II*Church · listed 1980St Michael's and All Angels ChurchOn the list as Church of St MichaelPhoto: Peter I. Vardy · Public domain
Photo: Peter I. Vardy · Public domain–Not graded
History of Guiting Power · Historic England
Old homes in Guiting Power: 52% built before 1919
For Guiting Power, that is 4 times the typical town’s share, 15%. Historic England lists 19 buildings inside Guiting Power’s built-up area, 642 for every 10,000 residents.
Listed buildings
19
642 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
52%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Guiting Power
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 Guiting Power’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.
19 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I1 Grade II*18 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 Guiting Power
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
Grade II
18 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 18 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Baptist ChapelBarn About 200 Metres South East of the Old Manor Guiting Power Amenity TrustBase of Cross Shaft, In the Churchyard of Church of St Michael C5 Metres East of South West Corner of South TranseptBell HouseCivic Trust House, Guiting Power Amenity TrustCorner CottageCottage to Right of the Old BakehouseGreenfield HouseNo 4 Right of Post Office, Guiting Power Amenity TrustPair of Unidentified Monuments in the Churchyard of Church of St Michael C8 Metres South of ChancelRaymarRose Cottage, Guiting Power Amenity TrustSchoolSemi Detached Cottages in Front of the Old Dairy Guiting Power Amenity TrustThe Old Bakehouse Guiting Power Amenity TrustThe Old DairyThe Old Manor Guiting Power Amenity TrustTudor House Guiting Power Amenity Trust
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 63% of Guiting Power
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Guiting Power 197213 ha
13 hain conservation areas, of 21 ha inside the built-up area.
19 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 Guiting Power’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1985
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1985 · 101960 · 8
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 8 entries were listed in 1960. 10 came in 1985, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
52% of Guiting Power’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
5%
1900–18
1.2%
1919–29
1.9%
1930s
5%
1945–54
5%
1955–64
3.7%
1965–72
7.5%
1973–82
7.5%
1983–92
3.7%
1993–99
7.5%
2000–08
3.1%
2009–15
1.9%
2016–25
Guiting PowerEngland & Wales
47% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1973–82, which added 7.5% 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 (5 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Guiting Power
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guiting Power | 296 | 19 | 0 | — |
| Winchcombe | 4,339 | 178 | 1 | A+ |
| Bourton-on-the-Water | 4,177 | 111 | 0 | A− |
| Stow-on-the-Wold | 1,907 | 117 | 1 | A |
| Northleach | 1,997 | 86 | 1 | A+ |
| Upper Rissington | 1,999 | 0 | 0 | D |
| Prestbury | 4,078 | 66 | 0 | B+ |
| Blockley | 1,069 | 101 | 0 | A+ |
In brief
Guiting Power in brief
Old houses are part of Guiting Power’s character: 52% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 19 listed buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1972. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1985: 10 of 19.
Questions about Guiting Power’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Guiting Power?
Historic England lists 19 buildings inside Guiting Power’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 18 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Guiting Power?
1, covering about 13 hectares of the town. The largest is Guiting Power.
When were Guiting Power’s buildings listed?
The first in 1960; the most, 10, in 1985.
How old are the homes in Guiting Power?
52% of homes were built before 1919 and 55% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Guiting Power 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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