Entrance to Bisley W.I. Village Hall, Gloucestershire

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History of Bisley · Historic England

Bisley: 49% of homes built before 1919

For Bisley, that is 3 times the typical town’s share, 15%. Historic England lists 66 buildings inside Bisley’s built-up area, 685 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. We have photos of 3 of its listed buildings.

9Grade II*1scheduled monument

Listed buildings

685 per 10,000 residents

Grade I

exceptional interest

Grade II*

more than special interest

Scheduled monuments

nationally important sites

Homes built before 1919

49%

typical UK town 15%

In pictures

Landmarks of Bisley

Tap a photo to step through them full screen.

Church of All SaintsGrade II* listed

Lock Up with Forecourt WallGrade II* listed

The Bear InnGrade II* listed

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 Bisley’s history is

Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.

Grade II*Scheduled monument

Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.

66 listed buildings by grade

0 Grade I9 Grade II*57 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 9 Grade II* listed buildings in Bisley

Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 3 are photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.

Church · listed 1960Church of All SaintsPhoto: Philip Halling · CC BY-SA 2.0

Walls & gates · listed 1960Lock Up with Forecourt WallPhoto: Jongleur100 · Public domain

Inns & shops · listed 1960The Bear InnPhoto: Jaggery · CC BY-SA 2.0

Public · listed 1960Cockpit with Dovecote Approximately 40 Metres South West of Jayne's Court

Public · listed 1960Jayne's Court

House · listed 1960Overcourt

Church · listed 1960Poor Souls' Light in the Churchyard Approximately 12 Metres South West of Church of All Saints

House · listed 1960Rectory Farmhouse and Rectory Cottage

House · listed 1960The Mansion

What’s protected

Most of Bisley’s listed buildings are homes

Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.

Houses, terraces & villas40

Churches, chapels & priories9

Walls, gates & bridges6

Public & civic buildings5

Street furniture3

Inns, shops & warehouses2

Memorials, crosses & tombs1

40 entries (61%) are houses, terraces and villas. 9 are churches, chapels and priories.

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

57 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 57 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z

Bear House Bisley Wells Bluecoat School Brattons Britannia Church House Clissold Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 20 Metres West of Tower to Church of All Saints Court House Drakes House Emersley Everest Cottage Four Ways Wellesley Cottages Gazebo and Gate Piers with Garden Wall Approximately 20 Metres East of Overcourt Group of 3 Monuments in the Churchyard Approximately 15 Metres South of Porch to Church of All Saints Group of 4 Mainly Damsell Family Monuments in the Churchyard Approximately 3 Metres South of Chancel to Church of All Saints Hartwell Cottage Hay Hedge High Street Antiques John King Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 10 Metres South West of Church of All Saints K6 Telephone Kiosk, George Street L'aperitif Restaurant Long Byre, The Old Workshop and The Quoin Magnet Cottage Magnet House Including Garden Wall with Gateway Milestone Approximately 10 Metres South East of Lock-Up Morland Cottage Norwich Cottage Norwich House Nowell House Old Bell Cottage and British Legion Club Old George Coach House, George Stores and George House Old Post Office Old Pound Cottage Overcourt Cottages with Gatepiers Pair of Gatepiers Approximately 70 Metres North of Overcourt Prospect Cottage Rectory Barn Red Lion House Rose Hill Ryecottage and Kimberley Cottage with Forecourt Railings Sinegar House and Garden Railings South End Cottage Southview Spring Cottage and Dove Cottage St Luke's Cottage Steps to Churchyard with Railings and Adjacent Boundary Wall to Jaynes Court Tea Shop The Chantry The Old Vicarage with Railings and Gate on East Side Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 15 Metres North of Vestry to Church of All Saints Victoria Cottage War Memorial Wells Cottage Wesley House 1 and 2, Church Hill 1 and 2, George Street 3, George Street

Conservation areas

1 conservation area covers 55% of Bisley

Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.

Bisley18 ha

18 hain conservation areas, of 33 ha inside the built-up area.

66 of the 66 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 Bisley’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1960

The year each building now on the list was first listed.

1960 · 411987 · 22

19501960197019801990200020102020

The first 41 entries were listed in 1960. 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 scheduled monument

Nationally important archaeological sites and monuments, protected by law; work on them needs consent from the Secretary of State, advised by Historic England.

Poor souls' light at All Saints' Church

Homes by age

49% of Bisley’s homes were built before 1919

Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).

47%

Before 1900

2.1%

1900–18

1919–29

2.1%

1930s

5.1%

1945–54

8.1%

1955–64

11%

1965–72

8.1%

1973–82

1983–92

0.9%

1993–99

5.1%

2000–08

3.9%

2009–15

2016–25

BisleyEngland & Wales

47% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1965–72, which added 11% 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 (9 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.

Neighbours

Listed buildings in the places around Bisley

Town	People	Listed	Grade I	History
Bisley	964	66	0	—
Chalford	6,665	113	0	A
Painswick	1,833	242	3	A⁺
Brimscombe and Thrupp	2,187	34	0	A
Stroud	26,073	396	2	A
Minchinhampton	3,412	110	1	A⁺
Whiteshill and Randwick	1,442	21	0	A
Amberley	1,300	31	0	A

In brief

Bisley in brief

Old houses are part of Bisley’s character: 49% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 66 listed buildings. A conservation area protects part of it.

Most entries on the list, 61%, are houses, terraces and villas. The big year was 1960, when 41 of the 66 went on the list. Beyond that, Nathaniel Bliss (1700) and Francis Hawkins (1794) were born here before 1900; and it also has a scheduled monument.

Questions about Bisley’s history

How many listed buildings are there in Bisley?

Historic England lists 66 buildings inside Bisley’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 9 Grade II* and 57 Grade II.

Are there scheduled monuments in Bisley?

Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Poor souls' light at All Saints' Church.

How many conservation areas are there in Bisley?

1, covering about 18 hectares of the town. The largest is Bisley.

When were Bisley’s buildings listed?

The first in 1960; the most, 41, in 1960.

How old are the homes in Bisley?

49% of homes were built before 1919 and 51% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).

Bisley 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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