II*Church · listed 1961Parish Church of the Holy TrinityPhoto: Dave and Vicky · CC BY-SA 2.0
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History of Wickwar · Historic England
60 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade II*
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Wickwar’s built-up area, 353 for every 10,000 residents. Of the listed buildings in Wickwar, 59 are Grade II. 22% of its homes were built before 1919. Wickwar grades A for history.
Listed buildings
60
353 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
22%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Wickwar
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 Wickwar’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.
60 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I1 Grade II*59 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 Wickwar
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
What’s protected
The largest group of Wickwar’s listed buildings is homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas28
Churches, chapels & priories19
Public & civic buildings6
Street furniture5
Inns, shops & warehouses1
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
28 entries (47%) are houses, terraces and villas. 19 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
59 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 59 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Albert House and Railings to Front StepsAtkins Chest Tomb, 20 Yards South of Tower of Holy Trinity ChurchBirch Chest Tomb, 9 Yards South of Rood Stairtower of Holy Trinity ChurchBrown Chest Tomb, 10 Yards South of Rood Stairtower of Holy Trinity ChurchBrown Chest Tomb, 18 Yards South of Tower of Holy Trinity ChurchCastle FarmhouseCharlton HouseChest Tomb 7 Yards from South West Corner of Tower of Holy Trinity ChurchChest Tomb, 15 Yards South of Rood Stairtower of Holy Trinity ChurchChest Tomb, 18 Yards South of Rood Stairtower of Holy Trinity ChurchChest Tomb, 4 Yards South East of Rood Stairtower of Holy Trinity ChurchChest Tomb, 4 Yards South West of Porch of Holy Trinity ChurchChest Tomb, 6 Yards South East of Rood Stairtower of Holy Trinity ChurchChest Tomb, 6 Yards from South West Corner of Tower of Holy Trinity ChurchGrimin Chest Tomb, 5 Yards South of Tower of Holy Trinity ChurchHarford Chest Tomb, 17 Yards South of South East Corner of Tower of Holy Trinity ChurchIvy HouseK8 telephone kioskNumber 30 and ShopNumber 33 and Front Railings to StepsNumbers 39A and B, And Front Railings to Steps of 39AOld Malthouse,To Rear and Part of Wilcox's GarageOld School HousePennPost OfficeRomer Chest Tomb, 8 Yards South of Chancel of Holy Trinity ChurchRussel Chest Tomb, 5 Yards South of Chancel of Holy Trinity ChurchSevern HouseSouth FarmhouseSouthend HouseSummers Chest Tomb, 5 Yards South East of Rood Stairtower of Holy Trinity ChurchSunday School and Church Hall,10 Yards North West of Holy Trinity ChurchThe Old Rectory and Adjoining Coach House and StablesTomes Chest Tomb, 2 Yards South of Rood Stairtower of Holy Trinity ChurchTown HallTownesend Chest Tomb, 7 Yards South East of Rood Stairtower of Holy Trinity ChurchWickwar Congregational Church and Church Hall to RearWickwar Social Club and Front Steps,Railings and Lantern OverthrowWickwar War Memorial22, High Street24, High Street26 and 28, High Street3, High Street32, High Street36 and 38, High Street40, High Street42-46, High Street48, High Street5, High Street50, High Street54, High Street57, High Street59, High Street7, High Street73, High Street79, High Street8-16, High Street83, High Street87, High Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 25% of Wickwar
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Wickwar 197316 ha
16 hain conservation areas, of 63 ha inside the built-up area.
57 of the 60 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 Wickwar’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1984
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1984 · 51
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The first 3 entries were listed in 1952. 51 came in 1984, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 2 have been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Wickwar 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 (61 points, 359 per 10,000 residents)More than 86% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (22%)More than 66% 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
22% of Wickwar’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
21%
Before 1900
1.1%
1900–18
1.1%
1919–29
3.3%
1930s
3.3%
1945–54
1.1%
1955–64
1.1%
1965–72
5.7%
1973–82
32%
1983–92
4.6%
1993–99
3.3%
2000–08
1.1%
2009–15
21%
2016–25
WickwarEngland & Wales
21% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1983–92, which added 32% 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 (16 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Wickwar
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wickwar | 1,701 | 60 | 0 | A |
| Charfield | 2,833 | 9 | 0 | C |
| Kingswood | 1,409 | 32 | 2 | A |
| Hawkesbury Upton | 1,001 | 16 | 0 | A− |
| Wotton-under-Edge | 4,966 | 190 | 1 | A+ |
| Yate | 28,352 | 43 | 1 | C |
| Chipping Sodbury | 8,026 | 126 | 1 | B+ |
| Thornbury | 14,483 | 100 | 3 | B |
In brief
Wickwar in brief
More of Wickwar’s homes are old than in most places: 22% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 60 listed buildings. Per resident, it has more listed heritage than 86% of UK towns. On High Street alone there are 20 listed buildings.
A conservation area has protected part of it since 1973. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1984: 51 of 60. Beyond that, like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building; and Mary Everest Boole (1832) was born here before 1900.
Questions about Wickwar’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Wickwar?
Historic England lists 60 buildings inside Wickwar’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 59 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Wickwar?
1, covering about 16 hectares of the town. The largest is Wickwar.
When were Wickwar’s buildings listed?
The first in 1952; the most, 51, in 1984.
How old are the homes in Wickwar?
22% of homes were built before 1919 and 26% 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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