II*Church · listed 1960Church of St MaryPhoto: Ian Rob · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Blakesley · Historic England
22 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade II*
Historic England counts them inside Blakesley’s built-up area, 410 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 20 of Blakesley’s listed buildings. 43% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
22
410 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
43%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Blakesley
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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 Blakesley’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade II*
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
22 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I2 Grade II*20 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 II*
The 2 Grade II* listed buildings in Blakesley
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 1 is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
Church · listed 1951Priory Farmhouse
What’s protected
Most of Blakesley’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas16
Churches, chapels & priories3
Memorials, crosses & tombs2
Inns, shops & warehouses1
16 entries (73%) are houses, terraces and villas. 3 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
20 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 20 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Barn and Attached Outbuildings at Number 7 (The Poplars)Barton HouseChest Tomb Approximately 2 Metres South of West TowerChest Tomb Approximately 4 Metres South of West TowerChurch FarmhouseKendal HouseLyne HouseNumber 2 and 3 and Attached OuthouseThe Bartholomew Arms Public HouseThe BriarsThe Old VicarageThe Old WindmillThe Poplars and Attached StablesThe SycamoresWalnut Farm HouseWhites the Butchers12, High Street15 and 17, Old School Lane43 and 45, Old School Lane5, High Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 35% of Blakesley
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Blakesley 197011 ha
11 hain conservation areas, of 30 ha inside the built-up area.
20 of the 22 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 Blakesley’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1987
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1987 · 141951 · 7
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The first 7 entries were listed in 1951. 14 came in 1987, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
43% of Blakesley’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
39%
Before 1900
2.5%
1900–18
1.3%
1919–29
2.5%
1930s
9.2%
1945–54
2.5%
1955–64
2.5%
1965–72
11%
1973–82
6.7%
1983–92
5%
1993–99
5%
2000–08
8%
2009–15
5%
2016–25
BlakesleyEngland & Wales
39% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1973–82, which added 11% 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 (9 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Blakesley
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blakesley | 537 | 22 | 0 | — |
| Greens Norton | 1,525 | 23 | 1 | B+ |
| Pattishall and Astcote | 1,081 | 8 | 0 | B− |
| Towcester | 11,333 | 90 | 2 | B |
| Silverstone | 2,542 | 14 | 0 | C+ |
| Woodford Halse | 4,288 | 20 | 0 | B |
| Bugbrooke | 3,040 | 31 | 0 | B− |
| Weedon Bec | 2,856 | 49 | 0 | A |
In brief
Blakesley in brief
Old houses are part of Blakesley’s character: 43% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 22 listed buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1970. Of the whole list, 73% are houses, terraces and villas. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1987: 14 of 22.
Questions about Blakesley’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Blakesley?
Historic England lists 22 buildings inside Blakesley’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 20 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Blakesley?
1, covering about 11 hectares of the town. The largest is Blakesley.
When were Blakesley’s buildings listed?
The first in 1951; the most, 14, in 1987.
How old are the homes in Blakesley?
43% of homes were built before 1919 and 47% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Blakesley 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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