Titchfield Abbey and fishponds · Photo: Adam Greenough · CC BY-SA 4.019 listed buildings
Historic England counts them inside Whiteley’s built-up area, 20 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. 3% of its homes were built before 1919. Whiteley grades C− for history: #46 of 76 in Hampshire.
Where Whiteley’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
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. Neighbourhood dots: the population-weighted centre of each Census 2021 output area, coloured by its neighbourhood’s (LSOA’s) share of homes built before 1919 (Valuation Office Agency, March 2025).
19 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 19 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
1 conservation area covers 0.9% of Whiteley
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
4 of the 19 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.
More than half of Whiteley’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1976
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
The first 1 entry was listed in 1955. 15 came in 1976, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
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.
Whiteley grades C− for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all 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.
3% of Whiteley’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
2.2% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1993–99, which added 46% 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 (3 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Listed buildings in the places around Whiteley
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whiteley | 9,350 | 19 | 0 | C− |
| Locks Heath | 35,744 | 130 | 1 | B− |
| Knowle | 1,487 | 3 | 0 | C |
| Bursledon | 8,072 | 26 | 0 | C |
| Botley | 5,900 | 46 | 0 | B− |
| Hedge End | 23,195 | 5 | 0 | D− |
| Wickham | 2,170 | 66 | 0 | A− |
| Hamble-le-Rice | 4,613 | 37 | 0 | B− |
Whiteley in brief
Whiteley has 19 listed buildings, including Titchfield Abbey and fishponds. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1994. Its homes are mostly newer: 3% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. The big year was 1976, when 15 of the 19 went on the list. Beyond that, per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and it also has a scheduled monument.
Questions about Whiteley’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Whiteley?
Historic England lists 19 buildings inside Whiteley’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 19 Grade II.
Are there scheduled monuments in Whiteley?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Titchfield Abbey and fishponds.
How many conservation areas are there in Whiteley?
1, covering about 4 hectares of the town. The largest is Titchfield Abbey.
When were Whiteley’s buildings listed?
The first in 1955; the most, 15, in 1976.
How old are the homes in Whiteley?
3% of homes were built before 1919 and 5.1% 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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