IChurch · listed 1955Church of St NicholasPhoto: Peter J.StB.Green · CC BY-SA 3.0
Photo: Stephen Daglish · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Great Kimble · Historic England
2 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Great Kimble’s built-up area, 52 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. 12% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
2
52 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
1 registered park or garden
Homes built before 1919
12%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Great Kimble
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 Great Kimble’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IScheduled monumentPark or garden
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
2 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*1 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 Great Kimble
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.
Grade II
1 Grade II listed building
Most listed buildings are in this grade, which covers buildings of special interest. Open any building to read its official list entry.
All 1 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
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.
1 registered park or garden
ChequersGrade II
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Great Kimble
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Kimble | 383 | 2 | 1 | — |
| Princes Risborough | 7,528 | 59 | 1 | B |
| Longwick | 1,528 | 13 | 0 | C+ |
| Stoke Mandeville | 2,855 | 31 | 1 | B |
| Weston Turville | 1,835 | 44 | 1 | B+ |
| Wendover | 8,729 | 94 | 0 | B+ |
| Lacey Green and Loosley Row | 1,135 | 11 | 0 | B+ |
| Stone | 2,081 | 20 | 0 | B |
In brief
Great Kimble in brief
Great Kimble has 2 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: all its entries went on the list in 1955; it also has a scheduled monument; and 12% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Great Kimble’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Great Kimble?
Historic England lists 2 buildings inside Great Kimble’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 1 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Great Kimble?
One: Church of St Nicholas.
Are there scheduled monuments in Great Kimble?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Dial Hill Roman barrow, 50m north west of St Nicholas's Church.
How old are the homes in Great Kimble?
12% of homes were built before 1919 and 21% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Great Kimble 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. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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