IChurch · listed 1966Church of St MaryPhoto: Cnbrb · CC BY-SA 4.0
Church of St Mary · Photo: Cnbrb · CC BY-SA 4.0BHistory Grade
History of Pitstone · Historic England
34 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Pitstone’s built-up area, 83 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. We have photos of 6 of its listed buildings. 12% of its homes were built before 1919. Pitstone grades B for history: #15 of 39 in Buckinghamshire.
Listed buildings
34
83 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
2
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
12%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Pitstone in 6 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
12 and 14, Station RoadGrade II* listed
Church of St MaryGrade I listed
Town HallGrade II listed
Windmill CottageGrade II listed
The Kings HeadGrade II listed+1See 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.
The map
Where Pitstone’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IGrade II*Scheduled monument
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
34 listed buildings by grade
2 Grade I1 Grade II*31 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 2 Grade I listed buildings in Pitstone
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.
IChurch · listed 1966St Mary's ChurchOn the list as Church of St MaryPhoto: Rob Farrow · CC BY-SA 2.0
Grade II*
The Grade II* listed building in Pitstone
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*House · listed 198412 and 14, Station RoadPhoto: No Swan So Fine · CC BY-SA 4.0
What’s protected
Most of Pitstone’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas27
Churches, chapels & priories3
Public & civic buildings2
Walls, gates & bridges1
Inns, shops & warehouses1
27 entries (79%) are houses, terraces and villas. 3 are churches, chapels and priories, including 2 of the 2 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
31 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 31 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Barn and Projecting Side Wings to North of Pitstone Green FarmhouseBarn to North West of Orchard FarmhouseBarn to South West of Orchard FarmhouseBridgewater CottageChurch CottageGreenacresIcknieldMoat FarmhouseOffice Building at Pitstone Cement WorksOrchard FarmhousePitstone Green CottagesPitstone Green FarmhouseRosewood CottageSparrow ThatchStrict Baptist Chapel with Front Boundary Wall Railings and GatesThe Kings HeadThe Old VicarageTown HallWatermill at Ford End FarmWhistlebrook CottageWhite FriarsWindmill CottageYew TreesYouth Hostel (The Old Brewery House)1, Church Road10, Station Road23 and 25, High Street3, Church Road4, 4A and 6, Vicarage Lane9, Church Road9, High Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 9.5% of Pitstone
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Ivinghoe 197111 ha
11 hain conservation areas, of 118 ha inside the built-up area.
21 of the 34 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 Pitstone’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1984
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1984 · 261966 · 6
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The first 6 entries were listed in 1966, 2 of the 2 Grade I buildings among them. 26 came in 1984, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have 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
Pitstone 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 (41 points, 100 per 10,000 residents)More than 70% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (12%)More than 33% 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.
Towns its size
Pitstone has the 43rd most Grade I buildings of 1,027 towns its size
Places of 2,000–7,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Pitstone2
#297 of 1,027for listed buildings per resident (83 per 10,000). Sandwich, Tenby and Dolgellau lead.
42 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Pitstone
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitstone | 4,109 | 34 | 2 | B |
| Cheddington | 1,770 | 10 | 0 | C+ |
| Tring | 11,961 | 63 | 1 | B+ |
| Eaton Bray and Edlesborough | 4,201 | 35 | 2 | B+ |
| Aston Clinton | 5,511 | 40 | 0 | B |
| Totternhoe | 1,017 | 12 | 1 | B− |
| Wingrave | 1,498 | 37 | 0 | A |
| Wing | 2,979 | 18 | 1 | B+ |
In brief
Pitstone in brief
Pitstone has 34 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade I, including Church of St Mary. Only 42 of the 1,027 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1971.
Most entries on the list, 79%, are houses, terraces and villas. The big year was 1984, when 26 of the 34 went on the list. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; 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 Pitstone’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Pitstone?
Historic England lists 34 buildings inside Pitstone’s built-up area: 2 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 31 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Pitstone?
2, including Church of St Mary and Church of St Mary.
Are there scheduled monuments in Pitstone?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Moated site, Moat Farm.
How many conservation areas are there in Pitstone?
1, covering about 11 hectares of the town. The largest is Ivinghoe.
When were Pitstone’s buildings listed?
The first in 1966; the most, 26, in 1984.
How old are the homes in Pitstone?
12% of homes were built before 1919 and 17% 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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