IChurch · listed 1962Parish Church of St John the BaptistPhoto: Ronald G Nash · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Julian P Guffogg · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Wittersham · Historic England
25 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Wittersham’s built-up area, 459 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 24 of Wittersham’s listed buildings. 32% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
25
459 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
32%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Wittersham
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 Wittersham’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade I
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
25 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 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 Wittersham
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.
What’s protected
Most of Wittersham’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas20
Inns, shops & warehouses2
Churches, chapels & priories1
Public & civic buildings1
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
20 entries (80%) 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
Corner Cottage the White CottageFurnersIsland CottageMartensMill HouseNo. 30, THE STREETOld QueensOxney HousePoplarThe Corner StoresThe Ewe and Lamb InnThe HamelThe HomesteadWittersham CourtWittersham HouseWittersham War Memorial20, Swan Street21, Swan Street29, Swan Street29, The Street3, 5 and 7, Poplar Road33, The Street39, The Street8 and 8A, The Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 100% of Wittersham
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 HE43 ha
43 hain conservation areas, of 43 ha inside the built-up area.
25 of the 25 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 Wittersham’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1979
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1979 · 171962 · 6
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 6 entries were listed in 1962, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 17 came in 1979, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
32% of Wittersham’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
31%
Before 1900
2%
1900–18
9%
1919–29
5.5%
1930s
11%
1945–54
5.5%
1955–64
11%
1965–72
9%
1973–82
3.5%
1983–92
3.5%
1993–99
3.5%
2000–08
3.5%
2009–15
2%
2016–25
WittershamEngland & Wales
31% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1945–54, which added 11% 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 (5 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Wittersham
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wittersham | 545 | 25 | 1 | — |
| Tenterden | 7,775 | 151 | 1 | A |
| Northiam | 1,910 | 82 | 2 | A+ |
| Rye | 4,888 | 303 | 4 | A+ |
| Woodchurch | 1,201 | 34 | 1 | A |
| Benenden | 1,409 | 56 | 0 | A+ |
| Winchelsea Beach | 1,027 | 100 | 5 | A |
| Camber | 1,132 | 1 | 0 | D |
In brief
Wittersham in brief
More of Wittersham’s homes are old than in most places: 32% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 25 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area protects part of it. Most entries on the list, 80%, are houses, terraces and villas. The big year was 1979, when 17 of the 25 went on the list.
Questions about Wittersham’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Wittersham?
Historic England lists 25 buildings inside Wittersham’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 24 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Wittersham?
One: Parish Church of St John the Baptist.
How many conservation areas are there in Wittersham?
1, covering about 43 hectares of the town. The largest is No data available for publication by HE.
When were Wittersham’s buildings listed?
The first in 1962; the most, 17, in 1979.
How old are the homes in Wittersham?
32% of homes were built before 1919 and 46% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Wittersham 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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