IChurch · listed 1967Church of St AndrewPhoto: Sirmoor536825 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Church of St Andrew · Photo: Sirmoor536825 · CC BY-SA 3.0–Not graded
History of Wickhambreaux · Historic England
27 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Wickhambreaux’s built-up area, 975 for every 10,000 residents. 24 of Wickhambreaux’s listed buildings are Grade II. 43% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 3 of its listed buildings.
Listed buildings
27
975 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
43%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Wickhambreaux
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 Wickhambreaux’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IGrade II*
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
27 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I2 Grade II*24 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 Wickhambreaux
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 2 Grade II* listed buildings in Wickhambreaux
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*House · listed 1952The Post OfficeOn the list as The Old Stone HousePhoto: Sirmoor536825 · CC BY-SA 3.0
II*House · listed 1967Wickham HousePhoto: Grotesker · CC BY-SA 3.0
What’s protected
Most of Wickhambreaux’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas21
Public & civic buildings2
Inns, shops & warehouses2
Churches, chapels & priories1
Street furniture1
21 entries (78%) are houses, terraces and villas. 1 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
24 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 24 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Bell CottageDyke HouseFern Cottage the CottageForge HouseFormer Outbuilding to Wickham House, Now in Grounds of Closes HouseFormer Stables to Wickham HouseGarden CottageIvy Cottage Orchard CottageK6 Telephone KioskOast CottagesOasthouse at Wickham CourtOld Bell HouseOld Oast HouseOld Willow FarmhouseQuaives CottageQuaives CottagesThe Old BakeryThe Old WorkhouseThe QuaivesThe Rose InnThe Tudor Cottage RestaurantThe White HouseWickham CourtWickham Mill
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 78% of Wickhambreaux
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Ickham, Wickhambreaux and Seaton 196919 ha
19 hain conservation areas, of 24 ha inside the built-up area.
27 of the 27 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 Wickhambreaux’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1980
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1980 · 141967 · 6
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 3 entries were listed in 1952. 14 came in 1980, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
43% of Wickhambreaux’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
41%
Before 1900
2.4%
1900–18
1.6%
1919–29
3.9%
1930s
5.5%
1945–54
17%
1955–64
3.9%
1965–72
6.3%
1973–82
2.4%
1983–92
2.4%
1993–99
1.6%
2000–08
0%
2009–15
12%
2016–25
WickhambreauxEngland & Wales
41% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1955–64, which added 17% 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 (3 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Wickhambreaux
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wickhambreaux | 277 | 27 | 1 | — |
| Littlebourne | 1,596 | 51 | 2 | A |
| Wingham | 1,313 | 75 | 2 | A+ |
| Hersden | 2,118 | 2 | 0 | D |
| Sturry | 4,857 | 76 | 4 | A− |
| Bridge | 1,539 | 41 | 0 | A |
| Aylesham | 5,788 | 0 | 0 | D− |
| Ash (Dover) | 2,529 | 65 | 1 | A+ |
In brief
Wickhambreaux in brief
Old houses are part of Wickhambreaux’s character: 43% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 27 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1969. Most entries on the list, 78%, are houses, terraces and villas. The big year was 1980, when 14 of the 27 went on the list.
Questions about Wickhambreaux’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Wickhambreaux?
Historic England lists 27 buildings inside Wickhambreaux’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 24 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Wickhambreaux?
One: Church of St Andrew.
How many conservation areas are there in Wickhambreaux?
1, covering about 19 hectares of the town. The largest is Ickham, Wickhambreaux and Seaton.
When were Wickhambreaux’s buildings listed?
The first in 1952; the most, 14, in 1980.
How old are the homes in Wickhambreaux?
43% of homes were built before 1919 and 48% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Wickhambreaux has no History Grade.
© 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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