IChurch · listed 1964Barn Formerly Chapel 20 Metres East of Manor HousePhoto: Michael FORD · CC BY-SA 2.0
Barn Formerly Chapel 20 Metres East of Manor House · Photo: Michael FORD · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Rockbourne · Historic England
Rockbourne: 48% of homes built before 1919
The typical town has 15%: Rockbourne has 3 times the share. Historic England lists 49 buildings inside Rockbourne’s built-up area, 3,451 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. We have photos of 4 of its listed buildings.
Listed buildings
49
3,451 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
4
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
48%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Rockbourne
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Church of St AndrewGrade I listed
Large Barn 50 Metres North East of Manor HouseGrade I listed
Manor Farm and Wall Running North EastGrade I 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 Rockbourne’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IScheduled monument400 m from Barn Formerly Chapel 20 Metres East of Manor House
4 of 4Grade I buildings stand within 400 m of Barn Formerly Chapel 20 Metres East of Manor House, a five-minute walk. So do 40 of the 49 listed buildings.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
49 listed buildings by grade
4 Grade I0 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 I
The 4 Grade I listed buildings in Rockbourne
Buildings of exceptional interest, about 2.5% of all listed buildings; 4 of these stand within 400 m of Barn Formerly Chapel 20 Metres East of Manor House. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
IChurch · listed 1964Church of St AndrewPhoto: Stuart Logan · CC BY-SA 2.0
IHouse · listed 1964Large Barn 50 Metres North East of Manor HousePhoto: Trish Steel · CC BY-SA 2.0
IWalls & gates · listed 1964Manor Farm and Wall Running North EastPhoto: Mike Searle · CC BY-SA 2.0
What’s protected
Most of Rockbourne’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas33
Churches, chapels & priories9
Walls, gates & bridges5
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
Inns, shops & warehouses1
33 entries (67%) are houses, terraces and villas. 9 are churches, chapels and priories, including 2 of the 4 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
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
Apple Tree Cottage Harolds CottageBaptist ChapelBarn 10 Metres North West of the CottageBarn 10 Metres South of the PrioryBarn 25 Metres West of the PrioryBay Tree CottageBourne HouseBrick Granary 60 Metres North East of Manor HouseCruck CottageFarmbuilding 20 Metres North of the CottageForge 10 Metres South of Old TimbersGlebe CottageGroup of 7 Headstones South of South Aisle of St Andrews ChurchHendleys CottageInwardleigh CottageJade CottageMalthouse Farm House the Farm HouseMellow ThatchMintey's FarmhouseMonument to Percival Family 25 Metres South of St Andrews ChurchOld TimbersPair of Headstones South of Porch of St Andrews ChurchPair of Lodges and Gates to West ParkPennys CottagePrimrose CottageRockbourne War MemorialRose and Thistle Public HouseRuined Building, Attached Wall and Cartshed Against It 20 Metres North East of Manor HouseShearingsStable 50 Metres North East of the Old RectoryStaddle Granary 60 Metres East North East of Manor HouseStaddle StonesThe CottageThe Dial HouseThe Old RectoryThe PrioryThreeways CottageTrenthamsTwyneham CottageWall Around Garden Running from Manor House South Then WestWall on North Boundary of Farmyard 75 Metres North of Manor HouseWest HayesWoodbineYew Tree Cottage3 Tombchests to Dymott Family South of Chancel of St Andrews
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 87% of Rockbourne
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Rockbourne 197622 ha
22 hain conservation areas, of 26 ha inside the built-up area.
48 of the 49 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
22 of Rockbourne’s 49 listed buildings were added in 1964
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1964 · 221987 · 21
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 22 entries were listed in 1964, 4 of the 4 Grade I buildings among them. 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.
Homes by age
48% of Rockbourne’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
43%
Before 1900
3.1%
1900–18
4.6%
1919–29
3.1%
1930s
11%
1945–54
11%
1955–64
6.2%
1965–72
6.2%
1973–82
4.6%
1983–92
1.5%
1993–99
1.5%
2000–08
3.1%
2009–15
1.5%
2016–25
RockbourneEngland & Wales
43% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1945–54, which added 11% 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 (1 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Rockbourne
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rockbourne | 142 | 49 | 4 | — |
| Sandleheath | 1,546 | 2 | 0 | C− |
| Fordingbridge | 4,947 | 48 | 1 | A− |
| Alderholt | 2,868 | 0 | 0 | D− |
| Downton | 2,952 | 107 | 3 | A |
| Redlynch and Woodfalls | 2,446 | 11 | 0 | B |
| Verwood | 13,706 | 11 | 0 | D |
| Whaddon | 2,283 | 13 | 0 | B− |
In brief
Rockbourne in brief
Old houses are part of Rockbourne’s character: 48% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 49 listed buildings, 4 of them Grade I. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1976. Most entries on the list, 67%, are houses, terraces and villas. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: it also has a scheduled monument.
Questions about Rockbourne’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Rockbourne?
Historic England lists 49 buildings inside Rockbourne’s built-up area: 4 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 45 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Rockbourne?
4, including Barn Formerly Chapel 20 Metres East of Manor House, Church of St Andrew, Large Barn 50 Metres North East of Manor House and Manor Farm and Wall Running North East.
Are there scheduled monuments in Rockbourne?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Medieval manorial buildings (uninhabited parts).
How many conservation areas are there in Rockbourne?
1, covering about 22 hectares of the town. The largest is Rockbourne.
When were Rockbourne’s buildings listed?
The first in 1964; the most, 22, in 1964.
How old are the homes in Rockbourne?
48% of homes were built before 1919 and 55% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Rockbourne 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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