Church of St. Mary · Photo: Marc Evans from Reading, England · CC BY-SA 2.0

History of Thatcham · Historic England

39 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I

On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Thatcham’s built-up area, 15 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 37 of Thatcham’s listed buildings. 3.3% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 6 of its listed buildings. Thatcham grades C for history: #20 of 30 in Berkshire.

1Grade I 1Grade II*9on The Broadway

Listed buildings

15 per 10,000 residents

Grade I

exceptional interest

Grade II*

more than special interest

Scheduled monuments

nationally important sites

Homes built before 1919

3.3%

typical UK town 15%

In pictures

Thatcham in 6 photos

Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.

The Old Bluecoat SchoolGrade I listed

The Old Chequers Public HouseGrade II listed

66, 68, 70 and 72, Chapel StreetGrade II listed

31, The BroadwayGrade II listed

The Plough Public HouseGrade II listed+1See all photos

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 Thatcham’s history is

Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.

Grade IGrade II*

Homes built before 1919, by neighbourhoodunder 10%10–25%25–50%50%+

0 of 16neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes.

Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.

39 listed buildings by grade

1 Grade I1 Grade II*37 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. Neighbourhood dots: the population-weighted centre of each Census 2021 output area, coloured by its neighbourhood’s (LSOA’s) share of homes built before 1919 (Valuation Office Agency, March 2025).

Grade I

The Grade I listed building in Thatcham

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.

Public · listed 1983Old Bluecoat SchoolOn the list as The Old Bluecoat SchoolPhoto: Brendan and Ruth McCartney · CC BY-SA 2.0

Grade II*

The Grade II* listed building in Thatcham

Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.

Church · listed 1967St Mary's ChurchOn the list as Church of St. MaryPhoto: Marc Evans from Reading, England · CC BY-SA 2.0

What’s protected

Most of Thatcham’s listed buildings are homes

Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.

Houses, terraces & villas23

Churches, chapels & priories5

Inns, shops & warehouses4

Walls, gates & bridges2

Street furniture2

Public & civic buildings2

Memorials, crosses & tombs1

23 entries (59%) are houses, terraces and villas. 5 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

37 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 37 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z

Barn Approximately 5 Metres to North West of No 2 Chapel Street Buttercross Church Gate House and Quadrant Wing Wall to Right Cooper's Farmhouse Crown House Dibbin Tomb Approximately 8 Metres to North of Vestry of St Mary Four Winds Granary Approximately 20 Metres to North East of the Grange Low Wall and Railings Approximately 20 Metres to South of No 3 and 3A Bath Road Mathews Tomb Approximately 8 Metres to South of South Aisle of Church of St Mary Milestone at SU5327 6721 Milestone at Su 51777 67455 Monks Chambers Old Henwick Cottage St Mary's Cottage Thatcham House The Grange The Kings Head Inn The Old Chequers Public House The Plough Public House The Poplars The Prancing Horse Public House The Priory United Reformed Church 10, The Broadway 11, The Broadway 12, The Broadway 13, The Broadway 17, Chapel Street 18, 18A and 19, The Broadway 2, Chapel Street 31, The Broadway 56, The Broadway 57, The Broadway 58, The Broadway 66, 68, 70 and 72, Chapel Street 78A, Chapel Street

Conservation areas

1 conservation area covers 1.2% of Thatcham

Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.

Thatcham7 ha

7 hain conservation areas, of 608 ha inside the built-up area.

23 of the 39 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 Thatcham’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1983

The year each building now on the list was first listed.

1983 · 311967 · 5

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The first 5 entries were listed in 1967. 31 came in 1983, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.

History Grade

Thatcham grades C for history

Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.

Protected heritage, for its size and in all (42 points, 16 per 10,000 residents)More than 50% of UK towns

Homes built before 1919 (3.3%)More than 6% 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

3.3% of Thatcham’s homes were built before 1919

Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).

2.3%

Before 1900

1.1%

1900–18

1.6%

1919–29

3.9%

1930s

3.3%

1945–54

8.7%

1955–64

12%

1965–72

21%

1973–82

20%

1983–92

8.8%

1993–99

12%

2000–08

1.6%

2009–15

2016–25

ThatchamEngland & Wales

2.3% 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 (28 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.

Born here

3 notable people born in Thatcham before 1900

Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.

John Hore

Charles Lockey

William John House

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John Hore1690–1762 · British engineer

William John House1879–1912 · Recipient of the Victoria Cross (1879–1912)

Charles Lockey1820–1901 · English singer

Everyone born in Thatcham → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.

Towns its size

Thatcham has the 88th most Grade I buildings of 387 towns its size

Places of 15,000–41,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.

Armagh25

Ely25

Chichester14

Warwick13

Stratford-upon-Avon11

Thatcham1

#195 of 387for listed buildings per resident (15 per 10,000). Lewes, Stamford and Saffron Walden lead.

87 have more. The typical town its size has 0.

Neighbours

Listed buildings in the places around Thatcham

Town	People	Listed	Grade I	History
Thatcham	25,537	39	1	C
Upper Bucklebury	1,036	2	0	C
Cold Ash	2,267	9	0	C
Newbury	42,262	273	4	B⁺
Hermitage	2,224	1	0	D
Kingsclere	2,889	79	0	A
Tadley	14,767	11	0	D
Woolton Hill and Highclere	2,755	7	0	C⁺

In brief

Thatcham in brief

The official list counts 39 listed buildings in Thatcham, 1 of them Grade I, including Old Bluecoat School. Only 87 of the 387 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. On The Broadway alone there are 9 listed buildings. A conservation area protects part of it.

Most entries on the list, 59%, are houses, terraces and villas. John Hore (1690), William John House (1879) and Charles Lockey (1820) were all born here before 1900. Its homes are mostly newer: 3.3% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. Beyond that, per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns.

Questions about Thatcham’s history

How many listed buildings are there in Thatcham?

Historic England lists 39 buildings inside Thatcham’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 37 Grade II.

What are the Grade I listed buildings in Thatcham?

One: The Old Bluecoat School.

How many conservation areas are there in Thatcham?

1, covering about 7 hectares of the town. The largest is Thatcham.

When were Thatcham’s buildings listed?

The first in 1967; the most, 31, in 1983.

Who was born in Thatcham?

Among people born before 1900: John Hore (1690), William John House (1879) and Charles Lockey (1820).

How old are the homes in Thatcham?

3.3% of homes were built before 1919 and 8.7% 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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