurst?
Historic England lists 51 buildings inside Speldhurst’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 3 Grade II* and 48 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Speldhurst?
2, covering about 56 hectares of the town. The largest are No data available for publication by HE and No data available for publication by HE.
When were Speldhurst’s buildings listed?
The first in 1954; the most, 46, in 1990.
How old are the homes in Speldhurst?
31% of homes were built before 1919 and 48% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Speldhurst 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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