IChurch · listed 1963Church of St MaryPhoto: Michael FORD · CC BY-SA 2.0
The Wakes (including Museum Flat and the Flat) · Photo: Stephjeb · CC BY-SA 4.0–Not graded
History of Selborne · Historic England
41 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Selborne’s built-up area, 722 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 39 of Selborne’s listed buildings. 43% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
41
722 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
2
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
1 registered park or garden
Homes built before 1919
43%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Selborne
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 Selborne’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IPark or garden
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
41 listed buildings by grade
2 Grade I0 Grade II*39 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 Selborne
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.
IPublic · listed 1963The WakesOn the list as The Wakes (including Museum Flat and the Flat)Photo: Stephjeb · CC BY-SA 4.0
What’s protected
Most of Selborne’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas34
Inns, shops & warehouses4
Churches, chapels & priories2
Public & civic buildings1
34 entries (83%) 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
39 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 39 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Barn, 1 1/2 metres north of DowlingsBell's FarmBox CottageBrewhouse 5 Metres South of the WakesBush HouseCobbler CottageCottage and Stables 10 Metres South of the WakesDeep ThatchDortonsDowlingsEast Plestor Cottage and West Plestor CottageFisher's Buildings ( Fisher's Cottage , Fisher's Corner and Fisher's Lodge)Forge CottageGravestone of Gilbert White, north east of the VestryLassamsLimes EndMill 10 Metres East of the Old MillNos 1 (Newman Cottage), 2, 3 (Waterman) and Jasmine Cottage.Number 4 Wakes CottagesNuthatchOld ThatchPleasance CottagePlestor HouseRose CottageSeale View Cottage and Seale CottageStables 20 metres west of the VicaragesThe GrangeThe Limes (Queens Annex)The Old MillThe Old VicarageThe PlestorThe Selborne ArmsTrimmingsTrumpetersWakes CottageWar Memorial 19.5 Metres South West of St Mary's ChurchWheelwrights CottageWhite HouseYew Tree Cottage and Shop
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 66% of Selborne
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Selborne 197629 ha
29 hain conservation areas, of 45 ha inside the built-up area.
41 of the 41 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
14 of Selborne’s 41 listed buildings were added in 1977
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1977 · 141986 · 121963 · 9
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 9 entries were listed in 1963, 2 of the 2 Grade I buildings among them. 14 came in 1977, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have 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 registered park or garden
The WakesGrade II*
Homes by age
43% of Selborne’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
37%
Before 1900
5.9%
1900–18
3.9%
1919–29
2%
1930s
7.8%
1945–54
5.1%
1955–64
3.9%
1965–72
12%
1973–82
5.9%
1983–92
7.8%
1993–99
3.9%
2000–08
0%
2009–15
5.1%
2016–25
SelborneEngland & Wales
37% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1973–82, which added 12% 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 (10 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Selborne
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Selborne | 568 | 41 | 2 | — |
| Whitehill | 5,178 | 9 | 0 | C |
| Bordon | 9,349 | 0 | 0 | D− |
| Alton | 17,883 | 145 | 2 | B+ |
| Liss | 4,749 | 13 | 0 | B− |
| Lindford | 2,740 | 7 | 0 | C− |
| Holybourne | 1,304 | 33 | 0 | A− |
| Four Marks | 5,613 | 1 | 0 | D− |
In brief
Selborne in brief
More of Selborne’s homes are old than in most places: 43% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 41 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade I. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1976. Of the whole list, 83% are houses, terraces and villas. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: Gilbert White (1720) and Thomas Heighes (1825) were born here before 1900.
Questions about Selborne’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Selborne?
Historic England lists 41 buildings inside Selborne’s built-up area: 2 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 39 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Selborne?
2, including Church of St Mary and The Wakes (including Museum Flat and the Flat).
How many conservation areas are there in Selborne?
1, covering about 29 hectares of the town. The largest is Selborne.
When were Selborne’s buildings listed?
The first in 1963; the most, 14, in 1977.
How old are the homes in Selborne?
43% of homes were built before 1919 and 49% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Selborne 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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