II*Church · listed 1959Church of St AndrewPhoto: Lonpicman · CC BY-SA 3.0
Church of St Andrew · Photo: Lonpicman · CC BY-SA 3.0D−History Grade
History of Ashingdon · Historic England
2 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade II*
Historic England counts them inside Ashingdon’s built-up area, 3.1 for every 10,000 residents. 2.4% of its homes were built before 1919. Ashingdon grades D− for history: #75 of 81 in Essex.
Listed buildings
2
3.1 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
2.4%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Ashingdon
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed, and the town before 1950. 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.
Through time
Ashingdon in old photos
1 old photo or postcard, in date order. All public domain, made before 1950.
Public domain, from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server. Each credit opens the image’s page with its full description and history.
The map
Where Ashingdon’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.
Grade II*
Homes built before 1919, by neighbourhoodunder 10%10–25%25–50%50%+
0 of 5neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
2 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I1 Grade II*1 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. Neighbourhood dots: the population-weighted centre of each Census 2021 output area, coloured by its neighbourhood’s (LSOA’s) share of homes built before 1919 (Valuation Office Agency, March 2025).
Grade II*
The Grade II* listed building in Ashingdon
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
Grade II
1 Grade II listed building
Most listed buildings are in this grade, which covers buildings of special interest. Open any building to read its official list entry.
All 1 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 100% of Ashingdon
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
No data available for publication by HE175 ha
175 hain conservation areas, of 175 ha inside the built-up area.
2 of the 2 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.
History Grade
Ashingdon grades D− for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (3 points, 5 per 10,000 residents)More than 12% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (2.4%)More than 4% 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
2.4% of Ashingdon’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
2.4%
Before 1900
0%
1900–18
3.6%
1919–29
7.9%
1930s
2.2%
1945–54
21%
1955–64
10%
1965–72
15%
1973–82
18%
1983–92
8.1%
1993–99
7.2%
2000–08
1.8%
2009–15
2.1%
2016–25
AshingdonEngland & Wales
2.4% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1955–64, which added 21% 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
How Ashingdon compares with 840 towns its size
Places of 4,000–10,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Ashingdon0
#768 of 840for listed buildings per resident (3 per 10,000). Sandwich, Tenby and Brecon lead.
302 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Ashingdon
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashingdon | 6,490 | 2 | 0 | D− |
| Rochford | 12,617 | 75 | 1 | B− |
| Hockley and Hawkwell | 15,430 | 19 | 0 | C− |
| Canewdon | 1,216 | 12 | 0 | C+ |
| Hullbridge | 5,709 | 2 | 0 | D− |
| Rayleigh | 32,383 | 39 | 0 | C |
| Southend-on-Sea | 182,295 | 100 | 5 | B |
| South Woodham Ferrers | 16,029 | 3 | 0 | D− |
In brief
Ashingdon in brief
Ashingdon has 2 listed buildings, including Church of St Andrew. A conservation area protects part of it. Its homes are mostly newer: 2.4% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
For its size the list is short: per resident, it has more listed heritage than only 12% of UK towns. Most towns its size have more Grade I buildings: the typical one has 0. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: the list grew between 1959 and 1977.
Questions about Ashingdon’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Ashingdon?
Historic England lists 2 buildings inside Ashingdon’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 1 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Ashingdon?
1, covering about 175 hectares of the town. The largest is No data available for publication by HE.
Are there old photos of Ashingdon?
Yes: 1 public-domain photo or postcard, all on this page.
How old are the homes in Ashingdon?
2.4% of homes were built before 1919 and 14% 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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