IChurch · listed 1950St. Paul's, DeptfordOn the list as Church of St PaulPhoto: stevecadman · CC BY-SA 2.0
Horniman Museum · Photo: No Swan So Fine · CC BY-SA 4.0A−History Grade
History of Lewisham · Historic England
357 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Lewisham’s built-up area, 12 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. 36% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 32 of its listed buildings and 4 old views of the town. Lewisham grades A− for history: #13 of 33 in London.
Listed buildings
357
12 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
2
exceptional interest
Grade II*
28
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
3 registered parks & gardens
Homes built before 1919
36%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Lewisham in 39 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.
Church of St PaulGrade I listed
Boone's Chapel (With Short Abutting Wall to East)Grade I listed
Merchant Taylor's AlmshousesGrade II listed
The Clarendon HotelGrade II listed
Telephone ExchangeGrade II listed+34See 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.
Through time
Lewisham from 1904 to 1938
4 old photos and postcards, in date order. All public domain, made before 1950.
1904
1906
1916
1938Public 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 Lewisham’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%+
63 of 176neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes; in the oldest, 100% were built before 1919.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
357 listed buildings by grade
2 Grade I28 Grade II*327 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 2 Grade I listed buildings in Lewisham
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.
IWalls & gates · listed 1954Boone's ChapelOn the list as Boone's Chapel (With Short Abutting Wall to East)Photo: Stephen Craven · CC BY-SA 2.0
Grade II*
The 28 Grade II* listed buildings in Lewisham
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 27 are photographed.
II*Public · listed 1973Horniman Museum and GardensOn the list as Horniman MuseumPhoto: No Swan So Fine · CC BY-SA 4.0
II*Church · listed 1973Church of St AndrewPhoto: N Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Church · listed 1954Church of St BartholomewPhoto: Stephen Craven · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Church · listed 1954St Margaret's, LeeOn the list as Church of St MargaretPhoto: Danny Robinson · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Church · listed 1954Church of St Mary the VirginPhoto: Ethan Doyle White · CC BY-SA 4.0
II*Church · listed 1954Church of the AscensionPhoto: David Anstiss · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*House · listed 1954Colonnade HousePhoto: Reading Tom from Reading, UK · CC BY 2.0
II*Walls & gates · listed 1950Deptford Town HallOn the list as Former Deptford Town Hall, with dwarf wall and railings to northPhoto: Doyle of London · CC BY-SA 4.0
II*Public · listed 1993Former Office Building of Royal Dockyard, DeptfordPhoto: Ethan Doyle White · CC BY-SA 4.0
II*House · listed 1992Hillyfields Sixth Form CentrePhoto: Expitheta · Public domain
II*Public · listed 1954Manor House LibraryOn the list as Lee Public LibraryPhoto: Gower · CC BY-SA 4.0
II*Memorials · listed 2007Monument of Sir John Call Bart, Lee Old ChurchyardPhoto: Cai · CC BY-SA 4.0
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II*House · listed 1954Perceval House Spencer HousePhoto: Reading Tom from Reading, UK · CC BY 2.0
II*House · listed 1954St Mary's VicaragePhoto: Ethan Doyle White · CC BY-SA 4.0
II*House · listed 1950Stone HousePhoto: Jwslubbock · CC BY-SA 3.0
II*Memorials · listed 2007The Fludyer Tomb, Lee Old ChurchyardPhoto: Cai · CC BY-SA 4.0
II*House · listed 1954The Pagoda, BlackheathOn the list as The PagodaPhoto: Reading Tom from Reading, UK · CC BY 2.0
II*House · listed 195113 and 15, Albury Street SE8Photo: Doyle of London · CC BY-SA 4.0
II*House · listed 195117, Albury Street SE8Photo: Doyle of London · CC BY-SA 4.0
II*House · listed 195119 and 21, Albury StreetPhoto: Doyle of London · CC BY-SA 4.0
II*House · listed 197322 Dartmouth RowPhoto: Reading Tom from Reading, UK · CC BY 2.0
II*House · listed 195123-27, Albury Street SE8Photo: Ethan Doyle White · CC BY-SA 4.0
II*House · listed 195129 and 31, Albury Street SE8Photo: Ethan Doyle White · CC BY-SA 4.0
II*House · listed 195133, Albury Street SE8Photo: Doyle of London · CC BY-SA 4.0
II*House · listed 195034-40, Albury Street SE8Photo: Ethan Doyle White · CC BY-SA 4.0
II*House · listed 195135, Albury Street SE8Photo: Doyle of London · CC BY-SA 4.0
II*House · listed 195143, Albury StreetPhoto: Ethan Doyle White · CC BY-SA 4.0
House · listed 195137, Albury Street SE8
Historic streets
New Cross Road SE14 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.
New Cross Road SE1413 listed
Albury Street SE810 listed · 8 II*
Eliot Place SE37 listed
Dacre Park SE135 listed
Lammas Green5 listed
Lee Park SE35 listed
Tranquil Vale SE35 listed
Bromley Road4 listed
Burnt Ash Road4 listed
Grote's Buildings4 listed
Dartmouth Row SE103 listed
Grote's Place SE33 listed
Of the 357 entries, 121 are named by a street address; the rest are named buildings such as churches, halls and bridges.
What’s protected
The largest group of Lewisham’s listed buildings is homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas178
Public & civic buildings50
Walls, gates & bridges40
Memorials, crosses & tombs35
Churches, chapels & priories27
Street furniture17
Inns, shops & warehouses10
178 entries (50%) are houses, terraces and villas. 27 are churches, chapels and priories, including 1 of the 2 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
327 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 327 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Ashberry CottageBaring Hall Hotel and associated stable blockBlackheath Quaker Meeting House with cobbled area of forecourtBlackheath Railway StationBlythe Hill Tavern and attached gate piers and wallsCarlton CottagesCarrington HouseCemetery Entrance Gates, Ladywell CemeteryChrist ChurchChurch Hall of St Hilda's, Crofton ParkChurch of All SaintsChurch of All SaintsChurch of St Andrew (Presbyterian)Church of St GeorgeChurch of St Hilda, Crofton ParkChurch of St JohnChurch of St John The BaptistChurch of St Laurence and Community CentreChurch of St PeterChurch of St Saviour and Sts John Baptist and Evangelist (Roman Catholic)Church of St SwithunClock TowerClub Boathouse and Prmises ForeshoreColonnade BuildingCoombe Cliffe ConservatoryCoroners CourtCrofton Park (St Hilda's) War MemorialCrofton Park (St Mary Magdalen) War MemorialDeptford (St Paul's) War MemorialDeptford Fire StationDeptford War MemorialDeptford War Memorial, Brockley CemeteryDrinking TroughEastnor HouseEliot LodgeEliot Vale House and No. 50 Heath LaneEntrance Gate and Walls to West and South of Merchant Taylor's AlmshousesExcalibur Estate, Nos 1-7 (Odd), No 25 and No 39Fairlawn SchoolFarnboro HouseFire StationFolly Tower in Back Garden of Number 23Forecourt Railings to Number 28Forecourt Railings, Walls and Piers to Horniman MuseumForecourt Walls at Lee Public LibraryForecourt Walls to Montague House and the Annexe and Garden Wall to EastForecourt Walls to North of Number 6Forecourt Walls to Number 11Forecourt Walls, Piers and Gates to Number 281Forecourt wall to No 6ForeshoreForest Hill Public LibraryFormer Barclay's BankFormer Church of TransfigurationFormer Garden Walls of Number 25 Old Brick Walls Marking Former Boundaries of Grounds of Number 25 Dartmouth RowFormer Prudential BuildingFormer Regency Hotel and 5-7 Montpelier RowFormer Sydenham Public Lecture Hall with entrance gates, piers and railingsFront Railings to Garden of Number 4Front Wall, Running East from Entrance Gate Along North Boundary of Pentland House GroundsGarden Wall to North West of SherwellGarden Wall to West of No 6Garden Walls to North and South of Back Garden of Number 3Garden Walls to South and West of St Mary's VicarageGate Piers at Lee Public LibraryGate Piers to Former Naval DockyardGate piers in front of St John's the Baptist's Church HallGirls' Public Day School Trust SchoolGoldsmiths College ChapelGoldsmiths' CollegeHatcham Liberal Club and Attached Forecourt Wall and RailingsHeathfield HouseHeathview HotelHigh Street BuildingsHill HouseHither Green LibraryHolbeach School Including School Keeper's Cottage, Boundary Wall and Entrance GatesHolland and Company's DistilleryHoly Trinity SchoolJackson Monument, Lee Old Churchyard.K2 Telephone Kiosk Corner of Breakspear RoadK2 Telephone Kiosk Corner of Bromley RoadK2 Telephone Kiosk Corner of Burnt Ash HillK2 Telephone Kiosk Corner of St Margaret's PassageK2 Telephone Kiosk Corner of Tyrwhitt RoadK2 Telephone Kiosk Corner of Wickham RoadK2 Telephone Kiosk Outside Duke of Albany Public HouseK2 Telephone Kiosk Outside Lewisham HospitalK2 Telephone Kiosk Outside Manor House (Public Library)K2 Telephone Kiosk Outside Number 112K2 Telephone Kiosk Outside Post Office Sorting OfficeK2 Telephone Kiosk Outside Rectory GardensK2 Telephone Kiosk at Junction with New Cross RoadK2 Telephone Kiosk at Junction with Queens RoadK2 Telephone Kiosk at Junction with Vesta RoadK2 Telephone Kiosk near Former CinemaK2 Telephone Kiosk near Junction with New Cross RoadK2 Telephone Kiosk, corner of Brockley RoadK6 Telephone Kiosk Outside Blackheath Post OfficeK6 Telephone Kiosk Outside Telephone ExchangeK6 Telephone Kiosk outside Princess of Wales Public HouseLadywell StationLaurie Grove BathsLewisham Bridge Primary SchoolLewisham Public LibraryLewisham Theatre and Department of Environmental ServiceLewisham War Memorial, Memorial GardensLimeburner Monument, Lee Old ChurchyardLindsey HouseLivesey Hall War MemorialLivesey Memorial HallLivesey Memorial Hall Boundary WallLochaber HallLord Dacre's Monument, Lee Old ChurchyardLouise HouseLydia HouseManze's eel, pie and mash shop and outbuilding to rearMerchant Taylor's AlmshousesMontague HouseMonument at South Side of Junction with Jews WalkMonument of Ann Lucas, Lee Old ChurchyardMonument to Anne Sladen, Lee Old ChurchyardMonument to Charles Leslie, Lee Old ChurchyardMonument to Christopher Boone, Lee Old ChurchyardMonument to Henry Knight, Lee Old ChurchyardMonument to Ives Hurrey, Lee Old ChurchyardMonument to Jeremiah Crutchley, Lee Old ChurchyardMonument to John Crutchley, Lee Old ChurchyardMonument to John Hosier, Lee Old ChurchyardMonument to Louisa Clarke, Lee Old ChurchyardMonument to Moses Yeates, Lee Old ChurchyardMonument to Rev. Thomas Negus, Lee Old ChurchyardMonument to Thomas Butler, Lee Old ChurchyardMonument to William Chivers, Lee Old ChurchyardMorris Monument, Lee Old ChurchyardNew Cross Fire StationNorth Annexe to Southern Block of South East London Technical CollegeNorth Lodges of Beckenham PlaceNumbers 329-331 and Attached RailingsOld AngleOld Brick Flooring in Garden to South East of Wemyss CottageOld CedarsOld Swimming BathsOld Tower of Former Church of St MargaretOlympia Convoy's WharfPentland House (Now Goldsmiths College Hostel)Pillar Box Outside Number 169Pillar Box Outside Number 202Pillar Box at Corner of Benson RoadPolice Station
Conservation areas
28 conservation areas cover 18% of Lewisham
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Brockley 1973116 ha
Blackheath110 ha
Telegraph Hill 199076 ha
Culverley Green 199061 ha
Forest Hill 197639 ha
Lee Manor 197536 ha
Hatcham 199025 ha
Sydenham Thorpes12 ha
Deptford High Street 197611 ha
Cobb's Corner 200710 ha
Ladywell 201010 ha
Brookmill Road 19728 ha
St John's 19768 ha
Deptford Creekside 20128 ha
St Mary's 19767 ha
Perry Fields 19756 ha
Jews Walk 19736 ha
Sydenham Hill and Kirkdale 19766 ha
Sydenham Park 19735 ha
Belmont 20015 ha
St Paul's 19754 ha
St Stephen's 19723 ha
Dulwich Wood 19852 ha
Deptford Town Hall 20002 ha
Somerset Gardens 19721 ha
580 hain conservation areas, of 3,265 ha inside the built-up area.
The first, Brookmill Road, St Stephen's and Somerset Gardens, were designated in 1972; the newest, Deptford Creekside, in 2012. 257 of the 357 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
155 of Lewisham’s 357 listed buildings were added in 1973
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1973 · 1551954 · 41
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 7 entries were listed in 1950, 1 of the 2 Grade I buildings among them. 155 came in 1973, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 20 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
| Maritime GreenwichUNESCO World Heritage Site: the town touches its mapped area, which can include a buffer zone |
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.
3 registered parks and gardens
History Grade
Lewisham grades A− for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (394 points, 13 per 10,000 residents)More than 61% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (36%)More than 90% 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.
Homes by age
36% of Lewisham’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
6.9%
1900–18
8.6%
1919–29
9.6%
1930s
4.1%
1945–54
5.6%
1955–64
6.8%
1965–72
5.7%
1973–82
3.9%
1983–92
3.2%
1993–99
4.7%
2000–08
5.8%
2009–15
6.6%
2016–25
LewishamEngland & Wales
29% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was the 1930s, which added 9.6% 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 (4,238 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Born here
147 notable people born in Lewisham before 1900
The 20 best known on one timeline, earliest first.
Lawrence Rooke
George Julian Harney
Henry Thomas Buckle
Philip Watts
James Whitbread Lee Glaisher
Henry Edward Armstrong
Annie Horniman
Ernest Dowson
Francis Harvey
Rosa May Billinghurst
P. C. Wren
David Lindsay
May Gibbs
Estelle Winwood
Gwendoline Eastlake-Smith
John Yate Robinson
Gladys Cooper
Henry Williamson
David Jones
John Crocker
16001650170017501800185019001950
Henry Thomas Buckle1821–1862 · English historian (1821–1862)
Gladys Cooper1888–1971 · British actress (1888-1971)
Ernest Dowson1867–1900 · English writer (1867-1900)
Estelle Winwood1883–1984 · British actress (1883–1984)
James Whitbread Lee Glaisher1848–1928 · English mathematician and astronomer (1848-1928)
Gwendoline Eastlake-Smith1883–1941 · British tennis player (1883–1941)
JR
John Yate Robinson1885–1916 · Field hockey player (1885-1916)
HW
Henry Williamson1895–1977 · British ruralist and natural history writer (1895–1977)
Everyone born in Lewisham → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Lewisham
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lewisham | 300,764 | 357 | 2 | A− |
| Southwark | 307,076 | 910 | 4 | A− |
| Greenwich | 288,117 | 524 | 24 | B+ |
| Lambeth | 317,108 | 917 | 6 | A |
| Tower Hamlets | 311,072 | 923 | 21 | B |
| Bromley | 325,469 | 339 | 4 | B |
| City of London | 7,820 | 587 | 83 | A+ |
| Newham | 351,065 | 117 | 4 | B+ |
In brief
Lewisham in brief
More of Lewisham’s homes are old than in most places: 36% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 357 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade I, including St. Paul's, Deptford. Its older streets lie in 28 conservation areas, the first designated in 1972. Of the 147 people born here before 1900, the best known include Henry Thomas Buckle (1821), Gladys Cooper (1888) and Ernest Dowson (1867). Otherwise the figures are ordinary: per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and it also has a scheduled monument.
Questions about Lewisham’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Lewisham?
Historic England lists 357 buildings inside Lewisham’s built-up area: 2 Grade I, 28 Grade II* and 327 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Lewisham?
2, including Boone's Chapel (With Short Abutting Wall to East) and Church of St Paul.
Which street in Lewisham has the most listed buildings?
New Cross Road SE14 (13), Albury Street SE8 (10) and Eliot Place SE3 (7) have the most listed entries named by an address. One entry can be a whole terrace.
Are there scheduled monuments in Lewisham?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Tudor naval storehouse at Convoys Wharf.
Is Lewisham a World Heritage Site?
Part of Lewisham lies within the area Historic England maps for Maritime Greenwich, which can include a buffer zone around the site itself.
How many conservation areas are there in Lewisham?
28, covering about 580 hectares of the town. The largest are Brockley and Blackheath.
When were Lewisham’s buildings listed?
The first in 1950; the most, 155, in 1973.
Are there old photos of Lewisham?
Yes: 4 public-domain photos and postcards from 1904 to 1938, all on this page.
Who was born in Lewisham?
Among people born before 1900: Henry Thomas Buckle (1821), Gladys Cooper (1888), Ernest Dowson (1867), Estelle Winwood (1883) and James Whitbread Lee Glaisher (1848).
How old are the homes in Lewisham?
36% of homes were built before 1919 and 54% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
© 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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