IPublic · listed 1955Jesus Hospital, Including Chaplain's House, The Almshouses and the ChapelPhoto: Rick Hall · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Robin Webster · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Bray · Historic England
26 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Bray’s built-up area, 559 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 23 of Bray’s listed buildings. 24% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 3 of its listed buildings.
Listed buildings
26
559 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
24%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Bray
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Jesus Hospital, Including Chaplain's House, The Almshouses and the ChapelGrade I listed
Church of St MichaelGrade II* listed
Lych GateGrade 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 Bray’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.
26 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I2 Grade II*23 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 Bray
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 2 Grade II* listed buildings in Bray
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*Church · listed 1955St Michael's ChurchOn the list as Church of St MichaelPhoto: Nigel Cox · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Walls & gates · listed 1955Lych GatePhoto: Chris Allen · CC BY-SA 2.0
What’s protected
The largest group of Bray’s listed buildings is homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas11
Churches, chapels & priories4
Inns, shops & warehouses4
Public & civic buildings3
Walls, gates & bridges2
Street furniture1
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
11 entries (42%) are houses, terraces and villas. 4 are churches, chapels and priories.
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
23 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 23 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Adams Chest Tomb, Approximately 7 Metres North of the Middle of North Aisle of Church St MichaelBray Newsagent's and Post OfficeChauntry House HotelDormer CottageGroup of 4 Chest Tombs, Approximately 6 Metres North East of North Chapel of Church of St MichaelGroup of 5 Gravestones, Approximately 4 Metres South East of South Chapel of Church of St MichaelHinds Head CottageHinds Head HotelLinum CottageLych Gate CottageNorth Point and Wytch HouseOldfield CottagesRickhamsShotterySt Michael's Cottage and Iron RailingsSt Michael's HallStuart CottageThe Crown Public HouseThe Old Dutch HouseThe Ringers Public HouseVicarage CottageWar Memorial Outside the Old Dutch HouseYew Tree Cottage
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 99% of Bray
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 HE32 ha
32 hain conservation areas, of 32 ha inside the built-up area.
26 of the 26 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 Bray’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1955
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1955 · 161989 · 5
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 16 entries were listed in 1955, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
24% of Bray’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
18%
Before 1900
6.2%
1900–18
4.7%
1919–29
4.7%
1930s
3.1%
1945–54
8.8%
1955–64
17%
1965–72
21%
1973–82
6.2%
1983–92
3.1%
1993–99
3.1%
2000–08
1.6%
2009–15
3.1%
2016–25
BrayEngland & Wales
18% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1973–82, which added 21% 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 Bray
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bray | 465 | 26 | 1 | — |
| Maidenhead | 67,391 | 72 | 5 | B− |
| Eton Wick | 2,121 | 3 | 0 | C− |
| Windsor | 31,569 | 247 | 2 | A |
| Cookham | 5,216 | 54 | 0 | A |
| Eton | 2,461 | 86 | 1 | A+ |
| Slough | 166,868 | 155 | 7 | C+ |
| Farnham Common and Farnham Royal | 6,711 | 19 | 0 | C+ |
In brief
Bray in brief
More of Bray’s homes are old than in most places: 24% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 26 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area protects part of it. The big year was 1955, when 16 of the 26 went on the list. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: William Hathorne (1606) was born here before 1900.
Questions about Bray’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Bray?
Historic England lists 26 buildings inside Bray’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 23 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Bray?
One: Jesus Hospital, Including Chaplain's House, The Almshouses and the Chapel.
How many conservation areas are there in Bray?
1, covering about 32 hectares of the town. The largest is No data available for publication by HE.
When were Bray’s buildings listed?
The first in 1955; the most, 16, in 1955.
How old are the homes in Bray?
24% of homes were built before 1919 and 33% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Bray has no History Grade.
© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The National Heritage List for England is the official, up-to-date register of all nationally protected historic buildings and sites in England; check an entry on Historic England’s website before relying on it.
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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