II*Church · listed 1964Church of St Michael and All AngelsPhoto: Mike Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Mike Faherty · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Sopley · Historic England
21 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade II*
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Sopley’s built-up area, 732 for every 10,000 residents. 20 of Sopley’s listed buildings are Grade II. 35% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
21
732 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
35%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Sopley
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 Sopley’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.
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 Sopley
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 Sopley’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas16
Churches, chapels & priories2
Walls, gates & bridges1
Public & civic buildings1
Inns, shops & warehouses1
16 entries (76%) are houses, terraces and villas. 2 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
Bumble Bee CottageClifton CottageGate, Gate Piers, Lamp and Railed Wall at Entrance to Moorlands Bible CollegeGosfield CottageGranary in Front of the Byre, Sopley FarmKimbolton Cottage and St Anne's CottageLodge at Entrance to Moorlands Bible CollegeMonks RevelNorth LodgeOchiltreeSarcophagus 15 Metres South-East of Church of St Michael and All AngelsSmugglersSopley MillThe Thatched CottageThe White CottageThe WoolpackWillow Cottage11, Priest Lane19 and 20, Ringwood Road B33479 and 10, Priest Lane
Conservation areas
2 conservation areas cover 87% of Sopley
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Sopley 197625 ha
Winkton 198912 ha
37 hain conservation areas, of 43 ha inside the built-up area.
The first, Sopley, was designated in 1976; the newest, Winkton, in 1989. 21 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
8 of Sopley’s 21 listed buildings were added in 1976
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1976 · 81987 · 7
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The first 3 entries were listed in 1964. 8 came in 1976, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
35% of Sopley’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
32%
Before 1900
3.8%
1900–18
3.8%
1919–29
7.7%
1930s
1.9%
1945–54
9.6%
1955–64
3.8%
1965–72
3.8%
1973–82
7.7%
1983–92
5.8%
1993–99
1.9%
2000–08
0%
2009–15
18%
2016–25
SopleyEngland & Wales
32% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 2016–25, which added 18% 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 (4 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Born here
3 notable people born in Sopley before 1900
Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
George Willis
Henry Veitch
Zepherina Smith
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George Willis1822–1900 · British Army general
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Henry Veitch1833–1903 · English cricketer and clergyman (1833-1903)
Zepherina Smith1836–1894 · English nurse and social reformer
Everyone born in Sopley → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Sopley
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sopley | 287 | 21 | 0 | — |
| Bransgore | 3,688 | 9 | 0 | C |
| Christchurch | 48,973 | 234 | 7 | B |
| Bournemouth | 196,453 | 213 | 3 | B+ |
| West Parley | 3,665 | 4 | 0 | C− |
| Hightown | 1,296 | 2 | 0 | C |
| Ashley Heath | 7,151 | 2 | 0 | D− |
| New Milton | 11,872 | 9 | 0 | D |
In brief
Sopley in brief
More of Sopley’s homes are old than in most places: 35% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 21 listed buildings. Its older streets lie in 2 conservation areas, the first designated in 1976. Most entries on the list, 76%, are houses, terraces and villas. George Willis (1822), Henry Veitch (1833) and Zepherina Smith (1836) were all born here before 1900.
Questions about Sopley’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Sopley?
Historic England lists 21 buildings inside Sopley’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 20 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Sopley?
2, covering about 37 hectares of the town. The largest are Sopley and Winkton.
When were Sopley’s buildings listed?
The first in 1964; the most, 8, in 1976.
Who was born in Sopley?
Among people born before 1900: George Willis (1822), Henry Veitch (1833) and Zepherina Smith (1836).
How old are the homes in Sopley?
35% of homes were built before 1919 and 46% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Sopley 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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