IChurch · listed 1967Church of St AndrewPhoto: Philip Halling · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Philip Halling · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Hampton Bishop · Historic England
20 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Hampton Bishop’s built-up area, 599 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. 30% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
20
599 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
30%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Hampton Bishop
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 Hampton Bishop’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IGrade II*Scheduled monument
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
20 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I1 Grade II*18 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 Grade I listed building in Hampton Bishop
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.
Grade II*
The Grade II* listed building in Hampton Bishop
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*Memorials · listed 1967Churchyard cross in St Andrew's churchyardOn the list as Churchyard CrossPhoto: Mr Red · CC BY-SA 2.0
What’s protected
Most of Hampton Bishop’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas11
Churches, chapels & priories7
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
Public & civic buildings1
11 entries (55%) are houses, terraces and villas. 7 are churches, chapels and priories, including 1 of the 1 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
18 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 18 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Barn Approximately 18 Metres North-East of Whitehall FarmhouseBox Tree CottageChest Tomb Approximately 0.25 Metres East of Church of St AndrewChurch FarmhouseDavies Memorial Approximately 15 Metres South-West of Church of St AndrewGroup of Four Chest Tombs Approximately 1 Metre South of Chancel of St AndrewGroup of Two Pedestal Tombs Approximately 20 Metres South-West of Church of St AndrewHampton HouseJames Memorial Memorial Approximately 13 Metres West of Church of St AndrewLane Memorial Approximately 10 Metres South of South Porch of Church of St AndrewOld Court CottageOld TimbersPentiloThatched CottageThe CottsThe LawnsThe Old HouseWhitehall Farmhouse
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 92% of Hampton Bishop
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Hampton Bishop 198720 ha
20 hain conservation areas, of 22 ha inside the built-up area.
20 of the 20 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
10 of Hampton Bishop’s 20 listed buildings were added in 1985
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1985 · 10
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 2 entries were listed in 1952. 10 came in 1985, 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 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
30% of Hampton Bishop’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
29%
Before 1900
1.3%
1900–18
0%
1919–29
1.3%
1930s
3.9%
1945–54
3.2%
1955–64
17%
1965–72
6.5%
1973–82
7.1%
1983–92
6.5%
1993–99
3.9%
2000–08
1.3%
2009–15
19%
2016–25
Hampton BishopEngland & Wales
29% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 2016–25, which added 19% 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 (0 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Hampton Bishop
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hampton Bishop | 334 | 20 | 1 | — |
| Bartestree | 1,655 | 14 | 0 | B |
| Hereford | 60,471 | 365 | 4 | A− |
| Clehonger | 1,218 | 0 | 0 | D |
| Credenhill | 2,334 | 17 | 0 | C+ |
| Kingstone | 1,500 | 10 | 0 | B− |
| Ross-on-Wye | 10,993 | 147 | 1 | A |
| Ledbury | 8,344 | 206 | 3 | A |
In brief
Hampton Bishop in brief
More of Hampton Bishop’s homes are old than in most places: 30% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 20 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1987. Most entries on the list, 55%, are houses, terraces and villas. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: it also has a scheduled monument.
Questions about Hampton Bishop’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Hampton Bishop?
Historic England lists 20 buildings inside Hampton Bishop’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 18 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Hampton Bishop?
One: Church of St Andrew.
Are there scheduled monuments in Hampton Bishop?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Churchyard cross in St Andrew's churchyard.
How many conservation areas are there in Hampton Bishop?
1, covering about 20 hectares of the town. The largest is Hampton Bishop.
When were Hampton Bishop’s buildings listed?
The first in 1952; the most, 10, in 1985.
How old are the homes in Hampton Bishop?
30% of homes were built before 1919 and 31% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Hampton Bishop 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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