II*Church · listed 1967Church of St Peter and St PaulPhoto: Poliphilo · CC0
Photo: Poliphilo · CC0–Not graded
History of Teston · Historic England
14 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade II*
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Teston’s built-up area, 220 for every 10,000 residents. 13 of Teston’s listed buildings are Grade II. 13% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
14
220 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
13%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Teston
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 Teston’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.
14 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I1 Grade II*13 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 Grade II* listed building in Teston
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
Grade II
13 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 13 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Barham CottageBecketts CroftBroad Halfpenny and the CabinCourt Lodge FarmhouseK6 Telephone Kiosk Outside Teston Working Mens ClubMonument to Henry Lomas About 27 Metres East of Church of St Peter and St PaulMonument to Susanna Feild About 3 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Peter and St PaulThe Cottage and the Cottage WestThe Post Office Stores and House AttachedThe White House1 and 2, Church Street1 and 2, The Street3 4 and 5, Church Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 19% of Teston
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Teston 19745 ha
5 hain conservation areas, of 25 ha inside the built-up area.
13 of the 14 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 Teston’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1987
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1987 · 81967 · 5
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The first 5 entries were listed in 1967. 8 came in 1987, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Teston
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teston | 636 | 14 | 0 | — |
| Wateringbury | 2,248 | 49 | 3 | A |
| Kings Hill | 9,963 | 10 | 0 | D |
| Yalding | 1,549 | 66 | 1 | A |
| Larkfield | 26,147 | 87 | 4 | B− |
| Coxheath | 8,453 | 79 | 0 | B+ |
| West Malling | 4,251 | 168 | 7 | A |
| East Peckham | 2,144 | 27 | 0 | B+ |
In brief
Teston in brief
The official list counts 14 listed buildings in Teston. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1974. The big year was 1987, when 8 of the 14 went on the list. The rest is about typical: Caroline Maria Noel (1817) was born here before 1900; and 13% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Teston’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Teston?
Historic England lists 14 buildings inside Teston’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 13 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Teston?
1, covering about 5 hectares of the town. The largest is Teston.
When were Teston’s buildings listed?
The first in 1967; the most, 8, in 1987.
How old are the homes in Teston?
13% of homes were built before 1919 and 21% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Teston 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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