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History of Upton St Leonards · Historic England

32 listed buildings, 3 of them Grade II*

Historic England counts them inside Upton St Leonards’s built-up area, 283 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 29 of Upton St Leonards’s listed buildings. 28% of its homes were built before 1919. Upton St Leonards grades A for history.

3Grade II*
Listed buildings
32
283 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
3
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
28%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures

Landmarks of Upton St Leonards

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Church of St LeonardChurch of St LeonardGrade 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 Upton St Leonards’s history is

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

Church of St Leonard, Grade II*Monument to Richard Ockold in the Churchyard Approximately 3 Metres South of South Aisle to Church of St Leonard, Grade II*Monument to Richard Ockold in the Churchyard Approximately 4.5 Metres South of South Aisle to Church of St Leonard, Grade II*
Grade II*

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32 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I3 Grade II*29 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 3 Grade II* listed buildings in Upton St Leonards

Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 1 is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.

What’s protected

Most of Upton St Leonards’s listed buildings are churches and chapels

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

Churches, chapels & priories21
Houses, terraces & villas4
Inns, shops & warehouses3
Public & civic buildings3
Walls, gates & bridges1

4 entries (13%) are houses, terraces and villas. 21 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

29 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 29 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Abel Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 1 Metre West of North Aisle to Church of St LeonardAtkyns Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 1.5 Metres North of Smith Monument to East of North Chapel to Church of St LeonardBarn to North of Upton MillBlack and White HouseBondend FarmhouseBoundary Wall,Railings and Gates to School,With Attached Churchyard Gatepiers and GatesBowden Hall HotelCommelines Mill and Attached HouseDavis Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 6 Metres North of Taylor Monument to North of Church of St LeonardFormer Farm Group Circa 75 Metres North of Home FarmGrimes Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 2.5 Metres East of Chancel to Church of St LeonardGroup of 13 Monuments of Various Designs in the Churchyard Approximately 11 Metres North of North Chapel to Church of St LeonardGroup of 3 Rodway Monuments in the Churchyard Approximately 5 Metres North of North Chapel to Church of St LeonardHiggs Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 4 Metres West of Tower to Church of St LeonardMonument to John Kemble Chandler in the Churchyard Approximately 1 Metre West of Monument to John Kemble to North of Church of St LeonardMonument to John Kemble in the Churchyard Approximately 12 Metres North of Taylor Monument to North of Church of St LeonardMonument to Mary Kemble in the Churchyard Approximately 0.5 Metres North of Monument to John Kemble to North of Church of St LeonardMonument to William Frankis in the Churchyard Approximately 9 Metres North West of Church of St LeonardPrimary SchoolRoberts Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 1 Metre North West of Taylor Monument to North of Church of St LeonardsSmith Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 3 Metres East of North Chapel to Church of St LeonardSundial in the Churchyard Approximately 40 Metres East of Church of St LeonardTaylor Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 3 Metres North East of North Porch to Church of St LeonardUnidentified Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 1.5 Metres North East of Higgs Monument to West of Church of St LeonardUnidentified Monument in the Churchyard Approximately 4 Metres North East of Taylor Monument to North of Church of St LeonardUnidentified Monumnent in the Churchyard Approximately 3 Metres South of Vestry to Church of St LeonardUpton Mill and Attached HouseWarnless CottageWell Head to West of Primary School
How the list grew

More than half of Upton St Leonards’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1985

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

1985 · 26
19501960197019801990200020102020

The first 4 entries were listed in 1955. 26 came in 1985, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.

History Grade

Upton St Leonards grades A for history

Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.

Protected heritage, for its size and in all (35 points, 309 per 10,000 residents)More than 79% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (28%)More than 80% 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

28% of Upton St Leonards’s homes were built before 1919

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

26%
Before 1900
2.2%
1900–18
1.2%
1919–29
2.2%
1930s
4.6%
1945–54
16%
1955–64
26%
1965–72
5.6%
1973–82
3.4%
1983–92
2.2%
1993–99
2.2%
2000–08
3.4%
2009–15
5.6%
2016–25
Upton St LeonardsEngland & Wales

26% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1965–72, which added 26% 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 (12 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.

Neighbours

Listed buildings in the places around Upton St Leonards

TownPeopleListedGrade IHistory
Upton St Leonards1,132320A
Brockworth12,007141C−
Gloucester118,56244234A−
Painswick1,8332423A+
Churchdown13,48080D
Quedgeley and Hardwicke21,125170C−
Longford2,53640D
Shurdington1,888110C+
In brief

Upton St Leonards in brief

Old houses are part of Upton St Leonards’s character: 28% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 32 listed buildings. Per resident, it has more listed heritage than 79% of UK towns.

Most entries on the list, 66%, are churches, chapels and priories. The big year was 1985, when 26 of the 32 went on the list. Beyond that, like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building; and Ralph Arthur Penrhyn Clements (1855) was born here before 1900.

Questions about Upton St Leonards’s history

How many listed buildings are there in Upton St Leonards?

Historic England lists 32 buildings inside Upton St Leonards’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 3 Grade II* and 29 Grade II.

When were Upton St Leonards’s buildings listed?

The first in 1955; the most, 26, in 1985.

How old are the homes in Upton St Leonards?

28% of homes were built before 1919 and 31% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The National Heritage List for England is the official, up-to-date register of all nationally protected historic buildings and sites in England; check an entry on Historic England’s website before relying on it.

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. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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