IChurch · listed 1957Church of St MaryPhoto: Mike Cattell · CC BY 2.0
Church of St Mary · Photo: Mike Cattell · CC BY 2.0B+History Grade
History of Old Basing · Historic England
61 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Old Basing’s built-up area, 159 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. 8.5% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 5 of its listed buildings. Old Basing grades B+ for history: #17 of 76 in Hampshire.
Listed buildings
61
159 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
2
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
1 registered park or garden
Homes built before 1919
8.5%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Old Basing in 6 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Tithe BarnGrade I listed
Basing House and the Grange FieldScheduled monument
The Bolton Arms Public HouseGrade II listed
Lower MillGrade II listed
Mews Cottage Turret CottageGrade 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 Old Basing’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IScheduled monumentPark or garden
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
61 listed buildings by grade
2 Grade I0 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 I
The 2 Grade I listed buildings in Old Basing
Buildings of exceptional interest, about 2.5% of all listed buildings. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
IHouse · listed 1957Tithe BarnPhoto: Dr Neil Clifton · CC BY-SA 2.0
What’s protected
Most of Old Basing’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas47
Walls, gates & bridges6
Inns, shops & warehouses5
Churches, chapels & priories2
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
47 entries (77%) are houses, terraces and villas. 2 are churches, chapels and priories, including 1 of the 2 Grade I buildings.
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
Audlam HouseBarnBarnBasing CottageBeckwithBrown's FarmhouseCanal BridgeCannon CottageCartshed and OutbuildingsCavalier CottageChurch Lane HouseCromwell CottageFront Wall of Mews CottageGatewayGranaryGrange FarmhouseHeron CottageLower MillLower Mill Farm Barn 20 Yards South-East of YeomansLower Mill HouseMaison BlancheMalthouseMews Cottage Turret CottageOld Basing HouseOld Basing War MemorialPark House FarmhouseParker's PieceParker's Piece BarnPeacock CottageRoadside Wall from Grange Farm to Sopers RowRoundhead CottageSiege CottageStable and LoftStreamside CottageStreet HouseThe Bolton Arms Public HouseThe Crown Public HouseThe Hatch PitThe Old BarnTurret and Walls in the Garden of Turret CottageWall and House (No.6 the Street) Attached to the Gateway on Its East Side*Wall, From West Side of Crown Public House, North of Park Hill, To Rear of No.6WhytgatesYeomans1 and 3, Milking Pen Lane1, Crown Lane10,12, The Street11, Milking Pen Lane26, The Street3, The Street3,5, Crown Lane30, The Street31, The Street4 and 6, Milking Pen Lane43,45,47, The Street68,70, The Street7, The Street89, The Street9,11, The Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 29% of Old Basing
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Old Basing 197343 ha
43 hain conservation areas, of 149 ha inside the built-up area.
60 of the 61 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 Old Basing’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1984
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1984 · 431957 · 17
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The first 17 entries were listed in 1957, 2 of the 2 Grade I buildings among them. 43 came in 1984, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
Monuments & landscapes
Monuments, parks and gardens
Designations that overlap the town by a tenth of their area or half a hectare.
1 scheduled monument
Nationally important archaeological sites and monuments, protected by law; work on them needs consent from the Secretary of State, advised by Historic England.
1 registered park or garden
Basing HouseGrade II
History Grade
Old Basing 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 (68 points, 177 per 10,000 residents)More than 82% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (8.5%)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
8.5% of Old Basing’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
7.4%
Before 1900
1.1%
1900–18
1.9%
1919–29
8.9%
1930s
7.9%
1945–54
20%
1955–64
14%
1965–72
11%
1973–82
4.5%
1983–92
10%
1993–99
9.4%
2000–08
1.1%
2009–15
2.2%
2016–25
Old BasingEngland & Wales
7.4% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1955–64, which added 20% 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 (13 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Towns its size
Old Basing has the 43rd most Grade I buildings of 1,072 towns its size
Places of 2,000–6,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Old Basing2
#157 of 1,072for listed buildings per resident (159 per 10,000). Sandwich, Tenby and Dolgellau lead.
42 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Old Basing
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old Basing | 3,834 | 61 | 2 | B+ |
| Basingstoke | 117,211 | 86 | 1 | C |
| Sherfield on Loddon | 1,385 | 21 | 0 | B+ |
| Hook | 9,062 | 20 | 0 | C |
| Odiham | 5,091 | 189 | 1 | A |
| Bramley | 4,730 | 18 | 1 | C |
| Oakley | 5,264 | 21 | 0 | C+ |
| Hartley Wintney | 3,465 | 32 | 0 | B+ |
In brief
Old Basing in brief
Measured per resident, Old Basing has more listed heritage than 82% of UK towns. In all there are 61 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade I, including Church of St Mary. Only 42 of the 1,072 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. The Street alone has 10 listed buildings.
A conservation area has protected part of it since 1973. Most entries on the list, 77%, are houses, terraces and villas. Its homes are mostly newer: 8.5% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. Beyond that, it also has a scheduled monument.
Questions about Old Basing’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Old Basing?
Historic England lists 61 buildings inside Old Basing’s built-up area: 2 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 59 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Old Basing?
2, including Church of St Mary and Tithe Barn.
Are there scheduled monuments in Old Basing?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Basing House and the Grange Field.
How many conservation areas are there in Old Basing?
1, covering about 43 hectares of the town. The largest is Old Basing.
When were Old Basing’s buildings listed?
The first in 1957; the most, 43, in 1984.
How old are the homes in Old Basing?
8.5% of homes were built before 1919 and 19% 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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