IHouse · listed 1950Red HousePhoto: Velela · Public domain
Red House · Photo: Velela · Public domainC+History Grade
History of Bexley · Historic England
108 listed buildings, 5 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Bexley’s built-up area, 4.4 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. We have photos of 15 of its listed buildings. 11% of its homes were built before 1919. Bexley grades C+ for history: #31 of 33 in London.
Listed buildings
108
4.4 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
5
exceptional interest
Grade II*
9
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
4 registered parks & gardens
Homes built before 1919
11%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Bexley in 19 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Former Crossness Pumping StationGrade I listed
Danson Park MansionGrade I listed
Clock Tower at West Angle of Market PlaceGrade II listed
One Bell Public HouseGrade II listed
Bowling Pavilion, Foots Cray PlaceGrade II listed+14See all photosPhotos 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 Bexley’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.
Grade IGrade II*Scheduled monumentPark or garden
Homes built before 1919, by neighbourhoodunder 10%10–25%25–50%50%+
6 of 148neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes; in the oldest, 75% were built before 1919.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
108 listed buildings by grade
5 Grade I9 Grade II*94 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. 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).
Grade I
The 5 Grade I listed buildings in Bexley
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 1970Crossness Pumping StationOn the list as Former Crossness Pumping StationPhoto: Ethan Doyle White · CC BY-SA 3.0
IHouse · listed 1953Danson HouseOn the list as Danson Park MansionPhoto: Stacey Harris · CC BY-SA 2.0
IPublic · listed 1953Hall Place and GardensOn the list as Hall PlacePhoto: Wellingwebsite · Public domain
IHouse · listed 1953Well Head to South East of Red HousePhoto: Ethan Doyle White · CC BY-SA 3.0
Grade II*
The 9 Grade II* listed buildings in Bexley
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 7 are photographed.
II*Church · listed 1980Christ ChurchPhoto: Chris Whippet · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Church · listed 1953Greek Orthodox ChurchPhoto: Braveheart · CC BY-SA 4.0
II*Church · listed 1954Parish Church of All SaintsPhoto: Phil Bull · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Church · listed 1953Parish Church of St John the BaptistOn the list as Parish Church of St John the BaptishPhoto: John Salmon · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Church · listed 1953Church of St Mary the VirginOn the list as Parish Church of St Mary the VirginPhoto: P Ingerson · Public domain
II*Church · listed 1952Church of St Paulinus, CrayfordOn the list as Parish Church of St PaulinusPhoto: Doyle of London · CC BY-SA 4.0
II*House · listed 1953Stables to Danson ParkPhoto: Ethan Doyle White · CC BY-SA 4.0
House · listed 1980Bath House to Rear of Number 112
House · listed 1978Frognal House
What’s protected
Most of Bexley’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas56
Churches, chapels & priories20
Public & civic buildings14
Walls, gates & bridges7
Inns, shops & warehouses6
Street furniture3
Memorials, crosses & tombs2
56 entries (52%) are houses, terraces and villas. 20 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
94 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 94 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Abbeyhill (Montrose Park Residents Club)Albion VillasBarn at Hall PlaceBexley College (Former Erith Technical Institute) Including Attached Walls Railings and GatepiersBowling Pavilion, Foots Cray PlaceBrooklandsCaretaker's House at Lamorbey ParkChapel HouseChrist Church Parish ChurchChrist Church VicarageClock Tower at West Angle of Market PlaceCoal Duty Boundary Marker (In the Grounds of the Old Orchard)Cray HallCray HouseCrayford War Memorial in grounds of Crayford ManorDairy at Lamorbey ParkDower HouseEast Wickham FarmhouseErith (Christ Church) War MemorialErith LibraryFirst World War Memorial at St John the Baptist Church, ErithFormer Fosters Primary SchoolFrontage Building to Richard Klinger FactoryGarden Walls to North of Frognal HouseGranary Approximately 25 Metres South South East of Hall PlaceHigh Street HouseJays CottagesK6 Telephone KioskLamorbey ParkLarge Barn at Howbury FarmLodge to Hurstmere SchoolLoring HallLychgate to South West of Parish Church of St Mary the VirginLychgate to West of Parish Church of St PaulinusManor HouseMilestone on Pavement Slightly to South of Axis of Numbers 494North Cray War MemorialNumber 152 (Rose Cottage) and Number 154Number 33 (Farm Cottage) and Number 35One Bell Public HouseOrchard HouseOriginal Building of Former Bexley National SchoolsOuthouse to North East of Red HouseParish Church of All SaintsParish Church of St JamesParish Church of St John the EvangelistParish Church of St John the EvangelistPillar Box Beside Number 48 at Junction with Parkhurst RoadPlace CottagePost at North West Corner of Road at Junction with Dartford Road Outside No 8Post on Land of Gun Club, On East Side of Lane Which Forms the West Boundary of the Shooting Ground and the West Boundary of the Former Borough of DartfordSheffield Monument (In Churchyard of Parish Church of St John the Evangelist)Sidcup Place (Including Ha Ha to East)Stable Block to Former Foots Cray PlaceStreet Wall and Gateway to North of Red HouseStyleman's AlmshousesThe Crook Log Public HouseThe King's Head InnThe Long Shed (Part of David Evans Limited Factory at Number 71)The Manor HouseThe Old HouseThe Railway TavernThe Royal Oak Public HouseThe Seven Stars Public HouseThe X-Ray Department, Formerly the Underground Hospital, Erith and District HospitalTomb of Frances Madocks to South Side of Parish Church of St JamesTwo Chest Tombs to East Side of Parish Church of St JamesWall Fronting Grounds Formerly Belonging to Bexley House (Demolished)Walls Surrounding and to West and South West of Parish Church of St James and Gatepiers and Gates to West of ChurchWalls, Gate Piers and Gates to South of Stable Block at Former Foots Cray PlaceWalls, Gatepiers and Gates to South of Frognal HouseWalnut Tree CottageWhitehill HouseWorkshop to South East of former Crossness Pumping StationWorkshop to South West of former Crossness Pumping StationWye Lodge1 and 3, Bexley High Street1-4 Tudor Cottages10-16, Burnt Oak Lane101-105, Bexley High Street16, North Cray Road172, 172A and 172B, Old Road180-188, Rectory Lane2 K6 Telephone Kiosks Outside Number 1125 and 27, Halfway Street28 and 30, Erith High Street34 and 36, Bexley High Street34, North Cray Road56-62, Bexley Lane57 and 59, Bexley High Street64, Bexley Lane7 and 9, Bexley High Street71, Danson Road8, Upton Road
Conservation areas
24 conservation areas cover 3.1% of Bexley
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Christ Church 199221 ha
Old Bexley19 ha
The Green 199215 ha
The Hollies 198514 ha
No data available for publication by HE12 ha
Parkhurst 198810 ha
Lesney Park Road 19927 ha
Willersley Avenue and Braundton Avenue 19927 ha
Woolwich Road 19926 ha
High Beeches 20055 ha
Longlands Road 19924 ha
Halfway Street 19854 ha
North Cray Village 19923 ha
Iron Mill Lane 19853 ha
Crossness 19973 ha
Foots Cray 19982 ha
Star Hill 19922 ha
Erith Riverside 19952 ha
The Oval 19922 ha
Oak Road 19922 ha
Brook Street 19922 ha
Erith Road 20041 ha
Old Forge Way 19881 ha
Red House Lane 19731 ha
147 hain conservation areas, of 4,757 ha inside the built-up area.
The first, Red House Lane, was designated in 1973; the newest, High Beeches, in 2005. 53 of the 108 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 Bexley’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1980
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1980 · 551953 · 13
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 1 entry was listed in 1950, 1 of the 5 Grade I buildings among them. 55 came in 1980, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 4 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.
4 registered parks and gardens
History Grade
Bexley grades C+ for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (133 points, 5 per 10,000 residents)More than 51% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (11%)More than 29% of 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.
Born here
36 notable people born in Bexley before 1900
The 20 best known on one timeline, earliest first.
Mary Lacy
Edward Shepherd Creasy
Sidney Browne
George Charles Haité
Henry Nuttall
Lovick Friend
Jenny Morris
May Morris
Nina Boyle
Charlie Williams
Ivy Evelyn Woodward
Eric W. Mann
Godfrey Huggins, 1st Viscount Malvern
Douglas McWhirter
Bill Jaques
Gerald Oliver Smith
Colin Gill
Dudley Russell
Marjory Gill Allen
Billy Cornelius
170017501800185019001950
May Morris1862–1938 · British artisan, embroidery designer, jeweler, socialist and editor (…
Edward Shepherd Creasy1812–1878 · English historian and jurist (1812-1878)
Charlie Williams1873–1952 · English footballer and manager (1873-1952)
Douglas McWhirter1886–1966 · English football player (1886-1966)
NB
Nina Boyle1865–1943 · British writer
Godfrey Huggins, 1st Viscount Malvern1883–1971 · Rhodesian Prime Minister (1883-1971)
Lovick Friend1856–1944 · British general and cricketer (1856-1944)
ML
Mary Lacy1740–1801 · British sailor, shipwright and memoirist
Everyone born in Bexley → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Bexley
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bexley | 246,074 | 108 | 5 | C+ |
| Joyden's Wood | 4,912 | 1 | 0 | D− |
| Greenwich | 288,117 | 524 | 24 | B+ |
| Dartford | 69,131 | 70 | 2 | B− |
| Hextable | 4,100 | 2 | 0 | D |
| Purfleet-on-Thames | 5,881 | 9 | 1 | C− |
| Swanley | 17,209 | 3 | 0 | D− |
| Hawley | 1,386 | 0 | 0 | C− |
In brief
Bexley in brief
Bexley has 108 listed buildings, 5 of them Grade I, including Red House. Its older streets lie in 24 conservation areas, the first designated in 1973. Most entries on the list, 52%, are houses, terraces and villas.
Of the 36 people born here before 1900, the best known include May Morris (1862), Edward Shepherd Creasy (1812) and Charlie Williams (1873). The big year was 1980, when 55 of the 108 went on the list. The rest is about typical: per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; it also has a scheduled monument; and 11% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Bexley’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Bexley?
Historic England lists 108 buildings inside Bexley’s built-up area: 5 Grade I, 9 Grade II* and 94 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Bexley?
5, including Danson Park Mansion, Former Crossness Pumping Station, Hall Place, Red House and Well Head to South East of Red House.
Are there scheduled monuments in Bexley?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Hall Place.
How many conservation areas are there in Bexley?
24, covering about 147 hectares of the town. The largest are Christ Church and Old Bexley.
When were Bexley’s buildings listed?
The first in 1950; the most, 55, in 1980.
Who was born in Bexley?
Among people born before 1900: May Morris (1862), Edward Shepherd Creasy (1812), Charlie Williams (1873), Douglas McWhirter (1886) and Nina Boyle (1865).
How old are the homes in Bexley?
11% of homes were built before 1919 and 52% 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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