II*Church · listed 1959Church of St SwithunPhoto: Mr Biz · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Mr Biz · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Swanbourne · Historic England
40 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade II*
Historic England counts them inside Swanbourne’s built-up area, 955 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 39 of Swanbourne’s listed buildings. 35% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
40
955 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
35%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Swanbourne
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 Swanbourne’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade II*
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
40 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I1 Grade II*39 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 II*
The Grade II* listed building in Swanbourne
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
Historic streets
Winslow Road has the most listed buildings
Streets by the listed entries with an address on them. One entry can be a whole terrace, so long rows count once.
Winslow Road7 listed
Smithfield End4 listed
Mursley Road3 listed
Of the 40 entries, 15 are named by a street address; the rest are named buildings such as churches, halls and bridges.
What’s protected
Most of Swanbourne’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas33
Public & civic buildings4
Churches, chapels & priories2
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
33 entries (83%) are houses, terraces and villas. 2 are churches, chapels and priories.
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
39 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 39 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Athawes FarmhouseBalustrade to Forecourt of Swanbourne House SchoolBarracks RowBoot HouseBrise's FarmhouseChapel at Swanbourne House SchoolCharlton Hill FarmhouseChurch FarmhouseDeverell's FarmhouseHart HouseHome FarmhouseIvy FarmhouseMoat FarmhouseNearton CottageNumber 14, Nearton EndNumber 2 Ivy Cottage and Number 4Number 21, Nearton EndNumber 3, Nearton EndNumber 35, Nearton EndOutbuilding to the West of the Old HouseSwanbourne House SchoolSwanbourne War MemorialThe Manor HouseThe Old House1, Smithfield End11, Smithfield End13 and 15, Smithfield End15, Tattam's Lane16 and 18, Winslow Road17, Winslow Road20, Winslow Road22 and 24, Winslow Road28, Winslow Road3 and 5, Winslow Road3, Mursley Road6, Smithfield End7, Mursley Road8, Mursley Road9-13, Winslow Road
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 28% of Swanbourne
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Swanbourne 198914 ha
14 hain conservation areas, of 49 ha inside the built-up area.
34 of the 40 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 Swanbourne’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1984
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1984 · 33
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The first 4 entries were listed in 1952. 33 came in 1984, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
35% of Swanbourne’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
35%
Before 1900
1.8%
1900–18
1.8%
1919–29
1.8%
1930s
8.2%
1945–54
9.9%
1955–64
9.9%
1965–72
8.2%
1973–82
8.2%
1983–92
8.2%
1993–99
1.8%
2000–08
0%
2009–15
5.8%
2016–25
SwanbourneEngland & Wales
35% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1955–64, which added 9.9% 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 (3 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Swanbourne
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swanbourne | 419 | 40 | 0 | — |
| Winslow | 5,238 | 79 | 1 | A− |
| Stewkley | 1,421 | 30 | 1 | A− |
| Great Horwood | 1,102 | 41 | 0 | A |
| Newton Longville | 1,877 | 23 | 1 | B− |
| Stoke Hammond | 1,155 | 11 | 0 | B− |
| Bletchley | 45,018 | 65 | 1 | C |
| Wing | 2,979 | 18 | 1 | B+ |
In brief
Swanbourne in brief
Old houses are part of Swanbourne’s character: 35% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 40 listed buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1989. Most entries on the list, 83%, are houses, terraces and villas. The big year was 1984, when 33 of the 40 went on the list.
Questions about Swanbourne’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Swanbourne?
Historic England lists 40 buildings inside Swanbourne’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 39 Grade II.
Which street in Swanbourne has the most listed buildings?
Winslow Road (7), Smithfield End (4) and Mursley Road (3) have the most listed entries named by an address. One entry can be a whole terrace.
How many conservation areas are there in Swanbourne?
1, covering about 14 hectares of the town. The largest is Swanbourne.
When were Swanbourne’s buildings listed?
The first in 1952; the most, 33, in 1984.
How old are the homes in Swanbourne?
35% of homes were built before 1919 and 39% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Swanbourne 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 · Historic England conservation areas (supplied by local planning authorities; October 2026). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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