IChurch · listed 1961Parish Church of St SwithunPhoto: Delta 51 · CC BY-SA 4.0
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History of Woodbury · Historic England
45 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Woodbury’s built-up area, 257 for every 10,000 residents. 43 of Woodbury’s listed buildings are Grade II. 23% of its homes were built before 1919. Woodbury grades A for history.
Listed buildings
45
257 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
23%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Woodbury
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 Woodbury’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IGrade II*
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
45 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I1 Grade II*43 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 Woodbury
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 Woodbury
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*House · listed 19862 The Green and Thorne BartonPhoto: Simon Cobb · CC0
What’s protected
Most of Woodbury’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas27
Churches, chapels & priories11
Walls, gates & bridges2
Public & civic buildings2
Inns, shops & warehouses2
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
27 entries (60%) are houses, terraces and villas. 11 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
43 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 43 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
BallymansBixley HavenBroadway HouseChown CottagesChurch CottageChurch MasonsChurch Steps CottagesChurch Stile CottagesCottles FarmhouseDarby's CottagesDarby's CottagesDrake's CottageDrake's ThatchGarden Wall to North of Oakhayes Extending Along Oakhayes Lane and Returning Along Globe Hill for 10 MetresGilbrook CottagesGilbrook House, Including House Adjoining South-WestHaydon Tomb Chest 1.5 Metres North of Church of St SwithunHaydon's CottageKnollLychgate and Churchyard Wall to South of Church of St SwithunNumber 1 Thorne's CottagesNumbers 2, 3 and 4 Thorne's CottagesNumbers 6 and 7 Thorne's CottagesOakhayesOld Court HousePair of Tomb Chests 3 Metres East of Church of St SwithunParsonage HouseRosemarySanders Tomb Chest 12.5 Metres South of Church of St SwithunSpringhayesThe BealsThe Church Room the Vestry RoomThe Maltsters ArmsThe PrioryVictoria CottagesWhite Hart InnWippell Tomb Chest 6 Metres South of Church of St SwithunWoodbury AntiquesWoodbury HouseWoodbury Primary SchoolWoodbury War Memorial1, 2 and 3, Flower Street1, 2 and 3, Mirey Lane
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 27% of Woodbury
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Woodbury 198619 ha
19 hain conservation areas, of 71 ha inside the built-up area.
40 of the 45 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 Woodbury’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1986
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1986 · 341952 · 6
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The first 6 entries were listed in 1952. 34 came in 1986, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Woodbury 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 (48 points, 274 per 10,000 residents)More than 82% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (23%)More than 70% 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
23% of Woodbury’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
21%
Before 1900
1.2%
1900–18
1.2%
1919–29
3.6%
1930s
3.6%
1945–54
14%
1955–64
9.5%
1965–72
9.5%
1973–82
14%
1983–92
2.4%
1993–99
6%
2000–08
9.5%
2009–15
3.6%
2016–25
WoodburyEngland & Wales
21% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1955–64, which added 14% 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 (0 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Towns its size
Woodbury has the 89th most Grade I buildings of 1,614 towns its size
Places of 1,000–3,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Woodbury
In brief
Woodbury in brief
More of Woodbury’s homes are old than in most places: 23% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 45 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. Per resident, it has more listed heritage than 82% of UK towns. Only 88 of the 1,614 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings.
A conservation area has protected part of it since 1986. Of the whole list, 60% are houses, terraces and villas. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1986: 34 of 45.
Questions about Woodbury’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Woodbury?
Historic England lists 45 buildings inside Woodbury’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 43 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Woodbury?
One: Parish Church of St Swithun.
How many conservation areas are there in Woodbury?
1, covering about 19 hectares of the town. The largest is Woodbury.
When were Woodbury’s buildings listed?
The first in 1952; the most, 34, in 1986.
How old are the homes in Woodbury?
23% of homes were built before 1919 and 28% 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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