II*Church · listed 1967Church of St JohnPhoto: John Salmon · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: David Howard · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Whitchurch · Historic England
47 listed buildings, 3 of them Grade II*
Historic England counts them inside Whitchurch’s built-up area, 489 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. 29% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 3 of its listed buildings.
Listed buildings
47
489 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
3
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
29%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Whitchurch
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Church of St JohnGrade II* listed
Priory HotelGrade II* listed
The Old House and Attached Garden WallsGrade II* listedPhotos 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 Whitchurch’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade II*Scheduled monument
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
47 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I3 Grade II*44 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 3 Grade II* listed buildings in Whitchurch
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
II*Church · listed 1951Priory HotelPhoto: Chris Cole · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Walls & gates · listed 1951The Old House and Attached Garden WallsPhoto: Rob Farrow · CC BY-SA 2.0
What’s protected
Most of Whitchurch’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas37
Walls, gates & bridges3
Street furniture2
Public & civic buildings2
Churches, chapels & priories2
Inns, shops & warehouses1
37 entries (79%) 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
44 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 44 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Barn 15 Metres North East of Quaker FarmhouseBarn 25 Metres to South East of Number 13Barn to North of Townsend FarmBarn to South of Townsend FarmBeech Moor and Railings to FrontChestnut CornerChurch HallCobwebsFairingsGreenbanksKempson HouseMary Monks CloseMelbury CottageMilestone 5 Metres to South East of Number 49Mullions and Wall to North East and South East Sides of GardenNo 27 and Barn Attached to LeftQuaker FarmhouseRose BankSchool HouseSpider's WebSt OsythStable Block 20 Metres South East of the Old HouseThatched CottageThe Old BarnsThe Old Cottage and Stone EndThe Vicarage, Stable, Summerhouse and Eastern Boundary WallThe White SwanTudor HouseWalnut CottageWhitchurch House1 and 2, Post Office Lane1 and 2, White Horse Lane10, 12 and 14, Market Hill28 and 30, High Street29, High Street3, Church Lane31, High Street33, High Street34, Oving Road37 and 37A, High Street5, Castle Lane58, High Street63 and 65, High Street7, High Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 45% of Whitchurch
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Whitchurch 197025 ha
25 hain conservation areas, of 55 ha inside the built-up area.
46 of the 47 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 Whitchurch’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1985
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1985 · 331951 · 51967 · 5
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 5 entries were listed in 1951. 33 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.
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.
Homes by age
29% of Whitchurch’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
29%
Before 1900
0%
1900–18
2.7%
1919–29
3.9%
1930s
16%
1945–54
7.8%
1955–64
5.1%
1965–72
2.7%
1973–82
5.1%
1983–92
9%
1993–99
3.9%
2000–08
3.9%
2009–15
12%
2016–25
WhitchurchEngland & Wales
29% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1945–54, 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 (6 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Whitchurch
In brief
Whitchurch in brief
Old houses are part of Whitchurch’s character: 29% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 47 listed buildings. On High Street alone there are 8 listed buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1970.
Of the whole list, 79% are houses, terraces and villas. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1985: 33 of 47. Beyond that, it also has a scheduled monument.
Questions about Whitchurch’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Whitchurch?
Historic England lists 47 buildings inside Whitchurch’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 3 Grade II* and 44 Grade II.
Are there scheduled monuments in Whitchurch?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Bolebec Castle, a motte and bailey castle 300m west of St John's Church.
How many conservation areas are there in Whitchurch?
1, covering about 25 hectares of the town. The largest is Whitchurch.
When were Whitchurch’s buildings listed?
The first in 1951; the most, 33, in 1985.
How old are the homes in Whitchurch?
29% of homes were built before 1919 and 36% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Whitchurch 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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