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Church of St Michael · Photo: Motacilla · CC BY-SA 4.0A−History Grade
History of Stewkley · Historic England
30 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Stewkley’s built-up area, 211 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. 24% of its homes were built before 1919. Stewkley grades A− for history.
Listed buildings
30
211 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
24%
typical UK town 15%
The map
Where Stewkley’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IScheduled monument
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
30 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*29 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 Stewkley
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.
What’s protected
Most of Stewkley’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas27
Churches, chapels & priories2
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
27 entries (90%) are houses, terraces and villas. 2 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
29 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 29 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Barn to South West of Number 5, Grange FarmBarn/Outhouse to East of Sycamore FarmhouseCrofton CottageDormer CottageDovecote FarmhouseDovecote at Manor HouseK6 Telephone Kiosk West of Parish ChurchManor HouseNumbers 14 (Little Dormers) and 16Orchard Farmhouse and Orchard CottageStewkley War MemorialStockall HouseSycamore FarmhouseThe SwanThe Thatched CottageWinsor's Farmhouse1, Ivy Lane14, Dunton Road22, High Street South24, High Street North25, Dunton Road28, High Street North44, High Street South58, High Street South64, High Street South67, High Street North7, High Street North78, High Street8, Dean Road
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 24% of Stewkley
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Stewkley 200120 ha
20 hain conservation areas, of 83 ha inside the built-up area.
28 of the 30 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 Stewkley’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1984
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1984 · 21
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The first 4 entries were listed in 1959, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 21 came in 1984, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has 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
Stewkley grades A− for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (34 points, 239 per 10,000 residents)More than 77% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (24%)More than 71% 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
24% of Stewkley’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
23%
Before 1900
1.3%
1900–18
1.3%
1919–29
6%
1930s
7.3%
1945–54
7.3%
1955–64
16%
1965–72
7.3%
1973–82
3.6%
1983–92
7.3%
1993–99
8.4%
2000–08
1.3%
2009–15
11%
2016–25
StewkleyEngland & Wales
23% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1965–72, which added 16% 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 (7 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Towns its size
Stewkley has the 95th most Grade I buildings of 1,804 towns its size
Places of 1,000–2,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Stewkley1
#381 of 1,804for listed buildings per resident (211 per 10,000). Aberaeron, Beaumaris and Burford lead.
94 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Stewkley
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stewkley | 1,421 | 30 | 1 | A− |
| Stoke Hammond | 1,155 | 11 | 0 | B− |
| Wing | 2,979 | 18 | 1 | B+ |
| Newton Longville | 1,877 | 23 | 1 | B− |
| Bletchley | 45,018 | 65 | 1 | C |
| Leighton Buzzard | 42,736 | 120 | 1 | B− |
| Wingrave | 1,498 | 37 | 0 | A |
| Heath and Reach | 1,451 | 20 | 0 | B+ |
In brief
Stewkley in brief
More of Stewkley’s homes are old than in most places: 24% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 30 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. For its size, it has more listed heritage than 77% of UK towns. Only 94 of the 1,804 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings.
A conservation area has protected part of it since 2001. Most entries on the list, 90%, are houses, terraces and villas. The big year was 1984, when 21 of the 30 went on the list. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: it also has a scheduled monument.
Questions about Stewkley’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Stewkley?
Historic England lists 30 buildings inside Stewkley’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 29 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Stewkley?
One: Church of St Michael.
Are there scheduled monuments in Stewkley?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Moated site and section of hollow way 200m south west of St Michael's Church, Stewkley.
How many conservation areas are there in Stewkley?
1, covering about 20 hectares of the town. The largest is Stewkley.
When were Stewkley’s buildings listed?
The first in 1959; the most, 21, in 1984.
How old are the homes in Stewkley?
24% of homes were built before 1919 and 31% 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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