How many listed buildings are in Swale? 1,440 listed buildings

Is a home in Swale likely to be in a conservation area?

A bit more likely than in most places: about 10.4% of homes in Swale are in a conservation area, compared with 10.7% across Kent and 2.4% in the typical area of England and Wales.

In a conservation area you usually need planning permission for work that would be allowed elsewhere, such as cladding, side extensions, some roof changes and demolishing most buildings, and you must give the council six weeks' notice before cutting back or felling most trees. Some areas have extra Article 4 rules, for example on replacing windows or doors. Check with the council before you buy.

What does it mean if a home is listed?

A listed home needs listed building consent for any work that affects its character, inside or out, and doing that work without consent is a criminal offence. Grade I buildings are of exceptional interest (about 2.5% of listed buildings), Grade II* are particularly important (about 5.8%), and most, about 92%, are Grade II. One list entry can cover a whole terrace.

This page shows how common listed buildings are in Swale. To check a specific address, search the official list entry or ask the council.

What are the Grade I listed buildings in Swale?

Swale has 37 Grade I listed buildings, the highest grade.

Each name links to its official list entry.

Which conservation areas are in Swale?

Swale has 52 conservation areas. Faversham - Faversham Town has the most homes, about 3,217, and was designated in 1976.

Homes inside are Census 2021 households in postcodes whose centre is in the area. Showing the 50 with the most homes.

Are there scheduled monuments in Swale?

Yes, Swale has 23 scheduled monuments: nationally important sites such as earthworks, ruins and ancient buildings, protected from unauthorised change.

• 'Castle Rough' Medieval moated site
• A Romano-British mausoleum, an associated Romano-British building and a parish church at Stone-by-Faversham
• A Romano-British villa at Boxted
• A Romano-Celtic temple at Boxted
• A World War II Chain Home Radar station at Dunkirk, 200m north east of Christ Church
• Chart gunpowder mills
• Cold War Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery lying on land to east of Harty Ferry Road
• Medieval moated site at Sayes Court
• Medieval saltern 700m NNE of Monkshill Farm, one of a group of six on Seasalter Level
• Medieval saltern 800m north east of Monkshill Farm, one of a group of six on Seasalter Level
• Medieval saltern 800m north of Monkshill Farm, one of a group of six on Seasalter Level
• Murston Old Church, Sittingbourne
• Nunnery at Minster Abbey
• Oare gunpowder works
• Queenborough Castle
• Queenborough Lines
• Sheerness Defences: C19 gun emplacements and magazines and early-C20 gun towers, fire-control building and pillbox on the Centre Bastion
• Sheerness defences
• Shurland House: early 16th century Great House and associated remains
• The Maison Dieu, a late C15 to early C16 building incorporating part of a medieval hospital
• The site of St Saviour's Abbey, including the remains of an Iron Age farmstead and Faversham Roman villa
• World War II Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite (TS2), 300m east of Chetney Cottages
• World War II Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite (TS3) at Wetham Green, 460m north of Red Brick Cottage

Which part of Swale has the most listed buildings?

Faversham has the most listed buildings of the 39 areas of Swale, with 345.

A dash means the area is too small for a fair rate, or its council has not published conservation area boundaries.

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