II*House · listed 1984Abridge Motor Spares Robert Chappell, ButcherPhoto: Hjamesberglen · CC BY-SA 4.0
Photo: David Howard · CC BY-SA 2.0C+History Grade
History of Abridge · Historic England
11 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade II*
Historic England counts them inside Abridge’s built-up area, 67 for every 10,000 residents. Of the listed buildings in Abridge, 10 are Grade II. 13% of its homes were built before 1919. Abridge grades C+ for history.
Listed buildings
11
67 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
13%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Abridge
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 Abridge’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.
11 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I1 Grade II*10 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 Abridge
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
Grade II
10 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 10 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 9.5% of Abridge
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Abridge 19774 ha
4 hain conservation areas, of 44 ha inside the built-up area.
9 of the 11 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 Abridge’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1984
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1984 · 7
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The first 2 entries were listed in 1975. 7 came in 1984, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Abridge grades C+ for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (12 points, 73 per 10,000 residents)More than 50% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (13%)More than 37% 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.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Abridge
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abridge | 1,651 | 11 | 0 | C+ |
| Theydon Bois | 3,540 | 9 | 0 | C− |
| Chigwell Row | 2,115 | 18 | 0 | C+ |
| Loughton | 33,338 | 41 | 0 | C |
| Chigwell | 12,251 | 40 | 0 | C+ |
| Epping | 10,693 | 50 | 0 | B |
| Buckhurst Hill | 11,749 | 3 | 0 | D |
| Coopersale | 1,067 | 3 | 0 | C− |
In brief
Abridge in brief
Abridge has 11 listed buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1977. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1984: 7 of 11. Beyond that, like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building; per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and 13% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Abridge’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Abridge?
Historic England lists 11 buildings inside Abridge’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 10 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Abridge?
1, covering about 4 hectares of the town. The largest is Abridge.
When were Abridge’s buildings listed?
The first in 1975; the most, 7, in 1984.
How old are the homes in Abridge?
13% of homes were built before 1919 and 26% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
© 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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