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History of Sturry · Historic England

76 listed buildings, 4 of them Grade I

Historic England counts them inside Sturry’s built-up area, 156 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 69 of Sturry’s listed buildings. We have photos of 10 of its listed buildings. 13% of its homes were built before 1919. Sturry grades A− for history: #26 of 87 in Kent.

4Grade I3Grade II*6on High Street
Listed buildings
76
156 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
4
exceptional interest
Grade II*
3
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
13%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures

Sturry in 10 photos

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

Church of St MaryChurch of St MaryGrade I listedThe School HallThe School HallGrade I listedFordwich FarmhouseFordwich FarmhouseGrade II listedYe Olde Yew Tree InnYe Olde Yew Tree InnGrade II listedBridge over the Great StourBridge over the Great StourGrade II listed+5See 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.

The map

Where Sturry’s history is

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

The Crane House the Stocks Outside the Town Hall the Town Hall, Grade II*Watergate Cottage Watergate House, Grade II*Westbere House, Grade II*Church of All Saints, Grade IChurch of St Mary, Grade IChurch of St Nicholas, Grade IThe School Hall, Grade I
Grade IGrade II*
0 of 4neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes; in the oldest, 31% were built before 1919.

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

76 listed buildings by grade
4 Grade I3 Grade II*69 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 4 Grade I listed buildings in Sturry

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.

Public · listed 1952Tithe BarnOn the list as The School HallPhoto: pam fray · CC BY-SA 2.0
Church · listed 1967St Nicholas' ChurchOn the list as Church of St NicholasPhoto: pam fray · CC BY-SA 2.0
Grade II*

The 3 Grade II* listed buildings in Sturry

Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.

Public · listed 1952Fordwich Town HallOn the list as The Crane House the Stocks Outside the Town Hall the Town HallPhoto: John Salmon · CC BY-SA 2.0
What’s protected

Most of Sturry’s listed buildings are homes

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

Houses, terraces & villas49
Inns, shops & warehouses9
Walls, gates & bridges7
Public & civic buildings7
Churches, chapels & priories3
Street furniture1

49 entries (64%) are houses, terraces and villas. 3 are churches, chapels and priories, including 3 of the 4 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

69 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 69 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Ashby CottageBarn and Granary to North East of Walnut Tree FarmhouseBarn at Kemphall FarmBlack Mill CottageBow CottageBridge HouseBridge View Oakdene Stour HouseBridge over the Great StourBrooklandsBy the Way CottageByway HouseCrosswaysDuxburyFive Church Cottages Little Monk's Monks Cottage Monk's HallFordwich FarmhouseFordwich HouseFormer Welsh Harp Public HouseFormer stable adjoining No 36Fourdoun Cottage Oak CottageFriendly HallGarden Wall to Fordwich HouseGarden Wall to Milner CourtGarden Wall to Westbere HouseGarden Walls to Watergate House and Watergate CottageGateway to Milner CourtGeorgian HouseGive Ale CottageGrove HouseHeadmasters HouseK6 Telephone Kiosk Outside George and Dragon Public HouseK6 Telephone Kiosk at the Junction of Bushy Hill RoadKemphall FarmhouseLaurel CottageLittle Georgian HouseMeadow CottagesMill CottageMill HouseMilner CourtNorth CottagesProspect HouseRiver HouseSpring CottageStable at East of Walnut Tree FarmhouseStables to TancreySunnyside CottagesTancreyThe George and Dragon InnThe MaltingsThe Manor HouseThe Old RectoryThe Old VicarageThe Swan InnWalnut Tree CottageWalnut Tree FarmhouseWalnut Tree HouseWestbere CottageWhatmer HallWhite Cottage Yew Tree CottageYe Olde Yew Tree Inn1, Field Way1, Mill Road2 and 4, High Street26 and 28, Westbere Lane35 and 36, High Street39 and 40, High Street5 and 6, Chapel Lane5, High Street6, High Street7-10, High Street
Conservation areas

4 conservation areas cover 38% of Sturry

Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.

Sturry 199732 ha
Westbere No. 2 197318 ha
Fordwich 199712 ha
Westbere No. 1 19735 ha
67 hain conservation areas, of 176 ha inside the built-up area.

The first, Westbere No. 2 and Westbere No. 1, were designated in 1973; the newest, Fordwich, in 1997. 74 of the 76 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 Sturry’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1980

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

1980 · 461967 · 131952 · 8
19501960197019801990200020102020

The first 8 entries were listed in 1952, 1 of the 4 Grade I buildings among them. 46 came in 1980, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.

History Grade

Sturry 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 (87 points, 179 per 10,000 residents)More than 84% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (13%)More than 35% 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

Sturry has the 14th most Grade I buildings of 951 towns its size

Places of 3,000–8,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.

Melbourne11
Sandwich7
Dartmouth7
West Malling7
Thaxted7
Wilton7
Malmesbury6
Barnard Castle6
Appleby-in-Westmorland6
Horncastle6
Lyme Regis5
Sturry4
#128 of 951for listed buildings per resident (156 per 10,000). Sandwich, Tenby and Arundel lead.

13 have more. The typical town its size has 0.

Neighbours

Listed buildings in the places around Sturry

TownPeopleListedGrade IHistory
Sturry4,857764A−
Hersden2,11820D
Canterbury55,10791336A
Littlebourne1,596512A
Rough Common1,29130C
Blean1,32740C−
Herne14,874472C+
Bridge1,539410A
In brief

Sturry in brief

Measured per resident, Sturry has more listed heritage than 84% of UK towns. In all there are 76 listed buildings, 4 of them Grade I, including Church of St Mary the Virgin, Fordwich. Only 13 of the 951 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. Its older streets lie in 4 conservation areas, the first designated in 1973.

Of the whole list, 64% are houses, terraces and villas. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1980: 46 of 76. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: 13% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.

Questions about Sturry’s history

How many listed buildings are there in Sturry?

Historic England lists 76 buildings inside Sturry’s built-up area: 4 Grade I, 3 Grade II* and 69 Grade II.

What are the Grade I listed buildings in Sturry?

4, including Church of All Saints, Church of St Mary, Church of St Nicholas and The School Hall.

How many conservation areas are there in Sturry?

4, covering about 67 hectares of the town. The largest are Sturry and Westbere No. 2.

When were Sturry’s buildings listed?

The first in 1952; the most, 46, in 1980.

How old are the homes in Sturry?

13% of homes were built before 1919 and 19% 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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