IChurch · listed 1967Church of St JamesPhoto: No Swan So Fine · CC BY-SA 4.0
Church of St James · Photo: No Swan So Fine · CC BY-SA 4.0B−History Grade
History of Bierton · Historic England
20 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Bierton’s built-up area, 160 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. 6.9% of its homes were built before 1919. Bierton grades B− for history.
Listed buildings
20
160 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
6.9%
typical UK town 15%
The map
Where Bierton’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IScheduled monument
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
20 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*19 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 I
The Grade I listed building in Bierton
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.
What’s protected
Most of Bierton’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas15
Walls, gates & bridges2
Churches, chapels & priories2
Inns, shops & warehouses1
15 entries (75%) are houses, terraces and villas. 2 are churches, chapels and priories, including 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings.
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
19 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 19 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Badricks FarmhouseBierton HouseChurch Cottage with Attached Boundary WallConkers FarmhouseFront Garden Railings and Gate to Number 186Grove FarmhouseOld Church House, 105 Aylesbury Road, 105A Aylesbury Road, and Woodworm Cottage, 105B Aylesbury RoadPecks Farm CloseRed Lion Public HouseWestdene10 Rowsham Road, Bierton185, Aylesbury Road186, Aylesbury Road194, Aylesbury Road202, Aylesbury Road3, Burcott Lane72, Aylesbury Road97, Aylesbury Road
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 21% of Bierton
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Bierton 199112 ha
12 hain conservation areas, of 57 ha inside the built-up area.
20 of the 20 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
10 of Bierton’s 20 listed buildings were added in 1985
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1985 · 101951 · 6
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 6 entries were listed in 1951. 10 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 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.
History Grade
Bierton 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 (24 points, 192 per 10,000 residents)More than 71% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (6.9%)More than 15% 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
6.9% of Bierton’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
6.9%
Before 1900
0%
1900–18
1.9%
1919–29
6.6%
1930s
3.1%
1945–54
8.9%
1955–64
4.2%
1965–72
1.9%
1973–82
3.8%
1983–92
3.1%
1993–99
1.2%
2000–08
0%
2009–15
58%
2016–25
BiertonEngland & Wales
6.9% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 2016–25, which added 58% 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 (0 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Towns its size
Bierton has the 88th most Grade I buildings of 1,916 towns its size
Places of 1,000–2,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Bierton1
#608 of 1,916for listed buildings per resident (160 per 10,000). Aberaeron, Beaumaris and Burford lead.
87 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Bierton
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bierton | 1,251 | 20 | 1 | B− |
| Broughton | 2,168 | 3 | 0 | D |
| Aylesbury | 87,966 | 180 | 1 | C+ |
| Stoke Mandeville | 2,855 | 31 | 1 | B |
| Weston Turville | 1,835 | 44 | 1 | B+ |
| Wingrave | 1,498 | 37 | 0 | A |
| Aston Clinton | 5,511 | 40 | 0 | B |
| Stone | 2,081 | 20 | 0 | B |
In brief
Bierton in brief
Bierton has 20 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. Only 87 of the 1,916 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1991.
Of the whole list, 75% are houses, terraces and villas. Its homes are mostly newer: 6.9% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. Beyond that, per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; Richard John Durley (1868) was born here before 1900; and it also has a scheduled monument.
Questions about Bierton’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Bierton?
Historic England lists 20 buildings inside Bierton’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 19 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Bierton?
One: Church of St James.
Are there scheduled monuments in Bierton?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Moated site 180m south west of St James's Church.
How many conservation areas are there in Bierton?
1, covering about 12 hectares of the town. The largest is Bierton.
When were Bierton’s buildings listed?
The first in 1951; the most, 10, in 1985.
How old are the homes in Bierton?
6.9% of homes were built before 1919 and 15% 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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