II*Church · listed 1955Church of All SaintsPhoto: Nicholsr · CC BY-SA 3.0
Photo: Nicholsr · CC BY-SA 3.0–Not graded
History of Hursley · Historic England
36 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade II*
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Hursley’s built-up area, 747 for every 10,000 residents. Of the listed buildings in Hursley, 34 are Grade II. 29% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
36
747 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
29%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Hursley
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 Hursley’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.
36 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I2 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 2 Grade II* listed buildings in Hursley
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
II*House · listed 1955Hursley HousePhoto: David Hunt · Public domain
What’s protected
Most of Hursley’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas28
Churches, chapels & priories3
Street furniture2
Inns, shops & warehouses2
Public & civic buildings1
28 entries (78%) are houses, terraces and villas. 3 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
Church Lodge and LychgateCulversHome CloseHursley Antiques Hursley BakeryHursley Post OfficeK6 telephone kioskKing's Head Public HouseMausoleum 20 Metres South West of All Saints ChurchMilestone at Junction of A31 and A3090Northend HouseP R Pratt, ButchersStable Block 25 Metres South West of Hursley HouseThe Dolphin InnThe ForgeThe Old Audit HouseThe VicarageWilsons the Grocers109, A30902 Stable Blocks 10 Metres South of the Dolphin Inn29 and 30, A309037, A309042, A309052-54, Port Lane57-59, Collins Lane7 Tomb Chests to White Family to North, 2 Tombs to Kebles to South of All Saints Church79, A309081 and 82, Collins Lane83-85, A309093 and 94, A309095, A309096, A309097 and 97A, A309098, A309098A, A3090
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 45% of Hursley
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Hursley 197017 ha
17 hain conservation areas, of 38 ha inside the built-up area.
33 of the 36 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 Hursley’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1984
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1984 · 231955 · 9
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The first 9 entries were listed in 1955. 23 came in 1984, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
29% of Hursley’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
22%
Before 1900
5.7%
1900–18
2.4%
1919–29
6.7%
1930s
6.7%
1945–54
12%
1955–64
7.7%
1965–72
5.7%
1973–82
14%
1983–92
2.4%
1993–99
4.3%
2000–08
7.7%
2009–15
2.4%
2016–25
HursleyEngland & Wales
22% 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 (3 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Born here
3 notable people born in Hursley before 1900
Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Constance Hopkins
William Barton
James Charles
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WB
William Barton1858–1942 · New Zealand cricketer (1858-1942)
James Charles1865–1928 · British mariner
CH
Constance Hopkins1606–1677 · Mayflower passenger and New World colonist (1606-1677)
Everyone born in Hursley → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Hursley
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hursley | 482 | 36 | 0 | — |
| Compton | 1,307 | 5 | 0 | B− |
| Otterbourne | 1,252 | 15 | 0 | B+ |
| Chandler's Ford | 31,965 | 6 | 0 | D |
| Twyford | 1,482 | 53 | 0 | A+ |
| Colden Common | 3,827 | 11 | 0 | C |
| Winchester | 48,486 | 488 | 41 | A |
| North Baddesley | 6,996 | 0 | 0 | D− |
In brief
Hursley in brief
More of Hursley’s homes are old than in most places: 29% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 36 listed buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1970.
Of the whole list, 78% are houses, terraces and villas. William Barton (1858), James Charles (1865) and Constance Hopkins (1606) were all born here before 1900. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1984: 23 of 36.
Questions about Hursley’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Hursley?
Historic England lists 36 buildings inside Hursley’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 34 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Hursley?
1, covering about 17 hectares of the town. The largest is Hursley.
When were Hursley’s buildings listed?
The first in 1955; the most, 23, in 1984.
Who was born in Hursley?
Among people born before 1900: William Barton (1858), James Charles (1865) and Constance Hopkins (1606).
How old are the homes in Hursley?
29% of homes were built before 1919 and 38% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Hursley has no History Grade.
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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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