II*Walls & gates · listed 1952Church of Holy TrinityOn the list as Church of Holy Trinity, Attached Walls and RailingsPhoto: Rob Farrow · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Jim Osley · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Gawcott · Historic England
17 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade II*
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Gawcott’s built-up area, 188 for every 10,000 residents. Of the listed buildings in Gawcott, 16 are Grade II. 29% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
17
188 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
29%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Gawcott
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
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 Gawcott’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.
17 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I1 Grade II*16 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 Grade II* listed building in Gawcott
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
Grade II
16 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 16 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Barn Approximately 30 Metres South of Manor FarmhouseCharlotte CottageCrown Public HouseEdiecote Cottage Honeysuckle CottageGawcott War MemorialGrig CottageGrove LodgeJasmine CottageManor Farmhouse and Attached OutbuildingsOld Bakery HouseOld Eagles Farmhouse and Attached OutbuildingSunnysideThe LaurelsThe White HouseThurlby and Attached OutbuildingWestcott House
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 26% of Gawcott
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Gawcott 19906 ha
6 hain conservation areas, of 24 ha inside the built-up area.
16 of the 17 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 Gawcott’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1973
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1973 · 11
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The first 3 entries were listed in 1952. 11 came in 1973, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
29% of Gawcott’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
26%
Before 1900
2.7%
1900–18
2.7%
1919–29
3.8%
1930s
1.4%
1945–54
1.4%
1955–64
12%
1965–72
2.7%
1973–82
9%
1983–92
9%
1993–99
10%
2000–08
6.5%
2009–15
13%
2016–25
GawcottEngland & Wales
26% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 2016–25, which added 13% 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 (14 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Gawcott
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gawcott | 906 | 17 | 0 | — |
| Buckingham | 14,296 | 189 | 2 | B+ |
| Steeple Claydon | 2,530 | 20 | 0 | B |
| Calvert | 1,434 | 0 | 0 | D |
| Great Horwood | 1,102 | 41 | 0 | A |
| Winslow | 5,238 | 79 | 1 | A− |
| Deanshanger | 4,128 | 7 | 0 | C− |
| Brackley | 16,180 | 76 | 1 | B− |
In brief
Gawcott in brief
More of Gawcott’s homes are old than in most places: 29% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 17 listed buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1990. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1973: 11 of 17. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: George Gilbert Scott (1811) was born here before 1900.
Questions about Gawcott’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Gawcott?
Historic England lists 17 buildings inside Gawcott’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 16 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Gawcott?
1, covering about 6 hectares of the town. The largest is Gawcott.
When were Gawcott’s buildings listed?
The first in 1952; the most, 11, in 1973.
How old are the homes in Gawcott?
29% of homes were built before 1919 and 36% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Gawcott has no History Grade.
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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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