II*House · listed 1950Africa House and Burke LodgeOn the list as Africa House Burke LodgePhoto: PentacleWiki · CC BY-SA 3.0
Africa House Burke Lodge · Photo: PentacleWiki · CC BY-SA 3.0B+History Grade
History of Beaconsfield · Historic England
153 listed buildings, 6 of them Grade II*
Historic England counts them inside Beaconsfield’s built-up area, 108 for every 10,000 residents. Of the listed buildings in Beaconsfield, 147 are Grade II. We have photos of 7 of its listed buildings and 2 old views of the town. 10% of its homes were built before 1919. Beaconsfield grades B+ for history: #9 of 39 in Buckinghamshire.
Listed buildings
153
108 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
6
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
1 registered park or garden
Homes built before 1919
10%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Beaconsfield in 10 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.
Hall BarnGrade II* park or garden
Parish Church of St Mary and All SaintsGrade II* listed
The Old Hare Public HouseGrade II listed
Capel HouseGrade II listed
Yew Tree CottageGrade II listed+5See 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
Beaconsfield from 1903 to 1903
2 old photos and postcards, in date order. All public domain, made before 1950.
1903
1903Public 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 Beaconsfield’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.
Grade II*Park or garden
Homes built before 1919, by neighbourhoodunder 10%10–25%25–50%50%+
0 of 9neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
153 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I6 Grade II*147 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 II*
The 6 Grade II* listed buildings in Beaconsfield
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 4 are photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
II*Church · listed 1950Parish Church of St Mary and All SaintsPhoto: Sealman · Public domain
II*House · listed 1950The Old Rectory (Adjoining West Side of Churchyard)Photo: Stefan Czapski · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Church · listed 1985Tomb of Edmund Waller South East of Parish Church of St Mary and All SaintsPhoto: Nigel Cox · CC BY-SA 2.0
Public · listed 1950Hall Place
House · listed 1973Holly Mount
Historic streets
London End 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.
London End22 listed
Aylesbury End17 listed
Windsor End12 listed
Wycombe End11 listed
Shepherds Lane4 listed
The Broadway3 listed
Of the 153 entries, 73 are named by a street address; the rest are named buildings such as churches, halls and bridges.
What’s protected
Most of Beaconsfield’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas121
Inns, shops & warehouses9
Churches, chapels & priories8
Public & civic buildings7
Walls, gates & bridges5
Memorials, crosses & tombs3
121 entries (79%) are houses, terraces and villas. 8 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
147 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 147 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Autumn CottageBarn at Copshrews CottageBarn to North East of Holtspur Bottom FarmhouseBarn to West of Baylins FarmhouseBaylins FarmhouseBeaconsfield War MemorialCannon HouseCapel HouseChapel WellsChelsea HouseCherry CottageChester HouseChurch of St Michael and All AngelsCopshrews CottageDavenies SchoolEgham's FarmhouseGarden WallGarden Wall to South East of Holtspur Bottom FarmhouseGarden Walls to North, East and South East of Hall PlaceGk Chesterton Tomb in Beaconsfield Cemetery, 25 Metres North of Entrance BuildingGregoriesGrosvenor House Leigh HouseGrove LodgeHall Barn CottageHall Barn Estate Office (On Island Site)Highway HouseHill Farm Cottage and Barn to North WestHollis/Anthony Tomb 3 Metres North of Waller Monument in Churchyard of St Mary and All Saints ChurchHoltspur Bottom FarmhouseHyde Tomb 15 Meatres South of South Aisle of Parish Church of St Mary and All SaintsJevington HouseK6 Telephone Kiosk Facing Nos 1 and 3 (The Royal Saracen's Head Public House)King's Head House and Chartridge HouseLa LanternaLittle Hall BarnLloyds BankMarlborough HouseNumbers 49 and 51 (Shire Cottage)Old Bank HouseOld Church SchoolOld Mulberry HouseOutbuilding and Wall to North of Number 10Range of Barns to North of Seeleys Farm HouseRange of Outbuildings to North of Holtspur Bottom FarmhouseSeeleys FarmhouseSmith Tomb 15 Metres North of Chancel of Parish Church of St Mary and All SaintsSt Michael's CornerSt Michaels ParsonageSt Nicholas' CottageThe Crest HotelThe Cross KeysThe George HotelThe Greyhound InnThe Malt HouseThe Old Barn (J and T Oldknow) and Barn to Rear of Number 23 (Hall Barn Estate Yard)The Old Hare Public HouseThe Old Post HouseThe Prince of Wales Public HouseThe Saracen's HeadThe Swan Public HouseThreshersTop MeadowTurrell Tomb 28 Metres North of Chancel of St Mary and All Saints ChurchUnited Reform Church and Hall with Attached Gates and Railings at FrontWendover HouseWhitelandsWidgentonWilton Park Farm BarnWilton Park Farm GranaryWilton Park Farm HouseWilton Park Farm StablesWycombe End HouseYew Tree CottageYork House1 and 3, Hedgerley Lane1, London End1,3 and 5, Aylesbury End10 and 12, London End11, Aylesbury End11, London End12-20, Shepherds Lane14 and 16, London End15, Aylesbury End15, Windsor End17,19 and 21, Wycombe End18, Aylesbury End19 and 21, Windsor End19, Aylesbury End19, London End2 and 6, Factory Yard2, The Broadway20,22 and 24, Aylesbury End21,23 and 25, Aylesbury End23, London End23, Windsor End23-27, Wycombe End24, Windsor End24-28, Shepherds Lane26, London End26, Windsor End27 and 29, Aylesbury End28, Aylesbury End28, Windsor End28,30 and 32, London End29,31 and 33, Wycombe End3 and 3A, London End31 and 33, Aylesbury End32 and 34, Aylesbury End33, London End35 and 37, London End36 and 38, Aylesbury End37 and 39, Wycombe End37, Windsor End39, London End39,41 and 43, Windsor End4 and 4A, Shepherds Lane4 and 6, The Broadway40 and 42, Aylesbury End40-44, London End41, London End43, Wycombe End45-51, Windsor End46-58, London End49 and 55, London End5 and 5A, London End5,7 and 9, Factory Yard5-13, Hedgerley Lane53,55 and 57, Windsor End55, Wycombe End57, 59-61 Aylesbury End59, Windsor End6, Shepherds Lane6, Windsor End63 and 65, Wycombe End64,66 and 68, London End65,67 and 69, Aylesbury End67 and 69, Wycombe End7, London End71, Wycombe End73 and 79, Aylesbury End74-82, London End75-77, Wycombe End79, Wycombe End8 and 10, Aylesbury End8, The Broadway86, London End9, London End
Conservation areas
2 conservation areas cover 4.4% of Beaconsfield
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Beaconsfield Old Town 196922 ha
Hampden Hill 20057 ha
29 hain conservation areas, of 661 ha inside the built-up area.
The first, Beaconsfield Old Town, was designated in 1969; the newest, Hampden Hill, in 2005. 129 of the 153 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 Beaconsfield’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1985
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1985 · 861950 · 40
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 40 entries were listed in 1950. 86 came in 1985, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has 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 registered park or garden
Hall BarnGrade II*
History Grade
Beaconsfield 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 (161 points, 114 per 10,000 residents)More than 83% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (10%)More than 25% 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 Beaconsfield before 1900
Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Fanny Anne Charsley
Oliver Johnston
Charles McIlvenny
1800182518501875190019251950
OJ
Oliver Johnston1888–1966 · British actor
FC
Fanny Anne Charsley1828–1915 · British natural history painter and lithographer (1828–1915)
CM
Charles McIlvenny1897– · Golfer (1897-)
Everyone born in Beaconsfield → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Beaconsfield
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaconsfield | 14,142 | 153 | 0 | B+ |
| Seer Green | 2,582 | 20 | 1 | C+ |
| Flackwell Heath and Wooburn Green | 12,438 | 29 | 0 | C+ |
| Bourne End | 7,166 | 43 | 0 | B |
| Chalfont St Giles | 4,707 | 44 | 2 | B |
| Chalfont St Peter | 13,654 | 21 | 0 | C |
| Hazlemere | 20,006 | 60 | 1 | C+ |
| Farnham Common and Farnham Royal | 6,711 | 19 | 0 | C+ |
In brief
Beaconsfield in brief
Per resident, Beaconsfield has more listed heritage than 83% of UK towns. All told, the list holds 153 listed buildings, including Hall Barn. Its older streets lie in 2 conservation areas, the first designated in 1969. Most entries on the list, 79%, are houses, terraces and villas.
Oliver Johnston (1888), Fanny Anne Charsley (1828) and Charles McIlvenny (1897) were all born here before 1900. The big year was 1985, when 86 of the 153 went on the list. The rest is about typical: like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building; and 10% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Beaconsfield’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Beaconsfield?
Historic England lists 153 buildings inside Beaconsfield’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 6 Grade II* and 147 Grade II.
Which street in Beaconsfield has the most listed buildings?
London End (22), Aylesbury End (17) and Windsor End (12) have the most listed entries named by an address. One entry can be a whole terrace.
How many conservation areas are there in Beaconsfield?
2, covering about 29 hectares of the town. The largest are Beaconsfield Old Town and Hampden Hill.
When were Beaconsfield’s buildings listed?
The first in 1950; the most, 86, in 1985.
Are there old photos of Beaconsfield?
Yes: 2 public-domain photos and postcards from 1903 to 1903, all on this page.
Who was born in Beaconsfield?
Among people born before 1900: Oliver Johnston (1888), Fanny Anne Charsley (1828) and Charles McIlvenny (1897).
How old are the homes in Beaconsfield?
10% of homes were built before 1919 and 24% 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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