II*Public · listed 1952King John's PalaceOn the list as King Johns PalacePhoto: Maxwell Hamilton · CC BY 2.0
Photo: Des Blenkinsopp · CC BY-SA 2.0B+History Grade
History of Colnbrook · Historic England
29 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade II*
Historic England counts them inside Colnbrook’s built-up area, 153 for every 10,000 residents. 27 of Colnbrook’s listed buildings are Grade II. 14% of its homes were built before 1919. Colnbrook grades B+ for history.
Listed buildings
29
153 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
14%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Colnbrook
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. 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 Colnbrook’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade II*
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
29 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I2 Grade II*27 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 II*
The 2 Grade II* listed buildings in Colnbrook
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
II*Inns & shops · listed 1955The Ostrich Public HousePhoto: Maxwell Hamilton · CC BY 2.0
What’s protected
Most of Colnbrook’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas16
Inns, shops & warehouses6
Public & civic buildings5
Churches, chapels & priories1
Street furniture1
16 entries (55%) are houses, terraces and villas. 1 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
27 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 27 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Aberdeen HouseAbingtonAyres House (BT and G Winston Premises)Badminton House, Post Office, Adjoining House and Hampton HouseBarn at Tanhouse Farm to South East of the FarmhouseBarn to King John's PalaceBarn to Rear of Aberdeen HouseChurch of St ThomasColne CottageExcelsior HouseFairmead and the HavenFormer School (Now Colnbrook Youth Centre)Kenilworth and Adjoining HouseLucas (Newsagent)Milestone Outside No 3 Milestone CottagesMill House and Tanhouse Farmhouse J R Swanston Plant and Engineer (Longford) LimitedNumber 110 and House Adjoining to West (Anthonys (79) Ltd)Old School HousePark House and Ye Olde George Public HouseRoyal Standard HouseSt Thomas's VicarageStar and Garter Public HouseThe Red Lion Public HouseThe White Hart InnTown House1, 2 and 3, Park Street34, High Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 24% of Colnbrook
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Colnbrook9 ha
9 hain conservation areas, of 35 ha inside the built-up area.
24 of the 29 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
13 of Colnbrook’s 29 listed buildings were added in 1985
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1985 · 131952 · 51974 · 5
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 5 entries were listed in 1952. 13 came in 1985, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Colnbrook grades B+ for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (31 points, 163 per 10,000 residents)More than 73% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (14%)More than 41% 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.
Born here
3 notable people born in Colnbrook before 1900
Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Joseph Jenckes Jr.
Samuel Rayner
William Bernhardt Tegetmeier
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Samuel Rayner1806–1879 · English landscape artist (1806-1879)
William Bernhardt Tegetmeier1816–1912 · British naturalist (1816–1912)
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Joseph Jenckes Jr.1628–1716 · Founder of Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Everyone born in Colnbrook → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Colnbrook
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colnbrook | 1,898 | 29 | 0 | B+ |
| Poyle | 1,736 | 4 | 0 | D |
| Richings Park | 1,787 | 2 | 0 | D |
| Stanwell Moor | 1,431 | 5 | 0 | C− |
| Datchet | 4,807 | 29 | 0 | B |
| Iver | 3,267 | 18 | 1 | B− |
| Old Windsor and Wraysbury | 7,689 | 26 | 0 | B− |
| Stanwell | 11,728 | 28 | 1 | C |
In brief
Colnbrook in brief
The official list counts 29 listed buildings in Colnbrook. A conservation area protects part of it. Most entries on the list, 55%, are houses, terraces and villas. Samuel Rayner (1806), William Bernhardt Tegetmeier (1816) and Joseph Jenckes Jr. (1628) were all born here before 1900. The rest is about typical: like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building; per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and 14% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Colnbrook’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Colnbrook?
Historic England lists 29 buildings inside Colnbrook’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 27 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Colnbrook?
1, covering about 9 hectares of the town. The largest is Colnbrook.
When were Colnbrook’s buildings listed?
The first in 1952; the most, 13, in 1985.
Who was born in Colnbrook?
Among people born before 1900: Samuel Rayner (1806), William Bernhardt Tegetmeier (1816) and Joseph Jenckes Jr. (1628).
How old are the homes in Colnbrook?
14% of homes were built before 1919 and 26% 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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