IChurch · listed 1967All Saints ChurchOn the list as Church of All SaintsPhoto: Julian P Guffogg · CC BY-SA 2.0
Church of All Saints · Photo: Julian P Guffogg · CC BY-SA 2.0B+History Grade
History of Staplehurst · Historic England
59 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Staplehurst’s built-up area, 95 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 57 of Staplehurst’s listed buildings. We have photos of 4 of its listed buildings. 14% of its homes were built before 1919. Staplehurst grades B+ for history: #38 of 87 in Kent.
Listed buildings
59
95 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
14%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Staplehurst
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
The King's Head HotelGrade II listed
Cromwell FarmhouseGrade II listed
Martyrs' MemorialGrade II listed+1See all photosPhotos 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 Staplehurst’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IGrade II*
0 of 4neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
59 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I1 Grade II*57 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 Staplehurst
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.
Grade II*
The Grade II* listed building in Staplehurst
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest.
House · listed 1952Loddenden Manor
What’s protected
Most of Staplehurst’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas36
Churches, chapels & priories13
Street furniture3
Inns, shops & warehouses3
Public & civic buildings2
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
Walls, gates & bridges1
36 entries (61%) are houses, terraces and villas. 13 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
57 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 57 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Aysgarth Dixon's StoresBarn About 1/2 Metre North East of Clapper FarmhouseBarn About 70 Metres West of Sweetlands FarmhouseBell Cottage, Steps and HandrailBig Bens AntiquesBly Court ManorBrigadoonChapel House and Providence Street Baptist ChapelChestnut Cottage Kingswood ChemistsClapper FarmhouseCoppwilliamCramptonCromwell FarmhouseDrey CottagesEast View Redbar Electrical Limited South ViewFuller House FullersGreen Court Green Court CottageGroup of 2 Monuments About 19 Metres South of South Aisle of Church of All SaintsGroup of 4 Monuments About 7 1/2 Metres South of South Aisle of Church of All SaintsHen and DuckhurstHill House, And Steps and Railings AttachedLake HouseLittle LoddendenLittle London Cottage Saddlery StoresMartyrs' MemorialMinton HouseMonument About 10 Metres North of Nave of Church of All SaintsMonument About 20 Metres South of South Aisle of Church of All SaintsMonument About 25 Metres South East of South Chancel Chapel of Church of All SaintsMonument About 30 Metres South East of South Chancel Chapel of Church Oa All SaintsMonument About 6 1/2 Metres South West of Church of All SaintsMonument to Anna Spong About 26 Metres South East of South Chancel Chapel of Church of All SaintsMonument to Anne Viney About 6 1/2 Metres East of South Chancel Chapel of Church of All SaintsMonument to Edward Usborne Adjacent to South Aisle of Church of All SaintsMonument to Mrs Elizabeth Usborne Adjacent to South East End of South Aisle of Church of All SaintsNo 4, Peter Jones Opticians, And Premises to RearNo 7 and Former Shop and House Adjoining to SouthNorth Cottage South CottageNos 1, 2 and 3 the Crown and Carriage Entrance to SouthOak LodgeOaks FarmhousePilgrim Cottage Rowland HouseRailings About 3 Metres East of Vine HouseRailings About 30 Metres East of SorrentoRailings and Entrance Gates About 90 Metres West of Loddenden ManorRosemary Cottage, Hillcrest Cottage and Kent CottageSorrentoSurrendenTanyard House and The Butchers ShopThe King's Head HotelTurley HouseVine HouseWimborne CottageYew Tree Farmhouse1, 2 and 3, High Street1-4, Lime Terrace27, Bell Lane
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 15% of Staplehurst
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Staplehurst 198734 ha
34 hain conservation areas, of 232 ha inside the built-up area.
44 of the 59 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 Staplehurst’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1987
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1987 · 381967 · 12
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 3 entries were listed in 1952. 38 came in 1987, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Staplehurst grades B+ for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (62 points, 100 per 10,000 residents)More than 75% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (14%)More than 42% 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.
Towns its size
Staplehurst has the 90th most Grade I buildings of 870 towns its size
Places of 4,000–10,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Staplehurst1
#186 of 870for listed buildings per resident (95 per 10,000). Sandwich, Tenby and Brecon lead.
89 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Staplehurst
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staplehurst | 6,181 | 59 | 1 | B+ |
| Marden | 3,489 | 45 | 1 | A− |
| Headcorn | 3,293 | 40 | 1 | B+ |
| Sutton Valence | 1,457 | 60 | 0 | A |
| Cranbrook | 3,962 | 178 | 3 | A+ |
| Coxheath | 8,453 | 79 | 0 | B+ |
| Biddenden | 1,345 | 40 | 3 | A− |
| Horsmonden | 1,580 | 25 | 0 | A− |
In brief
Staplehurst in brief
Staplehurst has 59 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I, including All Saints Church. Only 89 of the 870 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1987.
Of the whole list, 61% are houses, terraces and villas. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1987: 38 of 59. Beyond that, per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and 14% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Staplehurst’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Staplehurst?
Historic England lists 59 buildings inside Staplehurst’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 57 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Staplehurst?
One: Church of All Saints.
How many conservation areas are there in Staplehurst?
1, covering about 34 hectares of the town. The largest is Staplehurst.
When were Staplehurst’s buildings listed?
The first in 1952; the most, 38, in 1987.
How old are the homes in Staplehurst?
14% of homes were built before 1919 and 16% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
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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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