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History of Hounslow · Historic England

465 listed buildings, 26 of them Grade I

On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Hounslow’s built-up area, 16 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 4 scheduled monuments. We have photos of 54 of its listed buildings and 1 old view of the town. 17% of its homes were built before 1919. Hounslow grades B for history: #22 of 33 in London.

26Grade I26Grade II*4scheduled monuments25on Priory Avenue W4
Listed buildings
465
16 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
26
exceptional interest
Grade II*
26
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
4
6 registered parks & gardens
Homes built before 1919
17%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures

Hounslow in 56 photos and old views

Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed, and the town before 1950. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.

Cascade in Chiswick ParkCascade in Chiswick ParkGrade I listedGreat Engine House, Kew Bridge Pumping HouseGreat Engine House, Kew Bridge Pumping HouseGrade I listedSarah Sermons AlmshousesSarah Sermons AlmshousesGrade II listedCrown and Anchor Public HouseCrown and Anchor Public HouseGrade II listedGothic boathouse and pavilion on south shore of Potomac fish pond.Gothic boathouse and pavilion on south shore of Potomac fish pond.Grade II listed+51See all photos

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.

Through time

Hounslow in old photos

1 old photo or postcard, in date order. All public domain, made before 1950.

Bridge Way Whitton Hounslow - Vintage Postcard - Unposted - Early 1900s LONDON1900s
VictorianBridge Way Whitton Hounslow - Vintage Postcard - Unposted - Early 1900s LONDONPhoto: Mark Crombie · Public domain

Public domain, from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server. Each credit opens the image’s page with its full description and history.

The map

Where Hounslow’s history is

Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.

Chiswick House, registered park or gardenGunnersbury Park, registered park or gardenOsterley Park, registered park or gardenStrawberry House, registered park or gardenSyon Park, registered park or gardenWalpole House, registered park or gardenChiswick House, scheduled monumentKempton Park Pumping Station, scheduled monumentLondon's Early Porcelain Industries: The Isleworth Pottery, scheduled monument18th century garden feature at Hanworth Park, scheduled monumentBedford House Eynham House, Grade II*Brentford and Isleworth Quaker Meeting House, Grade II*Church of All Saints, Grade II*Church of St Dunstan, Grade II*Church of St George, Grade II*Church of St Lawrence, Grade II*Church of St Leonard, Grade II*Church of St Michael and All Angels, Grade II*Church of St Nicholas and attached walls, Grade II*East Stables in Gunnersbury Park, Grade II*Garvin House, Grade II*Gates and Screen to Walpole House, Grade II*Gates to Syon Lodge Syon Lodge, Grade II*Gumley House Gumley House (Convent), Grade II*Gunnersbury Park Museum, Grade II*Kempton Park Pumping Station (Including Triple Expansion House and Two Attached Chimneys), Grade II*Lilleshall Engine House, Kempton Park Pumping Station, Grade II*Strawberry House, Grade II*The London Apprentice Public House, Grade II*The Tabard, Grade II*Tombstone to Sir Percy Harris, Bart, St Nicholas Churchyard, Grade II*Voysey House, Grade II*Ye Fox and Hounds and Mawson Arms and Nos. 112-118, Grade II*Zoffany House, Grade II*24, The Butts, Grade II*60, High Street, Grade II*Boston Manor House, Boston Manor Park, Grade ICascade in Chiswick Park, Grade IChiswick House, Grade IChiswick House Conservatory, Grade IClassic bridge in Chiswick Park, Grade IDeer House in Chiswick Park near Italian Garden, Grade IDoric Column in Chiswick Park North East of Conservatory, Grade IEntrance Gateway of Chiswick Park Immediately West of Obelisk, Grade IGreat Engine House, Kew Bridge Pumping House, Grade IHogarths House Wall and Gate of Hogarths House, Grade IInigo Jones's Gateway in Chiswick Park, Grade IIonic Temple and Obelisk in Chiswick Park, Grade IMain Building, Kew Bridge Pumping Station, Grade IMetropolitan Water Board Pump House Tower, Kew Bridge, Grade IObelisk in Chiswick Park at End of Avenue Running West from Temple, Grade IOrnaments Lining Avenue to Rear of Chiswick House, Grade IStone Entrance Piers in Front of Chiswick House, Grade ISyon House, Grade ISyon House Conservatory, Grade ISyon Park Boathouse the Pavilion, Grade ISyon Park Entrance Lodges and Gates, London Road, Grade ITemple (Rustic House) at End of Yew Walk North East of Chiswick House, Grade ITen Terms with Female Heads in Semicircle Before Front of Chiswick House, Grade IThree Male Statues from Hadrian's Villa in Chiswick Park, Grade ITwo Statues Flanking Chiswick House, Grade IWalpole House, Grade I
Grade IGrade II*Scheduled monumentPark or garden400 m from Deer House in Chiswick Park near Italian Garden
Homes built before 1919, by neighbourhoodunder 10%10–25%25–50%50%+
17 of 26Grade I buildings stand within 400 m of Deer House in Chiswick Park near Italian Garden, a five-minute walk. So do 23 of the 465 listed buildings.
17 of 150neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes; in the oldest, 96% were built before 1919.

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

465 listed buildings by grade
26 Grade I26 Grade II*413 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 26 Grade I listed buildings in Hounslow

Buildings of exceptional interest, about 2.5% of all listed buildings; 17 of these stand within 400 m of Deer House in Chiswick Park near Italian Garden. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.

House · listed 1951Boston ManorOn the list as Boston Manor House, Boston Manor ParkPhoto: P.g.champion · CC BY-SA 2.0 uk
Walls & gates · listed 1951Hogarth's HouseOn the list as Hogarths House Wall and Gate of Hogarths HousePhoto: Unknown photographer · Public domain
House · listed 1951Syon HousePhoto: Russ Hamer · CC BY-SA 3.0
Grade II*

The 26 Grade II* listed buildings in Hounslow

Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 25 are photographed.

House · listed 1951Garvin HousePhoto: Threefoursixninefour · CC BY-SA 3.0
Show the other 14
Walls & gates · listed 1951Syon LodgeOn the list as Gates to Syon Lodge Syon LodgePhoto: SAhmad2020 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Public · listed 1995Kempton Park Pumping StationOn the list as Kempton Park Pumping Station (Including Triple Expansion House and Two Attached Chimneys)Photo: Chris Allen · CC BY-SA 2.0
House · listed 1951The TabardPhoto: Dr Neil Clifton · CC BY-SA 2.0
House · listed 1973Voysey HousePhoto: Steve Cadman from London, U.K · CC BY-SA 2.0
Inns & shops · listed 1951Mawson ArmsOn the list as Ye Fox and Hounds and Mawson Arms and Nos. 112-118Photo: Edwardx · CC BY-SA 3.0
House · listed 1951Zoffany HousePhoto: Maxwell Hamilton from Greater London, England United Kingdom · CC BY 2.0
Historic streets

Priory Avenue W4 has the most listed buildings

Streets by the listed entries with an address on them. One entry can be a whole terrace, so long rows count once.

Priory Avenue W425 listed
Bath Road W419 listed
Addison Grove W412 listed
Strand on the Green W411 listed
The Butts10 listed · 1 II*
24, The Butts
Church Street7 listed
Chiswick High Road W46 listed
Heathfield Terrace W46 listed
Woodstock Road W45 listed
Grove Park Terrace W44 listed
Bath Road3 listed
Fairfax Road W43 listed

Of the 465 entries, 149 are named by a street address; the rest are named buildings such as churches, halls and bridges.

What’s protected

Most of Hounslow’s listed buildings are homes

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

Houses, terraces & villas274
Walls, gates & bridges59
Churches, chapels & priories44
Public & civic buildings43
Memorials, crosses & tombs18
Inns, shops & warehouses15
Street furniture12

274 entries (59%) are houses, terraces and villas. 44 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

413 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.

The first 150 of 413 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Abbey Barn and Attached Wall and GatewayAfton House Chiswick Memorial ClubArchway at East End of Terrace, Gunnersbury Park MansionArchway to Gunnersbury Park (West of East Entrance Lodge to Gunnersbury Lane)Archway to South West of Gunnersbury Park HouseArlington CottagesBarrack Masters House (Building 3) Hounslow BarracksBeaufort House Chatam HouseBedfont HouseBedford Park Works (Hj Mulliner)Bell Road Methodist ChurchBelle VueBoch and Wright Memorials Approximately 3 Metres and 7 Metres South of South Porch of Church of St NicholasBoiler Houses, Coal Store, Steam Engine House and Link to Great Engine House at Kew Bridge Pumping StationBoston Manor Underground StationBoundary Wall Between Tudor House and Tudor CourtBoundary Wall to Rear of Numbers 33-59 Queens Avenue Including Boundary Wall to Rear of Numbers 13-23 Queens WayBoundary Wall to Tudor House and Parr CourtBoundary wall to east side and rear of Little Sutton Cottage and to rear and west side of Sutton CloseBrampton House Ferry HouseBrentford BathsBrentford Health Centre Brentford Health Centre (Including Walls,Railings and Gates)Brentford Public LibraryBrick Chest Tomb South of Gates Monument at St Marys ChurchBurlington CornerBurlington House and Flanking Walls of Burlington HouseBusch House SchoolButlers AlmshousesCaptain Millers Headstone at St Marys ChurchCarlton HouseCedar HouseCentral Gates, Gate Piers and Railings to the Former Firestone FactoryChest Tomb Approximately 14 Metres West of West Tower of Church of St NicholasChest Tomb to Dan Blake, St Dunstans ChurchyardChest Tomb to John Evans, St Dunstans ChurchyardChest Tomb to Rebecca Bell, St Dunstans ChurchyardChest Tomb to Richard Ride and Family, St Dunstans ChurchyardChiswick House Lodge Opposite Corney RoadChiswick Railway StationChiswick Town Hall (Former)Chiswick War MemorialChrist ChurchChurch of All SaintsChurch of St FaithChurch of St Francis of Assisi (Number 865)Church of St JohnChurch of St MaryChurch of St Mary the VirginChurch of St MichaelChurch of St PaulChurchyard Wall Approximately 30 Metres South West of Church of St NicholasClayton House Mucklow House Naylar House Oliver House River HouseCoach and Horses Public HouseCobden House Linden HouseCompass HouseCongregational ChurchConvent of St Mary Hospital of St JosephCreek HouseCross of SacrificeCrown and Anchor Public HouseCygnet House RiversideDairy at GunnersburyDe Loutherbourg Memorial Approximately 26 Metres West of Church of St NicholasEast Lodge of Gunnersbury Park with Archway and Entrance GatewayEight Lamposts on the EmbankmentEntrance Gate and Front Wall of Gumley HouseEntrance Gateway of Chiswick Park and Flanking Walls on Great West RoadEntrance Gateway of the Congregational ChurchEntrance Lodges to Osterley ParkFarnells Almshouses Farnell's AlmshousesFawns ManorFeltham HouseFeltham War MemorialFireplace Arches to West, South West of Tudor HouseForecourt Wall to Tudor HouseFormer Brentford Fire StationFormer Chapel to Hounslow Cavalry BarracksFormer Coach Houses at North and South Ends of West Stable Range and North End of East Stable Range to Hounslow Cavalry BarracksFormer Entrance Gates and Piers to Spring Grove House (Now West Thames College)Former Hospital (Building 42), Hounslow BarracksFormer Married Quarters (Building 16), Hounslow BarracksFormer Officers Mess and Quarters to Hounslow Cavalry BarracksFormer Riding School of Syon ParkFormer Stable Ranges Along the East and West Side of Former Parade Ground to Hounslow Cavalry BerracksFormer Tramways Sub-Station at rear of No 72 Chiswick High RoadFormer vicarage to the Church of St Michael Sutton CourtFoscolo Memorial Approximately 25 Metres South West of West Tower of Church of St NicholasFour Lamp Standards with Lanterns Outside the Main Entrance to the Gillette Factory on the Corner of Syon Lane (Great West Road)Front Entrance Gate and Gateposts to Nazareth HouseFront block and return wings of main Gillette buildingFullers Brewery, Middle Section, Containing Board RoomGarden House to Rear of Number 110, Fox and Hounds Public HouseGarden Wall and GatepostsGarden Wall to Bedford HouseGarden Wall to East of Tudor House GroundsGarden Wall to Wistaria WistariaGarden Wall, 2 Sets of Iron Gates Gateposts to Boston Manor HouseGate Piers Within Osterley ParkGate Piers and WallsGate to the Lawn the LawnGatehouse and Boundary Wall at Kew Bridge Pumping StationGates Monument at St Marys ChurchGates and screen of St Mary's ConventGates, Gate Piers and Walls to the Walled Gardens, Chiswick House GroundsGateway About 100 Yards South of Boston Manor HouseGateway near Princess Amelia's Bath House, Gunnersbury ParkGazebo in Grounds of Bedford ParkGlan HelenGothic boathouse and pavilion on south shore of Potomac fish pond.Gothic outbuildings East of Gunnersbury House including arcade grotto shelter and room known as Princess Amelia's Bath HouseGreen Man Public HouseGroup of 5 Chest Tombs and Headstone in Railed Enclosure Approximately 10 Metres West of North Aisle of Church of St NicholasGroup of 9 Chest Tombs Approxmately 8 Metres South of South Aisle of Church of St NicholasGroup of Three 18TH Century Headstones St Marys ChurchGroup of Two Chest Tombs (Woodroffe and Crisp Memorials) Aproximately 2 to 4 Metres North of North Aisle of Church of St NicholasGunnersbury HouseHangar, Heston Air ParksHanworth Park HouseHanworth War MemorialHardinge Block (Building 8), Hounslow BarracksHeadstone to Mary Taylor St Marys ChurchHeston Church Lych GateHogarth Memorial Approximately 8 Metres South of South Aisle of Church of St NicholasHolmwoodHounslow Congregational ChurchHudson and Austin Memorials Approximately 26 Metres South West South of South Porch of Church of St NicholasIsland House Garden Wall and Railings to Island HouseIsleworth Public HallIsleworth War MemorialK6 Telephone Kiosk Outside Gillette BuildingK6 Telephone Kiosk Outside St Michael and All Angels ChurchKew Bridge StationKnowles Memorial Approximately 18 Metres South West of South Porch of Church of St NicholasLancaster HouseLatimer House and Holly House, including garden wall, iron gates and screenLingard House Thames ViewLittle Sutton CottageLodgeMagnolia HouseMagnolia Thames CoteMedical Centre (Building 24), Hounslow BarracksMessers Peerless PumpsMilestone 12 Miles from LondonMilestone 13 Miles from LondonMilestone Opposite Islay GardensMilestone Opposite Number 280Milestone Opposite Star RoadMill Bridge and BasinMogden HouseMorton House Railings of Morton House

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Conservation areas

31 conservation areas cover 19% of Hounslow

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

Chiswick House 197772 ha
Spring Grove 200269 ha
Isleworth Riverside 197261 ha
Osterley Park 198859 ha
Hanworth Park 198457 ha
Grove Park 200242 ha
Gunnersbury Park 199039 ha
Turnham Green 197538 ha
Wellesley Road 200233 ha
Bedfont Green 197432 ha
Cranford Village 199128 ha
Cranford Park26 ha
St Paul's Brentford 198925 ha
Heston Village 197421 ha
Grand Union Canal and Boston Manor 200120 ha
Old Chiswick 196917 ha
Strand on the Green 196817 ha
Feltham Town Centre 199016 ha
Bedford Park 197015 ha
Hounslow Cavalry Barracks 199215 ha
St Dunstan's 200811 ha
St Stephen's 198710 ha
St Paul's Church 19929 ha
Glebe Estate 20248 ha
Chiswick High Road 20148 ha
779 hain conservation areas, of 4,075 ha inside the built-up area.

The first, Strand on the Green and The Butts, were designated in 1968; the newest, Glebe Estate, in 2024. 388 of the 465 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

145 of Hounslow’s 465 listed buildings were added in 1973

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

1973 · 1451970 · 751951 · 71
19501960197019801990200020102020

The first 71 entries were listed in 1951, 7 of the 26 Grade I buildings among them. 145 came in 1973, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 6 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.

World Heritage

Royal Botanic Gardens, KewUNESCO World Heritage Site: the town touches its mapped area, which can include a buffer zone

4 scheduled monuments

Nationally important archaeological sites and monuments, protected by law; work on them needs consent from the Secretary of State, advised by Historic England.

Chiswick House
Kempton Park Pumping Station

6 registered parks and gardens

Chiswick House
Gunnersbury Park
Osterley ParkGrade II*
Syon Park
Syon ParkGrade I
History Grade

Hounslow grades B for history

Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.

Protected heritage, for its size and in all (563 points, 20 per 10,000 residents)More than 66% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (17%)More than 50% 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

83 notable people born in Hounslow before 1900

The 20 best known on one timeline, earliest first.

Henry Stafford, 2nd Baron Stafford
Anthony Collins
Heneage Finch, 4th Earl of Aylesford
John Macallan Swan
John Nixon
Ellen Willmott
Alice Ayres
William Lewis
William Benham
Charles Robert Ashbee
Inigo Triggs
Raoul du Roveray
John Crichton-Stuart, 4th Marquess of Bute
Neve Grice
Charles Allwright
Patsy Hendren
Leonard Dawe
Edmund Goulding
Ernest John Moeran
Jack Beresford
1500165018001950
Edmund Goulding
Edmund Goulding1891–1959 · British director and screenwriter (1891–1959)
Jack Beresford
Jack Beresford1899–1977 · British rower (1899–1977)
Anthony Collins
Anthony Collins1676–1729 · English philosopher (1676-1729)
Charles Robert Ashbee
Charles Robert Ashbee1863–1942 · British (jewelry) designer and entrepreneur (1863-1942)
Ellen Willmott
Ellen Willmott1858–1934 · English horticulturist (1858–1934)
Ernest John Moeran
Ernest John Moeran1894–1950 · English composer (1894-1950)
Alice Ayres
Alice Ayres1859–1885 · English nursemaid (1859–1885)
John Nixon
John Nixon1857–1921 · British Indian Army general (1857–1921)

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

Neighbours

Listed buildings in the places around Hounslow

TownPeopleListedGrade IHistory
Hounslow286,59146526B
Richmond upon Thames192,88870223A
Ealing367,2713135B+
Sunbury-on-Thames21,476560C+
Ashford Common8,33310D−
Stanwell11,728281C
Ashford22,82380D
Upper Halliford2,33720D
In brief

Hounslow in brief

The official list counts 465 listed buildings in Hounslow, 26 of them Grade I, including Chiswick House. Its Grade I buildings cluster together: 17 of them stand within 400 m of Deer House in Chiswick Park near Italian Garden. Its older streets lie in 31 conservation areas, the first designated in 1968.

Most entries on the list, 59%, are houses, terraces and villas. Edmund Goulding (1891), Jack Beresford (1899) and Anthony Collins (1676) are among the 83 people born here before 1900. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; it also has 4 scheduled monuments; and 17% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.

Questions about Hounslow’s history

How many listed buildings are there in Hounslow?

Historic England lists 465 buildings inside Hounslow’s built-up area: 26 Grade I, 26 Grade II* and 413 Grade II.

What are the Grade I listed buildings in Hounslow?

26, including Boston Manor House, Boston Manor Park, Cascade in Chiswick Park, Chiswick House, Chiswick House Conservatory, Classic bridge in Chiswick Park and Deer House in Chiswick Park near Italian Garden.

Which street in Hounslow has the most listed buildings?

Priory Avenue W4 (25), Bath Road W4 (19) and Addison Grove W4 (12) have the most listed entries named by an address. One entry can be a whole terrace.

Are there scheduled monuments in Hounslow?

Yes, 4 scheduled monuments, including Chiswick House, Kempton Park Pumping Station, London's Early Porcelain Industries: The Isleworth Pottery and 18th century garden feature at Hanworth Park.

Is Hounslow a World Heritage Site?

Part of Hounslow lies within the area Historic England maps for Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, which can include a buffer zone around the site itself.

How many conservation areas are there in Hounslow?

31, covering about 779 hectares of the town. The largest are Chiswick House and Spring Grove.

When were Hounslow’s buildings listed?

The first in 1951; the most, 145, in 1973.

Are there old photos of Hounslow?

Yes: 1 public-domain photo or postcard from 1900 to 1900, all on this page.

Who was born in Hounslow?

Among people born before 1900: Edmund Goulding (1891), Jack Beresford (1899), Anthony Collins (1676), Charles Robert Ashbee (1863) and Ellen Willmott (1858).

How old are the homes in Hounslow?

17% of homes were built before 1919 and 45% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).

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