IWalls & gates · listed 1975Windsor CastleOn the list as Windsor Castle including all the buildings within the wallsPhoto: Diliff · CC BY 2.5
Windsor Castle including all the buildings within the walls · Photo: Diliff · CC BY 2.5AHistory Grade
History of Windsor · Historic England
247 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Windsor’s built-up area, 78 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. We have photos of 21 of its listed buildings and 7 old views of the town. 22% of its homes were built before 1919. Windsor grades A for history: #2 of 30 in Berkshire.
Listed buildings
247
78 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
2
exceptional interest
Grade II*
19
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
2 registered parks & gardens
Homes built before 1919
22%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Windsor in 31 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.
The Royal Estate, Windsor: Windsor Great ParkGrade I park or garden
GuildhallGrade I listed
The Windsor AlmhousesGrade II listed
The Duke of Cambridge Public HouseGrade II listed
The Baptist ChurchGrade II listed+26See 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
Windsor from 1866 to 1912
An old map and 7 old photos and postcards, in date order. All public domain, made before 1950.
1866
1866
c. 1868
1890
c. 1890
1903
1907
c. 1912Public 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 Windsor’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.
Grade IGrade II*Scheduled monumentPark or garden
Homes built before 1919, by neighbourhoodunder 10%10–25%25–50%50%+
3 of 19neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes; in the oldest, 87% were built before 1919.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
247 listed buildings by grade
2 Grade I19 Grade II*226 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 2 Grade I listed buildings in Windsor
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.
IPublic · listed 1950Windsor GuildhallOn the list as GuildhallPhoto: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0
Grade II*
The 19 Grade II* listed buildings in Windsor
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 16 are photographed.
II*House · listed 1950Ann Foorde's HousePhoto: Basher Eyre · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Church · listed 1950Church RoomsPhoto: Paul the Archivist · CC BY-SA 4.0
II*Church · listed 1950Church of St Andrew, ClewerOn the list as Church of St AndrewPhoto: John Salmon · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Church · listed 1950Church of St John the BaptistPhoto: John Salmon · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*House · listed 1950Dial HousePhoto: Paul the Archivist · CC BY-SA 4.0
II*House · listed 1950Hadleigh HousePhoto: Paul the Archivist · CC BY-SA 4.0
II*House · listed 1950Number 4 with Entrance to Black Lion YardPhoto: Paul the Archivist · CC BY-SA 4.0
II*Public · listed 1950Old Bank House (Brewery Office)Photo: Jaggery · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Inns & shops · listed 1950The Old House HotelOn the list as Sir Christopher Wren HotelPhoto: Jaggery · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Public · listed 1975St Georges SchoolPhoto: Jaggery · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Walls & gates · listed 1950The Gate HousePhoto: Paul the Archivist · CC BY-SA 4.0
II*House · listed 1975The LimesPhoto: Peter Trimming · CC BY-SA 2.0
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II*House · listed 195012-16, Park StreetPhoto: Paul the Archivist · CC BY-SA 4.0
II*House · listed 197520, Park StreetPhoto: Paul the Archivist · CC BY-SA 4.0
II*House · listed 19505 and 6, Church StreetPhoto: Paul the Archivist · CC BY-SA 4.0
II*House · listed 19509-11, Park StreetPhoto: Paul the Archivist · CC BY-SA 4.0
House · listed 1975Edgeworth House Youth Hostel Association
House · listed 1950St Leonards Dale
House · listed 19751881 Chapel at Convent of St John the Baptist
Historic streets
High Street has the most listed buildings
Streets by the listed entries with an address on them. One entry can be a whole terrace, so long rows count once.
High Street20 listed
Thames Street19 listed
Victoria Street13 listed
Peascod Street11 listed
Trinity Place10 listed
Park Street9 listed · 3 II*
Kings Road5 listed
Sheet Street5 listed
Adelaide Square4 listed
Church Street4 listed · 1 II*
Clarence Road4 listed
Castle Hill3 listed
Of the 247 entries, 133 are named by a street address; the rest are named buildings such as churches, halls and bridges.
What’s protected
Most of Windsor’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas178
Inns, shops & warehouses20
Public & civic buildings17
Walls, gates & bridges15
Churches, chapels & priories10
Memorials, crosses & tombs5
Street furniture2
178 entries (72%) are houses, terraces and villas. 10 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
226 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.
The first 150 of 226 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Adelaide TerraceAlbert TerraceArchway to Royal MewsBrunswick TerraceBrunswick TerraceBrunswick TerraceBryn BrithBurford HouseCambridge Gate and Park Street GateCambridge LodgeCastle GrillCastle Hill HouseCastle HotelChariott's CharityChurch of All SaintsChurch of Holy TrinityChurch of St StephenChurch rooms south of Church of St StephenClarence HotelConvent of St John the BaptistCrown CottagesCrown CottagesDairy Pavilion in garden of No 7 High StreetDale HouseDatchet Road Lodge and gate piersDedworth and Clewer War MemorialEdward VII statue in Hospital forecourtElibank HouseElm PlaceFormer Senior Constable's residence, police station, magistrates court and fire stationFormer The Swan Public HouseFront Wall Gateway to Edgeworth HouseGatepiers and Forecourt Wall of Queens TerraceHamilton LodgeHart and Garter HotelHundred Steps LodgeJubilee ObeliskK6 Telephone KioskK6 Telephone Kiosk, Clarence Road, WindsorKing Edward VII Memorial Hospital (Main front block)King George V MemorialKnights TavernLych Gate and LodgeMarket Cross HouseMasonic HallMeryton House (Formerly Clewer Manor)Mistress Pages HouseNo 65, St Leonard's StreetNo 85, St Leonard's RoadNorth Lodge and Gates and Screen Wall to SouthNos 13-16 Including Former No 17Nos 39 to 51 (odd), St Leonard's RoadNos. 12 and 12A, THAMES STREET, and No. 2 CURFEW YARDOld Mill HousePair of K6 Telephone KiosksPark Street LodgeParkwell CottagePickets HousePrince Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holstein MonumentQueen Anne's CottageQueen Anne's Gate LodgeQueen Victoria's StatueRange of Buildings on West Side of Drive from North End to GatesRiding School with Upper Middle and Lower CourtsRoman Catholic Church of St EdwardRoyal Stables HouseSouth West Gate and Lodge to St Albans StreetSt Annes House Convent of St John the BaptistStable and Coach House on North Side of Yard of the Coach HouseThe Adam and Eve Public HouseThe Bakers TavernThe Baptist ChurchThe Coach HouseThe Crispin Public HouseThe Criterion Public HouseThe Duke of Cambridge Public HouseThe Garden HouseThe Hope Public HouseThe Horse and Groom Public HouseThe Royal Adelaide HotelThe Royal Free SchoolsThe Ship InnThe Stag and Hounds Public House and Adjoining CottageThe Three Tuns HotelThe Two Brewers InnThe Windsor AlmhousesTheatre RoyalTurret HouseWall to Front of Clewer ManorWall with Railings and Gates to Windsor Methodist ChurchWellington Public HouseWestern Cottage and Lych GateWilliam IV Public HouseWindsor BridgeWindsor Methodist ChurchWindsor Riverside Station and Royal waiting roomWindsor and Eton Central StationYork Place1 and 2, High Street1 and 3, Spinners Walk1, Castle Hill1, Kings Road1-29, Adelaide Square1-3, Trinity Place1-48 Prince Consort Cottages1-6, Claremont Road1-9 Queens Terrace10 Thames Street10 and 11 Trinity Place10, Castle Hill10, Clarence Road10, High Street101-103, Peascod Street10A, Clarence Road11, High Street11, Sheet Street11, Thames Street12 and 13, Church Street12 and 13, Trinity Place12, High Street134 and 134A, Peascod Street135 and 136, Peascod Street14 High Street14 and 15, Trinity Place140, Peascod Street15-16, Gloucester Place15-17, High Street16 and 17, Trinity Place160 and 162, Clewer Hill Road17, Sheet Street17-21, Victoria Street18 and 19, Trinity Place18 and 20, Adelaide Square18, Thames Street19, High Street19, Thames Street2 St Leonard's Road2 and 3, Castle Hill2 and 4, Spinners Walk2, Clarence Road2, Thames Street2-11, Clarence Crescent20 and 21, Thames Street20 and 21, Trinity Place20, High Street21 and 22, Park Street21-23, High Street22 and 23, Trinity Place22, Sheet Street22, Thames Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 100% of Windsor
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 HE734 ha
734 hain conservation areas, of 734 ha inside the built-up area.
247 of the 247 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 Windsor’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1975
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1975 · 1881950 · 38
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 38 entries were listed in 1950, 1 of the 2 Grade I buildings among them. 188 came in 1975, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 3 have been added in the last 15 years.
Monuments & landscapes
Monuments, parks and gardens
Designations that overlap the town by a tenth of their area or half a hectare.
1 scheduled monument
Nationally important archaeological sites and monuments, protected by law; work on them needs consent from the Secretary of State, advised by Historic England.
2 registered parks and gardens
History Grade
Windsor 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 (278 points, 88 per 10,000 residents)More than 82% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (22%)More than 66% 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
25 notable people born in Windsor before 1900
The 20 best known on one timeline, earliest first.
Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony
Margaret of England
Margaret of Scotland
Margaret of England
Mary of Woodstock
Edward III of England
Margaret, Countess of Pembroke
Henry VI of England
Mary of York
George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Bedford
Prince Alfred of Great Britain
Princess Amelia of the United Kingdom
Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine
Prince Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holstein
Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone
Prince Arthur of Connaught
Princess Alice of Battenberg
Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke
Lord Leopold Mountbatten
120013501500165018001950
Edward III of England1312–1377 · King of England from 1327 to 1377
Henry VI of England1421–1471 · King of England from 1422 to 1461 and from 1470 to 1471, disputed Kin…
Princess Alice of Battenberg1885–1969 · Member of the House of Battenberg (1885–1969)
Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine1863–1950 · Member of the House of Hesse-Darmstadt (1863–1950)
Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha1844–1900 · Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from 1893 to 1900 (1844–1900)
Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony1156–1189 · English princess
Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone1883–1981 · Member of the House of Windsor
Princess Amelia of the United Kingdom1783–1810 · Daughter of King George III of the United Kingdom (1783–1810)
Everyone born in Windsor → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Towns its size
Windsor has the 51st most Grade I buildings of 334 towns its size
Places of 19,000–51,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Windsor2
#40 of 334for listed buildings per resident (78 per 10,000). Stamford, Bury St Edmunds and Devizes lead.
50 have more. The typical town its size has 1.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Windsor
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windsor | 31,569 | 247 | 2 | A |
| Eton Wick | 2,121 | 3 | 0 | C− |
| Eton | 2,461 | 86 | 1 | A+ |
| Datchet | 4,807 | 29 | 0 | B |
| Slough | 166,868 | 155 | 7 | C+ |
| Old Windsor and Wraysbury | 7,689 | 26 | 0 | B− |
| Colnbrook | 1,898 | 29 | 0 | B+ |
| Winkfield Row | 1,756 | 6 | 0 | C |
In brief
Windsor in brief
Measured per resident, Windsor has more listed heritage than 82% of UK towns. In all there are 247 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade I, including Windsor Castle. Only 50 of the 334 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. High Street alone has 20 listed buildings.
A conservation area protects part of it. Most entries on the list, 72%, are houses, terraces and villas. Of the 25 people born here before 1900, the best known include Edward III of England (1312), Henry VI of England (1421) and Princess Alice of Battenberg (1885). Beyond that, it also has a scheduled monument; and 22% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Windsor’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Windsor?
Historic England lists 247 buildings inside Windsor’s built-up area: 2 Grade I, 19 Grade II* and 226 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Windsor?
2, including Guildhall and Windsor Castle including all the buildings within the walls.
Which street in Windsor has the most listed buildings?
High Street (20), Thames Street (19) and Victoria Street (13) have the most listed entries named by an address. One entry can be a whole terrace.
Are there scheduled monuments in Windsor?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Windsor Castle.
How many conservation areas are there in Windsor?
1, covering about 734 hectares of the town. The largest is No data available for publication by HE.
When were Windsor’s buildings listed?
The first in 1950; the most, 188, in 1975.
Are there old photos of Windsor?
Yes: 7 public-domain photos and postcards from 1866 to 1907, and an old map from 1912, all on this page.
Who was born in Windsor?
Among people born before 1900: Edward III of England (1312), Henry VI of England (1421), Princess Alice of Battenberg (1885), Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine (1863) and Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1844).
How old are the homes in Windsor?
22% of homes were built before 1919 and 30% 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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