II*Public · listed 1984The Junior School, Pangbourne CollegePhoto: National Magazine Company · Public domain
The Junior School, Pangbourne College · Photo: National Magazine Company · Public domainA−History Grade
History of Pangbourne · Historic England
40 listed buildings, 4 of them Grade II*
Historic England counts them inside Pangbourne’s built-up area, 122 for every 10,000 residents. Of the listed buildings in Pangbourne, 36 are Grade II. 25% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 7 of its listed buildings and 3 old views of the town. Pangbourne grades A− for history: #5 of 30 in Berkshire.
Listed buildings
40
122 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
4
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
25%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Pangbourne in 9 photos and old views
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed, and the town before 1950. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Church of St James the LessGrade II* listed
The Swan HotelGrade II listed
Railway Underbridge at Su 6336 7663Grade II listed
Cliffdene Keswick HouseGrade II listed
BanksideGrade II listed+4See all photosPhotos 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.
Through time
Pangbourne from 1898 to 1898
3 old photos and postcards, in date order. All public domain, made before 1950.
1898
18981898Public domain, from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server. Each credit opens the image’s page with its full description and history.
The map
Where Pangbourne’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.
40 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I4 Grade II*36 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 4 Grade II* listed buildings in Pangbourne
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 3 are photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
II*Church · listed 1967Church of St James the LessPhoto: Bill Nicholls · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Public · listed 1984Devitt House, Pangbourne CollegePhoto: andy dolman · CC BY-SA 2.0
Public · listed 1971Hill House Little Court Pangbourne English Centre
What’s protected
Most of Pangbourne’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas23
Public & civic buildings5
Churches, chapels & priories3
Street furniture3
Walls, gates & bridges2
Memorials, crosses & tombs2
Inns, shops & warehouses2
23 entries (58%) are houses, terraces and villas. 3 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
36 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 36 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
BanksideChurch CottageCliffdene Keswick HouseCorner CottageCraigsideFernbrook (Ready Mixed Concrete Limited)Flowers Court and Associated BuildingsGarden Walls, Formerly Associated with Bowden GreenLock Up Approximately 10 Metres to South of Church CottageLoveling Tomb Approximately 6 Metres to South East of Chancel of Church of St James the LessMay CottageMilestone at Su 6285 7690Milestone at Su 6344 7577Milestone at Su 6426 7628NorthridgePangbourne CottagePangbourne County Primary SchoolPangbourne War MemorialRailway Underbridge at Su 6336 7663Shooter's Hill CottageSummerhouse at CourtlandsThatched CottageThe Courts of the MorningThe Cross KeysThe ForgeThe Fowl House, Formerly Associated with Bowden GreenThe Swan HotelThe Thatched CottageWeirpoolWharf Cottages13, Reading Road15, Reading Road2 and 3, The Square45, Shooter's Hill47, Shooter's Hill85 and 87, Reading Road
Conservation areas
2 conservation areas cover 2.8% of Pangbourne
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Pangbourne5 ha
Whitchurch 19781 ha
6 hain conservation areas, of 225 ha inside the built-up area.
14 of the 40 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 Pangbourne’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1984
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1984 · 26
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The first 4 entries were listed in 1967. 26 came in 1984, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Pangbourne 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 (44 points, 134 per 10,000 residents)More than 75% 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 Pangbourne’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
12%
Before 1900
12%
1900–18
2.7%
1919–29
3.4%
1930s
1.4%
1945–54
14%
1955–64
22%
1965–72
6.2%
1973–82
7.5%
1983–92
1.4%
1993–99
6.2%
2000–08
4.8%
2009–15
5.5%
2016–25
PangbourneEngland & Wales
12% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1965–72, which added 22% 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.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Pangbourne
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pangbourne | 3,279 | 40 | 0 | A− |
| Upper Basildon | 1,074 | 19 | 0 | B+ |
| Theale | 3,053 | 27 | 1 | B |
| Woodcote | 2,198 | 16 | 0 | C+ |
| Goring | 3,434 | 25 | 1 | B+ |
| Caversham | 33,038 | 72 | 0 | B |
| Sonning Common | 5,264 | 7 | 0 | C− |
| Reading | 203,789 | 463 | 5 | B+ |
In brief
Pangbourne in brief
Old houses are part of Pangbourne’s character: 25% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 40 listed buildings, including The Junior School, Pangbourne College. Its older streets lie in 2 conservation areas, the first designated in 1978.
Of the whole list, 58% are houses, terraces and villas. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1984: 26 of 40. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building; per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and John Maddison Morton (1811) was born here before 1900.
Questions about Pangbourne’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Pangbourne?
Historic England lists 40 buildings inside Pangbourne’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 4 Grade II* and 36 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Pangbourne?
2, covering about 6 hectares of the town. The largest are Pangbourne and Whitchurch.
When were Pangbourne’s buildings listed?
The first in 1967; the most, 26, in 1984.
Are there old photos of Pangbourne?
Yes: 3 public-domain photos and postcards from 1898 to 1898, all on this page.
How old are the homes in Pangbourne?
25% of homes were built before 1919 and 31% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
© 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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