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History of Stockbridge · Historic England

42 listed buildings, 4 of them Grade II*

Historic England counts them inside Stockbridge’s built-up area, 553 for every 10,000 residents. 38 of Stockbridge’s listed buildings are Grade II. 35% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 3 of its listed buildings.

Listed buildings
42
553 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
4
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
35%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures

Landmarks of Stockbridge

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 Stockbridge’s history is

Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.

Fairways the Grosvenor Hotel, Grade II*Kings Head House Lane Antiques Lane House Leyanne Salon, Grade II*Old Town Hall, Grade II*Remains of Old Church, Grade II*
Grade II*

Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.

42 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I4 Grade II*38 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 4 Grade II* listed buildings in Stockbridge

Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 3 are photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.

What’s protected

Most of Stockbridge’s listed buildings are homes

Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.

Houses, terraces & villas22
Churches, chapels & priories8
Inns, shops & warehouses8
Public & civic buildings2
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
Walls, gates & bridges1

22 entries (52%) are houses, terraces and villas. 8 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

38 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 38 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Conservation areas

1 conservation area covers 73% of Stockbridge

Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.

Stockbridge 197136 ha
36 hain conservation areas, of 49 ha inside the built-up area.

42 of the 42 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 Stockbridge’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1984

The year each building now on the list was first listed.

1984 · 271957 · 14
19501960197019801990200020102020

The first 14 entries were listed in 1957. 27 came in 1984, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.

Homes by age

35% of Stockbridge’s homes were built before 1919

Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).

33%
Before 1900
3.7%
1900–18
3.7%
1919–29
7.1%
1930s
7.4%
1945–54
10%
1955–64
6.8%
1965–72
9.6%
1973–82
6.8%
1983–92
3.1%
1993–99
6.5%
2000–08
0.6%
2009–15
1.4%
2016–25
StockbridgeEngland & Wales

33% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1955–64, which added 10% 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 (11 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.

Born here

4 notable people born in Stockbridge before 1900

Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.

George Thorn
John Watts
Mary Russell, Duchess of Bedford
Edward Grant
1800182518501875190019251950
MB
Mary Russell, Duchess of Bedford1865–1937 · English aviator and ornithologist, nurse and hospital manager (1865–1…
GT
George Thorn1806–1876 · Politician in Queensland, Australia (1806-1876)
JW
John Watts1861–1902 · British flat-race jockey (1861–1902)
EG
Edward Grant1874–1953 · English cricketer (1874-1953)

Everyone born in Stockbridge → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.

Neighbours

Listed buildings in the places around Stockbridge

TownPeopleListedGrade IHistory
Stockbridge759420—
King's Somborne1,206540A
Anna Valley and Upper Clatford1,557240B+
Littleton1,50690C+
Andover48,484891C+
Middle Winterslow1,56350C+
South Wonston2,68600D
Charlton2,12190C
In brief

Stockbridge in brief

Old houses are part of Stockbridge’s character: 35% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 42 listed buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1971.

Most entries on the list, 52%, are houses, terraces and villas. Of the 4 people born here before 1900, the best known include Mary Russell, Duchess of Bedford (1865), George Thorn (1806) and John Watts (1861). The big year was 1984, when 27 of the 42 went on the list.

Questions about Stockbridge’s history

How many listed buildings are there in Stockbridge?

Historic England lists 42 buildings inside Stockbridge’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 4 Grade II* and 38 Grade II.

How many conservation areas are there in Stockbridge?

1, covering about 36 hectares of the town. The largest is Stockbridge.

When were Stockbridge’s buildings listed?

The first in 1957; the most, 27, in 1984.

Who was born in Stockbridge?

Among people born before 1900: Mary Russell, Duchess of Bedford (1865), George Thorn (1806), John Watts (1861) and Edward Grant (1874).

How old are the homes in Stockbridge?

35% of homes were built before 1919 and 46% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).

Stockbridge has no History Grade.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The National Heritage List for England is the official, up-to-date register of all nationally protected historic buildings and sites in England; check an entry on Historic England’s website before relying on it.

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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