II*House · listed 1953Sarah Siddons House the Old HousePhoto: Jaggery · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Richard Baker · CC BY-SA 2.0A−History Grade
History of Welsh Bicknor · Historic England
6 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade II*
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Welsh Bicknor’s built-up area, 30 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 6 scheduled monuments. 42% of its homes were built before 1919. Welsh Bicknor grades A− for history.
Listed buildings
6
30 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
6
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
42%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Welsh Bicknor
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 Welsh Bicknor’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.
6 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I1 Grade II*5 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 Welsh Bicknor
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
Grade II
5 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 5 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 4.1% of Welsh Bicknor
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Lower Lydbrook 19955 ha
5 hain conservation areas, of 120 ha inside the built-up area.
4 of the 6 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.
Monuments & landscapes
Monuments, parks and gardens
Designations that overlap the town by a tenth of their area or half a hectare.
6 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
Welsh Bicknor 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 (19 points, 96 per 10,000 residents)More than 60% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (42%)More than 95% 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
42% of Welsh Bicknor’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
41%
Before 1900
1%
1900–18
4.8%
1919–29
7.5%
1930s
5.4%
1945–54
7.7%
1955–64
11%
1965–72
8%
1973–82
3.7%
1983–92
3.3%
1993–99
4.6%
2000–08
0.4%
2009–15
1.3%
2016–25
Welsh BicknorEngland & Wales
41% 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 (29 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Welsh Bicknor
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Welsh Bicknor | 1,988 | 6 | 0 | A− |
| Ruardean | 1,195 | 7 | 0 | B |
| Berry Hill | 2,211 | 3 | 0 | C |
| Drybrook | 2,572 | 3 | 0 | C+ |
| Broadwell and Coalway | 3,304 | 1 | 0 | D |
| Coleford | 5,023 | 22 | 0 | B− |
| Cinderford | 8,778 | 11 | 0 | B− |
| Ruspidge | 2,431 | 1 | 0 | C |
In brief
Welsh Bicknor in brief
More of Welsh Bicknor’s homes are old than in most places: 42% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 6 listed buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1995. It also has 6 scheduled monuments, the archaeology and ruins the law protects. The rest is about typical: like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building; per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and the list grew between 1953 and 1984.
Questions about Welsh Bicknor’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Welsh Bicknor?
Historic England lists 6 buildings inside Welsh Bicknor’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 5 Grade II.
Are there scheduled monuments in Welsh Bicknor?
Yes, 6 scheduled monuments, including Offa's Dyke: section 120m south west of Stowfield Farm, Offa's Dyke: section 230m east of Stowfield Farm, Offa's Dyke: section 330m east of Stowfield Farm and Offa's Dyke: section 420m east of Stowfield Farm.
How many conservation areas are there in Welsh Bicknor?
1, covering about 5 hectares of the town. The largest is Lower Lydbrook.
How old are the homes in Welsh Bicknor?
42% of homes were built before 1919 and 54% 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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