II*Church · listed 1957Church of St. LeonardPhoto: Mike Cattell from UK · CC BY 2.0
Church of St. Leonard · Photo: Mike Cattell from UK · CC BY 2.0C+History Grade
History of Oakley · Historic England
21 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade II*
Historic England counts them inside Oakley’s built-up area, 40 for every 10,000 residents. 20 of Oakley’s listed buildings are Grade II. 8.3% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 6 of its listed buildings. Oakley grades C+ for history: #32 of 76 in Hampshire.
Listed buildings
21
40 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
8.3%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Oakley in 6 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Forge CottageGrade II listed
MitchellsGrade II listed
The Malt HouseGrade II listed
Sunbeam CottageGrade II listed
East Oakley HouseGrade 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 Oakley’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.
21 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I1 Grade II*20 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 Oakley
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 Oakley’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas20
Churches, chapels & priories1
20 entries (95%) are houses, terraces and villas. 1 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
20 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 20 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Barn (East of the House)Barn Cottage, And the Barn HouseDeep Well CottageDell FarmhouseEast Oakley HouseEast Oakley House Barn (South East of House)East Oakley House,Barn (North East of Barn)East Oakley House,Cartshed (South of Barn, South East of House)Forge CottageHunters MoonManor CottagesManor HouseMitchellsPark FarmhouseSunbeam CottageSunbeam Cottage PavilionThe Malt HouseThe RectoryWell House3, Rectory Road
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 12% of Oakley
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Church Oakley 197622 ha
22 hain conservation areas, of 183 ha inside the built-up area.
18 of the 21 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 Oakley’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1984
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1984 · 141957 · 7
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The first 7 entries were listed in 1957. 14 came in 1984, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Oakley grades C+ for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (22 points, 42 per 10,000 residents)More than 52% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (8.3%)More than 20% 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
8.3% of Oakley’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
6.7%
Before 1900
1.5%
1900–18
0%
1919–29
3.5%
1930s
3.6%
1945–54
5.7%
1955–64
30%
1965–72
29%
1973–82
4.9%
1983–92
1.5%
1993–99
2.7%
2000–08
0.8%
2009–15
10%
2016–25
OakleyEngland & Wales
6.7% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1965–72, which added 30% 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 (17 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Oakley
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakley | 5,264 | 21 | 0 | C+ |
| Basingstoke | 117,211 | 86 | 1 | C |
| Overton | 4,350 | 44 | 0 | B+ |
| Old Basing | 3,834 | 61 | 2 | B+ |
| Kingsclere | 2,889 | 79 | 0 | A |
| Whitchurch | 5,291 | 54 | 0 | A− |
| Tadley | 14,767 | 11 | 0 | D |
| Bramley | 4,730 | 18 | 1 | C |
In brief
Oakley in brief
The official list counts 21 listed buildings in Oakley, including Church of St. Leonard. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1976. Most entries on the list, 95%, are houses, terraces and villas.
Its homes are mostly newer: 8.3% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. The big year was 1984, when 14 of the 21 went on the list. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building; per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and Edward Wallington (1854) was born here before 1900.
Questions about Oakley’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Oakley?
Historic England lists 21 buildings inside Oakley’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 20 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Oakley?
1, covering about 22 hectares of the town. The largest is Church Oakley.
When were Oakley’s buildings listed?
The first in 1957; the most, 14, in 1984.
How old are the homes in Oakley?
8.3% of homes were built before 1919 and 12% 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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