Church of Saint Gregory and Saint Martin · Photo: Rensi · Public domain

History of Wye · Historic England

94 listed buildings, 3 of them Grade I

Historic England counts them inside Wye’s built-up area, 455 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 2 scheduled monuments. 25% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 7 of its listed buildings. Wye grades A for history.

3Grade I 5Grade II*2scheduled monuments 20on Bridge Street

Listed buildings

455 per 10,000 residents

Grade I

exceptional interest

Grade II*

more than special interest

Scheduled monuments

nationally important sites

Homes built before 1919

25%

typical UK town 15%

In pictures

Wye in 7 photos

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

The Latin School Wye CollegeGrade I listed

Wye College, Cloister QuadrangleGrade I listed

Old Swan HouseGrade II* listed

The Old Flying Horse InnGrade II* listed

The Wheel House (Junior Common Room) Walls and Gates AttachedGrade II* listed+2See 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 Wye’s history is

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

Grade IGrade II*Scheduled monument

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

94 listed buildings by grade

3 Grade I5 Grade II*86 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 3 Grade I listed buildings in Wye

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.

Church · listed 1957Church of Saint Gregory and Saint Martin, Wye, KentOn the list as Church of Saint Gregory and Saint MartinPhoto: Rensi · Public domain

Public · listed 1952The Latin School Wye CollegePhoto: N Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0

Public · listed 1952Cloister Quadrangle, Wye CollegeOn the list as Wye College, Cloister QuadranglePhoto: N Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0

Grade II*

The 5 Grade II* listed buildings in Wye

Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 4 are photographed.

House · listed 1957Old Swan HousePhoto: N Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0

Inns & shops · listed 1957The Old Flying Horse InnPhoto: Oast House Archive · CC BY-SA 2.0

Walls & gates · listed 1957The Wheel House (Junior Common Room) Walls and Gates AttachedPhoto: Stephen Craven · CC BY-SA 2.0

House · listed 1952Yew TreesPhoto: Stephen Craven · CC BY-SA 2.0

House · listed 1957The Old Manor HouseOn the list as The Bailiffs House

Historic streets

Bridge Street has the most listed buildings

Streets by the listed entries with an address on them. One entry can be a whole terrace, so long rows count once.

Bridge Street20 listed

Church Street14 listed

Scotton Street6 listed

High Street5 listed

Upper Bridge Street4 listed

The Green3 listed

Of the 94 entries, 54 are named by a street address; the rest are named buildings such as churches, halls and bridges.

What’s protected

Most of Wye’s listed buildings are homes

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

Houses, terraces & villas71

Public & civic buildings9

Churches, chapels & priories8

Inns, shops & warehouses3

Street furniture2

Walls, gates & bridges1

71 entries (76%) are houses, terraces and villas. 8 are churches, chapels and priories, including 1 of the 3 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

86 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 86 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z

Almshouses Bramble Farmhouse Chest Tomb to John Oliver, About 2 Metres South of Church of Saint Gregory and Saint Martin Cornercroft Former Lloyds Bank George House Group of 7 Headstones About 50 Metres North East of Church of Saint Gregory and Saint Martin Headstone to Thomas and John Hudson About 3 Metres North East of Church of Saint Gregory and Saint Martin Honeysuckle Cottage Iron Hand Pump in the Grounds of Oxenturn Cottage James Wyllie House K6 Telephone Kiosk Opposite Junction with Church Street K6 Telephone Kiosk at Junction with Scotton Street Little Lords Methodist Church and Church Hall Mill House Mill Mill Race Monument with Urn About 40 Metres South East of Church of Saint Gregory and Saint Martin Nos 1, 3 and 5 and Railed Forecourt Obelisk About 20 Metres East of Church of Saint Gregory and Saint Martin Oxenturn House Public Library Railed Chest Tomb About 20 Metres North West of Church of Saint Gregory and Saint Martin Stables/Barn, Now Wye College Laundry Swan House The Former Post Office The Granary The King's Head The New Flying Horse The Old Vicarage The Tickled Trout Undercroft at Entrance to Stonegate Egg Packing Station Wye College, Entrance and Hall Quadrangles 1, 3, And 5, Church Street 1, Upper Bridge Street 10 and 12, Church Street 104 and 106, Bridge Street 105, Bridge Street 108, Bridge Street 11, 13 and 15, The Green 111, 113 and 115, Bridge Street 114, Bridge Street 12-22, Scotton Street 120, Bridge Street 122, 124 and 126, Bridge Street 123 and 125, Bridge Street 127, Bridge Street 13, Church Street 137 and 139, Bridge Street 14 and 16, Church Street 148/150, Bridge Street 152, 154, 156 and 158, Bridge Street 17, 19 and 21, Church Street 17, 19 and 21, The Green 18 and 20, Church Street 2, Cherry Gardens Lane 2, Church Street 2, Scotton Street 2-4, High Street 20, Bridge Street 22, Church Street 23-27, The Green 24 and 26, Scotton Street 25, 27 and 29, Scotton Street 26 and 26A, Church Street 28 and 30, Scotton Street 30-32 and 34 (Cragmore House), Church Street 32, High Street 34, High Street 36, High Street 38, 40 and 42, High Street 39, Church Street 4 and 6, Church Street 4, Upper Bridge Street 5 and 7, Bridge Street 6, Cherry Gardens Lane 63-73, Bridge Street 7, Church Street 7, Scotton Street 7, Upper Bridge Street 77 and 79, Bridge Street 80, Upper Bridge Street 87, Bridge Street 89, 91 and 93, Bridge Street 9 and 11, Church Street 95, Bridge Street 97-103, Bridge Street

Conservation areas

1 conservation area covers 100% of Wye

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 HE78 ha

78 hain conservation areas, of 78 ha inside the built-up area.

94 of the 94 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

46 of Wye’s 94 listed buildings were added in 1989

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

1989 · 461957 · 38

19501960197019801990200020102020

The first 7 entries were listed in 1952, 2 of the 3 Grade I buildings among them. 46 came in 1989, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.

Monuments & landscapes

Monuments, parks and gardens

Designations that overlap the town by a tenth of their area or half a hectare.

2 scheduled monuments

Nationally important archaeological sites and monuments, protected by law; work on them needs consent from the Secretary of State, advised by Historic England.

MedievalMedieval undercroft, Bridge Street, Wye

MedievalThe medieval college of St Gregory and St Martin at Wye

History Grade

Wye 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 (109 points, 528 per 10,000 residents)More than 92% of UK towns

Homes built before 1919 (25%)More than 73% 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

25% of Wye’s homes were built before 1919

Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).

21%

Before 1900

3.6%

1900–18

3.6%

1919–29

4.9%

1930s

11%

1945–54

11%

1955–64

12%

1965–72

12%

1973–82

3.9%

1983–92

5.5%

1993–99

2000–08

2009–15

3.6%

2016–25

WyeEngland & Wales

21% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1965–72, which added 12% 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 (6 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.

Towns its size

Wye has the 16th most Grade I buildings of 1,473 towns its size

Places of 1,000–3,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.

Appleby-in-Westmorland6

Wye3

#58 of 1,473for listed buildings per resident (455 per 10,000). Burford, Painswick and Marshfield lead.

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

Neighbours

Listed buildings in the places around Wye

Town	People	Listed	Grade I	History
Wye	2,064	94	3	A
Challock	1,089	13	0	B
Ashford	82,143	226	2	B
Brabourne Lees	1,479	15	0	B⁺
Finberry	1,571	0	0	D⁻
Chartham	3,569	32	1	A⁻
Aldington	1,280	13	0	B
Charing	2,170	70	5	A

In brief

Wye in brief

For its size, Wye has more listed heritage than 92% of UK towns. In all there are 94 listed buildings, 3 of them Grade I. Of its homes, 25% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. Church of Saint Gregory and Saint Martin, Wye, Kent sits at the heart of it all, with 3 of the town’s Grade I buildings within 400 m.

Only 15 of the 1,473 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. Bridge Street alone has 20 listed buildings. A conservation area protects part of it. Beyond that, Catharine Macaulay (1731) was born here before 1900; and it also has 2 scheduled monuments.

Questions about Wye’s history

How many listed buildings are there in Wye?

Historic England lists 94 buildings inside Wye’s built-up area: 3 Grade I, 5 Grade II* and 86 Grade II.

What are the Grade I listed buildings in Wye?

3, including Church of Saint Gregory and Saint Martin, The Latin School Wye College and Wye College, Cloister Quadrangle.

Which street in Wye has the most listed buildings?

Bridge Street (20), Church Street (14) and Scotton Street (6) have the most listed entries named by an address. One entry can be a whole terrace.

Are there scheduled monuments in Wye?

Yes, 2 scheduled monuments, including Medieval undercroft, Bridge Street, Wye and The medieval college of St Gregory and St Martin at Wye.

How many conservation areas are there in Wye?

1, covering about 78 hectares of the town. The largest is No data available for publication by HE.

When were Wye’s buildings listed?

The first in 1952; the most, 46, in 1989.

How old are the homes in Wye?

25% of homes were built before 1919 and 33% 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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