IChurch · listed 1950Church of St NicholasPhoto: Robert Edwards · CC BY-SA 2.0
Moat at Basildon Hall · Photo: MadeInBasildon · CC BY-SA 4.0DHistory Grade
History of Basildon · Historic England
21 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Basildon’s built-up area, 1.8 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 2 scheduled monuments. 0.3% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 7 of its listed buildings and 1 old view of the town. Basildon grades D for history: #63 of 81 in Essex.
Listed buildings
21
1.8 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
3
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
2
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
0.3%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Basildon in 9 photos and old views
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed, and the town before 1950. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Church of St NicholasGrade I listed
Church of All SaintsGrade II* listed
Dry Street FarmhouseGrade II listed
Rose CottageGrade II listed
Fore RidersGrade II listed+4See all photosPhotos 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
Basildon in old photos
1 old photo or postcard, in date order. All public domain, made before 1950.
1930Public 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 Basildon’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.
Grade IGrade II*Scheduled monument
Homes built before 1919, by neighbourhoodunder 10%10–25%25–50%50%+
0 of 70neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
21 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I3 Grade II*17 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 I
The Grade I listed building in Basildon
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 3 Grade II* listed buildings in Basildon
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*Church · listed 1955All Saints Church, VangeOn the list as Church of All SaintsPhoto: John Salmon · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Church · listed 1950Church of Holy CrossPhoto: Robert Edwards · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Church · listed 1950Church of St PeterPhoto: Robert Edwards · CC BY-SA 2.0
What’s protected
The largest group of Basildon’s listed buildings is homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas9
Churches, chapels & priories6
Public & civic buildings4
Walls, gates & bridges1
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
9 entries (43%) are houses, terraces and villas. 6 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
17 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 17 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Barstable SchoolBrooke HouseChurch of St MaryChurch of St MichaelCromwell ManorDoves FarmhouseDry Street FarmhouseFore RidersGreat Chalvedon HallGreat Wasketh FarmhouseNevendon HallRaised Pool and SculptureRetaining walls, ramp, steps, staircases, bench and raised pavingRose CottageWar MemorialWestley Hall1 and 2, Paynters Hill
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 0.9% of Basildon
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Noak Bridge 200022 ha
22 hain conservation areas, of 2,606 ha inside the built-up area.
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
10 of Basildon’s 21 listed buildings were added in 1950
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1950 · 10
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The first 10 entries were listed in 1950, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 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.
2 scheduled monuments
Nationally important archaeological sites and monuments, protected by law; work on them needs consent from the Secretary of State, advised by Historic England.
History Grade
Basildon 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 (30 points, 3 per 10,000 residents)More than 35% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (0.3%)More than 1% 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
0.3% of Basildon’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
0.2%
Before 1900
0.1%
1900–18
0.8%
1919–29
1.3%
1930s
8.6%
1945–54
25%
1955–64
11%
1965–72
21%
1973–82
9.5%
1983–92
9.7%
1993–99
3%
2000–08
5.3%
2009–15
4.8%
2016–25
BasildonEngland & Wales
0.2% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1955–64, which added 25% 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 (95 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Born here
3 notable people born in Basildon before 1900
Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
George Walton
Allen Francis Gardiner
Nathaniel Woodard
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Allen Francis Gardiner1794–1851 · British Royal Navy officer and missionary to Patagonia (1794-1851)
Nathaniel Woodard1811–1891 · Priest in the Church of England (1811-1891)
George Walton1664–1739 · Royal Navy admiral
Everyone born in Basildon → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Basildon
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basildon | 115,935 | 21 | 1 | D |
| Crays Hill | 1,218 | 0 | 0 | D− |
| North Benfleet | 1,765 | 2 | 0 | D |
| Wickford | 27,533 | 5 | 0 | D− |
| Stanford-le-Hope | 29,527 | 18 | 2 | C− |
| Billericay | 34,068 | 58 | 1 | C |
| Runwell | 8,086 | 6 | 1 | D |
| Horndon on the Hill | 1,510 | 20 | 1 | B |
In brief
Basildon in brief
Basildon has 21 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I, including Church of St Nicholas. A conservation area has protected part of it since 2000. Allen Francis Gardiner (1794), Nathaniel Woodard (1811) and George Walton (1664) were all born here before 1900. Its homes are mostly newer: 0.3% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. The rest is about typical: it has one Grade I building, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 2); per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and it also has 2 scheduled monuments.
Questions about Basildon’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Basildon?
Historic England lists 21 buildings inside Basildon’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 3 Grade II* and 17 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Basildon?
One: Church of St Nicholas.
Are there scheduled monuments in Basildon?
Yes, 2 scheduled monuments, including Moat at Basildon Hall and Moated site and fishponds at Botelers.
How many conservation areas are there in Basildon?
1, covering about 22 hectares of the town. The largest is Noak Bridge.
When were Basildon’s buildings listed?
The first in 1950; the most, 10, in 1950.
Are there old photos of Basildon?
Yes: 1 public-domain photo or postcard from 1930 to 1930, all on this page.
Who was born in Basildon?
Among people born before 1900: Allen Francis Gardiner (1794), Nathaniel Woodard (1811) and George Walton (1664).
How old are the homes in Basildon?
0.3% of homes were built before 1919 and 2.4% 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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