IChurch · listed 1955Church of St DunstanPhoto: Waysider1925 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Church of St Dunstan · Photo: Waysider1925 · CC BY-SA 3.0BHistory Grade
History of Princes Risborough · Historic England
59 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Princes Risborough’s built-up area, 78 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 2 scheduled monuments. 6.9% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 9 of its listed buildings. Princes Risborough grades B for history: #18 of 39 in Buckinghamshire.
Listed buildings
59
78 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
5
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
2
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
6.9%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Princes Risborough in 9 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Market HouseGrade II* listed
Church of St MaryGrade II* listed
The George and DragonGrade II listed
Signal BoxGrade II listed
Lloyds BankGrade II listed+4See 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 Princes Risborough’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.
Grade IGrade II*Scheduled monument
Homes built before 1919, by neighbourhoodunder 10%10–25%25–50%50%+
0 of 5neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
59 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I5 Grade II*53 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. Neighbourhood dots: the population-weighted centre of each Census 2021 output area, coloured by its neighbourhood’s (LSOA’s) share of homes built before 1919 (Valuation Office Agency, March 2025).
Grade I
The Grade I listed building in Princes Risborough
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 5 Grade II* listed buildings in Princes Risborough
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*Public · listed 1955Princes Risborough Market HouseOn the list as Market HousePhoto: Alan Simkins · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Church · listed 1955Church of St MaryPhoto: Peter J.StB.Green · CC BY-SA 3.0
II*Church · listed 1955Church of St MaryPhoto: David Hawgood · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Church · listed 1955Dovecote West of St Dunstans ChurchPhoto: Nigel Cox · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Walls & gates · listed 1955Manor House and Attached Garden Walls (North West Wall Incorporated Into the Forge and the Coach House)Photo: Unknown photographer · Public domain
What’s protected
Most of Princes Risborough’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas41
Memorials, crosses & tombs6
Churches, chapels & priories5
Inns, shops & warehouses3
Public & civic buildings2
Walls, gates & bridges2
41 entries (69%) are houses, terraces and villas. 5 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
53 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 53 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Barn to South of Chestnut FarmhouseBarn to West of Chestnut FarmhouseChestnut FarmhouseChurch Farm CottageChurchways Flint Cottage Moss RoseCorner CottageCromwell HouseFlint CottageFormer Barclays BankFriars CottageFriars Cottage SaddlersGaisford CottageKenandaLibraryLloyds BankMonks Risborough War MemorialMonks StaitheMonks ThackyPremises of Jb Heath Limited the Corner ShopSignal BoxThe Close the Old StarThe GablesThe George and DragonThe Old Cross KeysThe Old Garden CentreThe Old RectoryThe Old White LionThe White House and Walls of Small Courtyard to LeftThe Whiteleaf CrossTomb in Churchyard Circa 4 Metres to South West of PorchTomb in Churchyard in Angle Between South Aisle and PorchTomb in Churchyard in Angle Between Tower and South AisleTown FarmhouseTrev Childrens WearVine House1, 3 and 4, Queens Square1, High Street1590AD2, Duke Street2, Market Square20 and 22, Bell Street25 and 27, High Street28, Bell Street28, High Street29, High Street3, High Street30, High Street32 and 34, High Street38, 40 and 42, High Street46 and 48, High Street51, High Street54, High Street80 and 82, High Street
Conservation areas
2 conservation areas cover 5.9% of Princes Risborough
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Princes Risborough 196911 ha
Monks Risborough 19776 ha
18 hain conservation areas, of 301 ha inside the built-up area.
The first, Princes Risborough, was designated in 1969; the newest, Monks Risborough, in 1977. 54 of the 59 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
27 of Princes Risborough’s 59 listed buildings were added in 1985
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1985 · 271955 · 24
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 24 entries were listed in 1955, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 27 came in 1985, 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.
2 scheduled monuments
Nationally important archaeological sites and monuments, protected by law; work on them needs consent from the Secretary of State, advised by Historic England.
Anglo-SaxonAnglo-Saxon cemetery on Hemley Hill
History Grade
Princes Risborough 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 (70 points, 93 per 10,000 residents)More than 75% 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 Princes Risborough’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
5.3%
Before 1900
1.5%
1900–18
3.5%
1919–29
5.6%
1930s
21%
1945–54
15%
1955–64
12%
1965–72
6.7%
1973–82
11%
1983–92
2.2%
1993–99
2.6%
2000–08
4.7%
2009–15
8.8%
2016–25
Princes RisboroughEngland & Wales
5.3% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1945–54, which added 21% 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 (44 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Towns its size
Princes Risborough has the 90th most Grade I buildings of 786 towns its size
Places of 5,000–12,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Princes Risborough1
#189 of 786for listed buildings per resident (78 per 10,000). Brecon, Rye and Dartmouth lead.
89 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Princes Risborough
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Princes Risborough | 7,528 | 59 | 1 | B |
| Longwick | 1,528 | 13 | 0 | C+ |
| Lacey Green and Loosley Row | 1,135 | 11 | 0 | B+ |
| Chinnor | 7,268 | 28 | 1 | C+ |
| Walter's Ash and Naphill | 3,893 | 11 | 0 | C+ |
| Prestwood and Great Missenden | 7,600 | 87 | 0 | B+ |
| Stoke Mandeville | 2,855 | 31 | 1 | B |
| Wendover | 8,729 | 94 | 0 | B+ |
In brief
Princes Risborough in brief
Princes Risborough has 59 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I, including Church of St Dunstan. Only 89 of the 786 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. High Street alone has 12 listed buildings. Its older streets lie in 2 conservation areas, the first designated in 1969.
Most entries on the list, 69%, are houses, terraces and villas. Its homes are mostly newer: 6.9% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. The rest is about typical: per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; Edward Stone (1702) was born here before 1900; and it also has 2 scheduled monuments.
Questions about Princes Risborough’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Princes Risborough?
Historic England lists 59 buildings inside Princes Risborough’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 5 Grade II* and 53 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Princes Risborough?
One: Church of St Dunstan.
Are there scheduled monuments in Princes Risborough?
Yes, 2 scheduled monuments, including Anglo-Saxon cemetery on Hemley Hill and The Mount.
How many conservation areas are there in Princes Risborough?
2, covering about 18 hectares of the town. The largest are Princes Risborough and Monks Risborough.
When were Princes Risborough’s buildings listed?
The first in 1955; the most, 27, in 1985.
How old are the homes in Princes Risborough?
6.9% of homes were built before 1919 and 16% 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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