IChurch · listed 1967St Peter's and St Paul's ChurchOn the list as Church of St Peter and St PaulPhoto: John Salmon · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Clem Rutter, Rochester, Kent. · CC BY 2.5AHistory Grade
History of Yalding · Historic England
66 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Yalding’s built-up area, 426 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. 27% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 4 of its listed buildings. Yalding grades A for history.
Listed buildings
66
426 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
5
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
27%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Yalding
Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Church of St Peter and St PaulGrade I listed
Church HouseGrade II* listed
Court Lodge and the Dairy HouseGrade II* listed
Rose CottagesGrade II* listedPhotos 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 Yalding’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.
66 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I5 Grade II*60 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 Yalding
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 5 Grade II* listed buildings in Yalding
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 3 are photographed.
II*Church · listed 1967Church HousePhoto: Nigel Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Public · listed 1952Court Lodge and the Dairy HousePhoto: N Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*House · listed 1967Rose CottagesPhoto: Oast House Archive · CC BY-SA 2.5
House · listed 1967Downs Farm House
House · listed 1987Nightingale Farmhouse
What’s protected
Most of Yalding’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas39
Churches, chapels & priories16
Public & civic buildings5
Walls, gates & bridges2
Inns, shops & warehouses2
Street furniture1
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
39 entries (59%) are houses, terraces and villas. 16 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
60 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 60 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Barn About 10 Metres South of South Transept of Church of St Peter and St PaulBarn About 33 Metres North West of Rose CottagesBridge Cottage Kingsland CottagesBridge HouseCherry Tree HouseChurch Cottage Church Cottages the HolliesCleaves Hall, Cleaves House and Footpath Between Cleaves Hall and Vicarage RoadCobblestones RestaurantCongelow CottagesForge CottageFormer Barn about 4 metres east of Willow GroveFormer Barn and Byres About 40 Metres West of Court LodgeFormer The Bull Inn Public HouseGabriels CottagesHillside CottagesInterphil HouseJasmine CottageK6 Telephone KioskKillicks CottagesLadybird CottagesLees CottageLeesden HouseMonument About 11 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Peter and St PaulMonument About 2 Metres North of North Aisle of Church of St Peter and St PaulMonument About 30 Metres North of North Aisle of Church of St Peter and St PaulMonument About 6 1/2 Metres North East of Chancel of Church of St Peter and St PaulMonument About 6 Metres North of North Aisle of Church of St Peter and St PaulMonument About 9 Metres North of Chancel of Church of St Peter and St PaulMonument to James Jeffe(Rey?) About 10 Metres South of South Transept of Church of St Peter and St PaulMonument to Joan(?) Cox About 4 Metres West of Gable End of Church of St Peter and St PaulMonument to Martha Whitehead About 18 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Peter and St PaulMonument to Thomas Jefferey About 32 Metres North of Chancel of Church of St Peter and St PaulMonument to Thomas and Martin Jefferey About 30 Metres North of Chancel of Church of St Peter and St PaulMonument to William Winton About 3 1/2 Metres West of Tower of Church of St Peter and St PaulOak CottageOutbuilding About 30 Metres North West of the Coach HousePrawle CottageQuinnelsRandall CottagesStone in Angle Between Front Elevation and Front Steps of the ForgeStylesSwan Flats Swan Place the Stores (Beauchamps)The Chestnut TreeThe Coach HouseThe ForgeThe Hop Barn and the Old BarnThe Limes the LodgeThe MountThe TattThe TattThe Village LockupThe Walnut Tree Public HouseVine HouseWalnut Tree CottagesWeeks of Goudhurst, Yalding Post Office and Attached Ranges to North and West Weeks of Goudhurst, Yalding Post Office and Ranges to WestWillow GroveWisteria CottageWooletts CottagesYalding LibraryYalding Memorial Cross
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 18% of Yalding
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Yalding 197712 ha
12 hain conservation areas, of 67 ha inside the built-up area.
57 of the 66 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 Yalding’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1987
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1987 · 401967 · 20
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 1 entry was listed in 1952. 40 came in 1987, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has 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.
1 scheduled monument
Nationally important archaeological sites and monuments, protected by law; work on them needs consent from the Secretary of State, advised by Historic England.
History Grade
Yalding 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 (75 points, 484 per 10,000 residents)More than 89% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (27%)More than 78% 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
27% of Yalding’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
1.4%
1900–18
1.4%
1919–29
8.6%
1930s
20%
1945–54
11%
1955–64
4.3%
1965–72
2.9%
1973–82
8.6%
1983–92
0%
1993–99
1.4%
2000–08
0%
2009–15
14%
2016–25
YaldingEngland & Wales
26% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1945–54, which added 20% 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.
Towns its size
Yalding has the 96th most Grade I buildings of 1,729 towns its size
Places of 1,000–2,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Yalding1
#108 of 1,729for listed buildings per resident (426 per 10,000). Aberaeron, Beaumaris and Burford lead.
95 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Yalding
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yalding | 1,549 | 66 | 1 | A |
| Wateringbury | 2,248 | 49 | 3 | A |
| East Peckham | 2,144 | 27 | 0 | B+ |
| Coxheath | 8,453 | 79 | 0 | B+ |
| Kings Hill | 9,963 | 10 | 0 | D |
| Paddock Wood | 7,616 | 15 | 0 | C− |
| Hadlow | 3,168 | 66 | 1 | A |
| Marden | 3,489 | 45 | 1 | A− |
In brief
Yalding in brief
Old houses are part of Yalding’s character: 27% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 66 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. Per resident, it has more listed heritage than 89% of UK towns. Only 95 of the 1,729 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings.
A conservation area has protected part of it since 1977. Most entries on the list, 59%, are houses, terraces and villas. The big year was 1987, when 40 of the 66 went on the list. Beyond that, it also has a scheduled monument.
Questions about Yalding’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Yalding?
Historic England lists 66 buildings inside Yalding’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 5 Grade II* and 60 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Yalding?
One: Church of St Peter and St Paul.
Are there scheduled monuments in Yalding?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Yalding Bridge.
How many conservation areas are there in Yalding?
1, covering about 12 hectares of the town. The largest is Yalding.
When were Yalding’s buildings listed?
The first in 1952; the most, 40, in 1987.
How old are the homes in Yalding?
27% of homes were built before 1919 and 37% 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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