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Church of St Mary · Photo: Simon Burchell · CC BY-SA 3.0AHistory Grade
History of Bentley · Historic England
35 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade II*
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Bentley’s built-up area, 249 for every 10,000 residents. 34 of Bentley’s listed buildings are Grade II. 34% of its homes were built before 1919. Bentley grades A for history.
Listed buildings
35
249 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
34%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Bentley
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 Bentley’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.
35 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I1 Grade II*34 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 Bentley
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 Bentley’s listed buildings is homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas16
Churches, chapels & priories15
Walls, gates & bridges1
Public & civic buildings1
Street furniture1
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
16 entries (46%) are houses, terraces and villas. 15 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
34 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 34 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Ash CottageBoundary Wall East of Jenkyn PlaceCedar CottageCrocks CottagesCrocks Farm CottagesCrocks FarmhouseFox Hall and Fox Hall CottageGanwellsGrafton CottageGreystonesJenkyn PlaceLime HouseMarelands CottageMilestoneObeliskRed Lion HouseSomerset CottagesSomerset CottagesStar CottageTable Tomb 10 Metres South of St Mary's Church (Nave)Table Tomb 12 Metres South of St Mary's Church (Chancel)Table Tomb 12 Metres South of St Mary's Church (Nave)Table Tomb 14 Metres South of St Mary's Church (Chancel)Table Tomb 15 Metres South of St Mary's Church (Chancel)Table Tomb 15 Metres South of St Mary's Church (Chancel)Table Tomb 15 Metres South of St Mary's Church (Nave)Table Tomb 17 Metres South of St Mary's Church (Chancel)Table Tomb 19 Metres South of St Mary's Church (Chancel)Table Tomb 21 Metres South of St Mary's Church (Chancel)Table Tomb 5 Metres South of St Mary's Church (Chancel)Table Tomb 6 Metres South of St Mary's Church (Nave)Table Tomb 7 Metres South of St Mary's Church (Nave)Table Tomb 9 Metres South of St Mary's Church (Chancel)Tanners
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 21% of Bentley
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Bentley 197611 ha
11 hain conservation areas, of 50 ha inside the built-up area.
17 of the 35 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 Bentley’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1985
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1985 · 31
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The first 3 entries were listed in 1963. 31 came in 1985, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Bentley 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 (36 points, 256 per 10,000 residents)More than 78% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (34%)More than 89% 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
34% of Bentley’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
32%
Before 1900
2.8%
1900–18
1.5%
1919–29
1.5%
1930s
7.2%
1945–54
4.4%
1955–64
4.4%
1965–72
8.7%
1973–82
14%
1983–92
4.4%
1993–99
4.4%
2000–08
4.4%
2009–15
10%
2016–25
BentleyEngland & Wales
32% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1983–92, which added 14% 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 (8 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Bentley
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bentley | 1,406 | 35 | 0 | A |
| Wrecclesham | 7,312 | 24 | 0 | B− |
| Crondall | 1,220 | 70 | 1 | A+ |
| Holybourne | 1,304 | 33 | 0 | A− |
| Farnham | 20,499 | 288 | 4 | A |
| Weybourne | 11,241 | 15 | 0 | C |
| Alton | 17,883 | 145 | 2 | B+ |
| Lindford | 2,740 | 7 | 0 | C− |
In brief
Bentley in brief
More of Bentley’s homes are old than in most places: 34% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 35 listed buildings. For its size, it has more listed heritage than 78% of UK towns.
A conservation area has protected part of it since 1976. The big year was 1985, when 31 of the 35 went on the list. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building.
Questions about Bentley’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Bentley?
Historic England lists 35 buildings inside Bentley’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 34 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Bentley?
1, covering about 11 hectares of the town. The largest is Bentley.
When were Bentley’s buildings listed?
The first in 1963; the most, 31, in 1985.
How old are the homes in Bentley?
34% of homes were built before 1919 and 37% 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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