IChurch · listed 1959Church of St GeorgePhoto: Christopher Nicol · CC BY-SA 3.0
Church of St George · Photo: Christopher Nicol · CC BY-SA 3.0AHistory Grade
History of Wrotham · Historic England
52 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Wrotham’s built-up area, 265 for every 10,000 residents. Of the listed buildings in Wrotham, 48 are Grade II. 31% of its homes were built before 1919. Wrotham grades A for history.
Listed buildings
52
265 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
3
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
31%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Wrotham
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 Wrotham’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.
52 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I3 Grade II*48 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 Wrotham
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 3 Grade II* listed buildings in Wrotham
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 1 is photographed.
II*House · listed 1952West HousePhoto: JThomas · CC BY-SA 2.0
Public · listed 1952The Old Palace
House · listed 1952Wrotham Place
What’s protected
The largest group of Wrotham’s listed buildings is homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas22
Churches, chapels & priories10
Inns, shops & warehouses9
Public & civic buildings6
Walls, gates & bridges4
Street furniture1
22 entries (42%) are houses, terraces and villas. 10 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
48 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 48 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Bank House Bank House, Old Bank House and Premises Adjoining to East Old Bank House and Premises Adjoining to EastBishop's LodgeBoundary Wall to South and South-East of Bishop's LodgeCedar HouseChest Tomb 10 Yards East of Church of St GeorgeChest Tomb 20 Yards South-East of Church of St GeorgeChest Tomb 25 Yards South-East of Church of St GeorgeChest Tomb with Panelled Sides 5 Yards South of Church of St GeorgeChest Tomb with Reeded Corners 7 Yards South of Church of St GeorgeCottage Row Comprising Angel Cottage and 3 to RightCourt LodgeDonkey Wheel House 70 Yards to the South of Court LodgeDovecote 30 Yards South East of Wrotham PlaceGreen Hill HouseHouse Immediately to West of the Wrotham ShopIvy Hall FarmhouseLow Chest Tomb 10 Yards South of Church of St George South PorchLow Chest Tomb 10 Yards South of Church of St George South PorchMalt HouseMonument 20 Yards South-East of Church of St GeorgeNational Westminster Bank and 2 Premises Adjoining to NorthNormey CottageOak CottagePedestal and Shrouded Urn 15 Yards North-East of Church of St GeorgeRailings 10 yards to the north of Sudbury HouseSandstone Cottage the Bower HouseStable 15 Yards to North of the ElmsStable Building 10 Yards to the North of Wrotham PlaceStable Building 80 Yards North East of Wrotham PlaceSudbury HouseSycamore BarnThe AlmshousesThe Bull HotelThe Butchers ShopThe George and Dragon Public HouseThe HolliesThe Old FarmhouseThe Old VicarageThe Post OfficeThe Three Post Boys Public HouseThe Weavers and Shop Premises to RightThe Wrotham ShopTown House and East LodgeWall 100 Yards North of Bull HotelWall to South-West of Church of St GeorgeWall, Gate and Gatepiers 20 Yards to North of Wrotham Place1-3, High Street2, St Mary's Lane
Conservation areas
2 conservation areas cover 19% of Wrotham
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Wrotham 197113 ha
Butts Hill, Wrotham 19931 ha
14 hain conservation areas, of 71 ha inside the built-up area.
The first, Wrotham, was designated in 1971; the newest, Butts Hill, Wrotham, in 1993. 52 of the 52 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 Wrotham’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1984
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1984 · 371952 · 12
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The first 12 entries were listed in 1952. 37 came in 1984, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Wrotham 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 (57 points, 291 per 10,000 residents)More than 85% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (31%)More than 85% 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.
Homes by age
31% of Wrotham’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
26%
Before 1900
5%
1900–18
10%
1919–29
3.8%
1930s
5%
1945–54
14%
1955–64
14%
1965–72
1.3%
1973–82
10%
1983–92
2.5%
1993–99
3.8%
2000–08
2.5%
2009–15
2.5%
2016–25
WrothamEngland & Wales
26% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1955–64, which added 14% 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 (10 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Born here
3 notable people born in Wrotham before 1900
Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Pattee Byng, 2nd Viscount Torrington
Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge
Alfred Saker
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Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge1785–1856 · British politician (1785-1856)
Pattee Byng, 2nd Viscount Torrington1699–1747 · Member of the Parliament of Great Britain
Alfred Saker1814–1880 · British missionary
Everyone born in Wrotham → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Towns its size
Wrotham has the 90th most Grade I buildings of 1,524 towns its size
Places of 1,000–3,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Wrotham
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wrotham | 1,961 | 52 | 1 | A |
| Borough Green | 4,712 | 33 | 0 | B |
| Ightham | 2,037 | 47 | 1 | A |
| Culverstone Green | 2,038 | 2 | 0 | D |
| Vigo Village | 2,005 | 0 | 0 | D− |
| West Kingsdown | 4,306 | 8 | 0 | C− |
| Plaxtol | 1,137 | 38 | 0 | A+ |
| Seal | 1,616 | 37 | 1 | A− |
In brief
Wrotham in brief
Old houses are part of Wrotham’s character: 31% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 52 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. Per resident, it has more listed heritage than 85% of UK towns. Only 89 of the 1,524 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings.
Its older streets lie in 2 conservation areas, the first designated in 1971. Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge (1785), Pattee Byng, 2nd Viscount Torrington (1699) and Alfred Saker (1814) were all born here before 1900. The big year was 1984, when 37 of the 52 went on the list.
Questions about Wrotham’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Wrotham?
Historic England lists 52 buildings inside Wrotham’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 3 Grade II* and 48 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Wrotham?
One: Church of St George.
How many conservation areas are there in Wrotham?
2, covering about 14 hectares of the town. The largest are Wrotham and Butts Hill, Wrotham.
When were Wrotham’s buildings listed?
The first in 1952; the most, 37, in 1984.
Who was born in Wrotham?
Among people born before 1900: Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge (1785), Pattee Byng, 2nd Viscount Torrington (1699) and Alfred Saker (1814).
How old are the homes in Wrotham?
31% of homes were built before 1919 and 44% 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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