IChurch · listed 1967Parish Church of St NicholasPhoto: Motacilla · CC BY-SA 3.0
Parish Church of St Nicholas · Photo: Motacilla · CC BY-SA 3.0–Not graded
History of Ickford · Historic England
29 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Ickford’s built-up area, 428 for every 10,000 residents. Of the listed buildings in Ickford, 27 are Grade II. 18% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
29
428 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
18%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Ickford
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 Ickford’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IGrade II*
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
29 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I1 Grade II*27 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 Ickford
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*
The Grade II* listed building in Ickford
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*House · listed 1951New Manor House the ManorPhoto: Des Blenkinsopp · CC BY-SA 2.0
What’s protected
Most of Ickford’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas24
Churches, chapels & priories3
Public & civic buildings1
Inns, shops & warehouses1
24 entries (83%) are houses, terraces and villas. 3 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
27 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 27 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Apple AcreBarn to South of the ManorChestnut FarmhouseChurch Farm CottagesChurch FarmhouseCollege CottageHerringbone CottageHitchin CottageHolywellIckford HouseJasmine CottageLestersManor FarmManor FarmhouseThe CloseThe Old RectoryThe Old SmithyThe Rising Sun Public HouseThe White Cottage (Situated in the Gardens of Ickford House)19, Worminghall Road33, Worminghall Road34, Worminghall Road4, Bridge Road5, Bulls Lane64, Worminghall Road7, Little Ickford8, Worminghall Road
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 19% of Ickford
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Ickford 19918 ha
8 hain conservation areas, of 40 ha inside the built-up area.
26 of the 29 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 Ickford’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1985
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1985 · 16
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 4 entries were listed in 1951. 16 came in 1985, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Ickford
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ickford | 677 | 29 | 1 | — |
| Long Crendon | 2,495 | 108 | 1 | A |
| Oakley | 1,129 | 13 | 0 | B |
| Wheatley | 4,305 | 73 | 1 | A− |
| Thame | 12,952 | 162 | 2 | B+ |
| Horspath | 1,467 | 15 | 0 | B− |
| Garsington | 1,295 | 39 | 0 | A |
| Haddenham | 5,603 | 116 | 1 | A− |
In brief
Ickford in brief
The official list counts 29 listed buildings in Ickford, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1991. Most entries on the list, 83%, are houses, terraces and villas. The big year was 1985, when 16 of the 29 went on the list. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: 18% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Ickford’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Ickford?
Historic England lists 29 buildings inside Ickford’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 27 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Ickford?
One: Parish Church of St Nicholas.
How many conservation areas are there in Ickford?
1, covering about 8 hectares of the town. The largest is Ickford.
When were Ickford’s buildings listed?
The first in 1951; the most, 16, in 1985.
How old are the homes in Ickford?
18% of homes were built before 1919 and 22% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Ickford has no History Grade.
© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The National Heritage List for England is the official, up-to-date register of all nationally protected historic buildings and sites in England; check an entry on Historic England’s website before relying on it.
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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