II*Church · listed 1955(Old) Church of St BartholomewPhoto: Colin Babb · CC BY-SA 2.0
The Dolphin Hotel the Dolphin Public House · Photo: Hassocks5489 · CC0B−History Grade
History of Botley · Historic England
46 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade II*
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Botley’s built-up area, 78 for every 10,000 residents. Of the listed buildings in Botley, 45 are Grade II. 5.5% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 6 of its listed buildings. Botley grades B− for history: #26 of 76 in Hampshire.
Listed buildings
46
78 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
5.5%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Botley in 6 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
(Old) Church of St BartholomewGrade II* listed
Manor Farm; FarmhouseGrade II listed
Old Gate HouseGrade II listed
Cobbett's CottageGrade II listed
Church of All SaintsGrade II listed+1See all photosPhotos 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 Botley’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade II*
0 of 4neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
46 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I1 Grade II*45 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 Botley
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
Most of Botley’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas36
Walls, gates & bridges3
Inns, shops & warehouses3
Churches, chapels & priories2
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
Public & civic buildings1
36 entries (78%) are houses, terraces and villas. 2 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
45 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 45 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Botley (Flour) MillsBotley HouseBotley War MemorialBridge South of the MillBrook HouseBugle InnChurch of All SaintsCobbett's CottageHope HouseIvy CottageManor Farm; Barn 50 Yards North West of FarmhouseManor Farm; Barn 50 Yards West of FarmhouseManor Farm; FarmhouseManor Farm; Granary 20 Yards to West of Manor FarmhouseManor Farm; Shed 20 Yards North West of FarmhouseManor Farm; Shed 30 Yards West of FarmhouseManor Farm; Store/Workshop 30 Yards North West of FarmhouseMarket HallMarks Farm CottagesMarks Farm; Barn 40 Yards North of Marks Farm CottagesMarks Farm; Barn 60 Yards North East of Marks Farm CottagesMarks Farm; Cart Shed 30 Yards North West of Marks Farm CottagesMarks Farm; Granary 30 Yards North of Marks Farm CottagesOld Gate HousePortland HouseSherecroftThe Dolphin Hotel the Dolphin Public HouseThe Little House the Old RectoryThe Mill HouseWall on the East Side of Church Lane, Running South from Cobbett's Cottage, To Its Termination Opposite, And a Little to the South of No 12Winchester House1 and 3, High Street13 and 14, Mill Hill13 and 15, High Street15, Fareham Road16, Mill Hill19, Winchester Street2 and 4, Winchester Street21, High Street23, High Street3, Winchester Street31, High Street34, High Street5, Winchester Street8, Winchester Street
Conservation areas
2 conservation areas cover 11% of Botley
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Botley24 ha
Botley 19754 ha
28 hain conservation areas, of 252 ha inside the built-up area.
44 of the 46 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 Botley’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1983
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1983 · 361955 · 7
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The first 7 entries were listed in 1955. 36 came in 1983, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Botley grades B− for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (47 points, 80 per 10,000 residents)More than 69% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (5.5%)More than 11% 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
5.5% of Botley’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
4.2%
Before 1900
1.3%
1900–18
1.1%
1919–29
0.8%
1930s
1.5%
1945–54
3.2%
1955–64
5%
1965–72
21%
1973–82
6.5%
1983–92
1.3%
1993–99
1.7%
2000–08
0.7%
2009–15
52%
2016–25
BotleyEngland & Wales
4.2% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 2016–25, which added 52% 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 (28 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Botley
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Botley | 5,900 | 46 | 0 | B− |
| Hedge End | 23,195 | 5 | 0 | D− |
| Horton Heath | 3,047 | 4 | 0 | D |
| West End | 10,865 | 4 | 0 | D |
| Whiteley | 9,350 | 19 | 0 | C− |
| Bursledon | 8,072 | 26 | 0 | C |
| Waltham Chase | 2,830 | 2 | 0 | D |
| Bishop's Waltham | 6,957 | 110 | 0 | A− |
In brief
Botley in brief
The official list counts 46 listed buildings in Botley, including (Old) Church of St Bartholomew. Its older streets lie in 2 conservation areas, the first designated in 1975. Most entries on the list, 78%, are houses, terraces and villas.
Its homes are mostly newer: 5.5% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. The big year was 1983, when 36 of the 46 went on the list. 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 John Mills (1836) was born here before 1900.
Questions about Botley’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Botley?
Historic England lists 46 buildings inside Botley’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 45 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Botley?
2, covering about 28 hectares of the town. The largest are Botley and Botley.
When were Botley’s buildings listed?
The first in 1955; the most, 36, in 1983.
How old are the homes in Botley?
5.5% of homes were built before 1919 and 7.5% 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 · Historic England conservation areas (supplied by local planning authorities; October 2026). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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