IChurch · listed 1959Parish Church of St MargaretPhoto: mym · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Paul Tuli · CC BY-SA 3.0–Not graded
History of Chippenham · Historic England
22 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Chippenham’s built-up area, 423 for every 10,000 residents. Of the listed buildings in Chippenham, 20 are Grade II. 21% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
22
423 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
1 registered park or garden
Homes built before 1919
21%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Chippenham
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 Chippenham’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IGrade II*Park or garden
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
22 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I1 Grade II*20 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 Chippenham
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 Grade II* listed building in Chippenham
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*Public · listed 1951The School HousePhoto: Robert Edwards · CC BY-SA 2.0
What’s protected
Most of Chippenham’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas12
Churches, chapels & priories5
Public & civic buildings2
Street furniture1
Walls, gates & bridges1
Inns, shops & warehouses1
12 entries (55%) 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
20 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 20 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Church FarmhouseCoping to C13 Tomb North East of North Porch of Parish Church of St MargaretEnoch's Cottage and no. 64 High StreetFirst World War Memorial (Parish Church of St Margaret Churchyard)K6 Telephone KioskLodges and Entrance Gate to North WestManor FarmhouseSeven Tombstones in Line, North of Tower of Parish Church of St MargaretTharp ArmsThe BakeryThe Palace1-16, High Street17, High Street18, 19, 20 and 21, High Street36, High Street41, New Street45, New Street47, High Street50, High Street7, New Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 48% of Chippenham
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Chippenham 197511 ha
11 hain conservation areas, of 23 ha inside the built-up area.
22 of the 22 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 Chippenham’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1984
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1984 · 15
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The first 4 entries were listed in 1951. 15 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 registered park or garden
Chippenham HallGrade II
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Chippenham
In brief
Chippenham in brief
The official list counts 22 listed buildings in Chippenham, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1975. Most entries on the list, 55%, are houses, terraces and villas. The big year was 1984, when 15 of the 22 went on the list. Beyond that, 21% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Chippenham’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Chippenham?
Historic England lists 22 buildings inside Chippenham’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 20 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Chippenham?
One: Parish Church of St Margaret.
How many conservation areas are there in Chippenham?
1, covering about 11 hectares of the town. The largest is Chippenham.
When were Chippenham’s buildings listed?
The first in 1951; the most, 15, in 1984.
How old are the homes in Chippenham?
21% of homes were built before 1919 and 29% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Chippenham 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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