IChurch · listed 1958Church of All SaintsPhoto: ChurchCrawler · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: David Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Down Ampney · Historic England
19 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Down Ampney’s built-up area, 332 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. 28% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
19
332 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
2
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
28%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Down Ampney
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 Down Ampney’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IScheduled monument
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
19 listed buildings by grade
2 Grade I0 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.
Grade I
The 2 Grade I listed buildings in Down Ampney
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.
IHouse · listed 1952Down Ampney HousePhoto: Nick Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0
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
Cottage Immediately South of Pear Tree CottageCross on Green at West EndDown Ampney Church of England Controlled SchoolGatepiers at Down Ampney HouseGingell and 4 Unidentified Monuments, About 1 Metre from South East Corner of Chancel in Churchyard of Church of All SaintsGroup of 19 Monuments, About 3 to 23 Metres South of South Transept and Aisle in Churchyard of Church of All SaintsHampton CottageHome FarmhousePear Tree CottagePilgrims the Old VicarageThirteen Monuments, Including Kimber and Green, About 5 to 15 Metres South East of South East Corner of South Transept in Churchyard of Church of All SaintsThree Pinniger Monuments, About 4 to 12 Metres North East of North East Chancel Corner in Churchyard of Church of All SaintsTwo Parker Monuments, About 12 Metres East of East Window in Churchyard of Church of All Saints16 and 17, Down Ampney Village20, Down Ampney Village42 and 43, Down Ampney Village51 and 52, Down Ampney Village
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 11% of Down Ampney
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Down Ampney 19914 ha
4 hain conservation areas, of 32 ha inside the built-up area.
9 of the 19 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 Down Ampney’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1986
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1986 · 16
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The first 2 entries were listed in 1952, 1 of the 2 Grade I buildings among them. 16 came in 1986, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. 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.
Homes by age
28% of Down Ampney’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
25%
Before 1900
2.6%
1900–18
1.1%
1919–29
2.6%
1930s
2.6%
1945–54
13%
1955–64
9.9%
1965–72
9.9%
1973–82
6.3%
1983–92
13%
1993–99
11%
2000–08
0%
2009–15
3.7%
2016–25
Down AmpneyEngland & Wales
25% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1955–64, which added 13% 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 (3 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Down Ampney
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Down Ampney | 572 | 19 | 2 | — |
| Cricklade | 4,030 | 113 | 2 | A |
| South Cerney | 3,998 | 56 | 1 | B+ |
| Fairford | 4,240 | 114 | 1 | A |
| Ashton Keynes | 1,425 | 56 | 1 | A+ |
| Cirencester | 17,715 | 326 | 3 | A |
| Broad Blunsdon | 6,507 | 24 | 0 | C+ |
| Purton | 3,193 | 25 | 0 | B+ |
In brief
Down Ampney in brief
Old houses are part of Down Ampney’s character: 28% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 19 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade I. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1991. The big year was 1986, when 16 of the 19 went on the list. Beyond that, it also has a scheduled monument.
Questions about Down Ampney’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Down Ampney?
Historic England lists 19 buildings inside Down Ampney’s built-up area: 2 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 17 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Down Ampney?
2, including Church of All Saints and Down Ampney House.
Are there scheduled monuments in Down Ampney?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Village cross.
How many conservation areas are there in Down Ampney?
1, covering about 4 hectares of the town. The largest is Down Ampney.
When were Down Ampney’s buildings listed?
The first in 1952; the most, 16, in 1986.
How old are the homes in Down Ampney?
28% of homes were built before 1919 and 32% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Down Ampney 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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