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History of Byfield · Historic England
28 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Byfield’s built-up area, 215 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. 31% of its homes were built before 1919. Byfield grades A for history.
Listed buildings
28
215 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
31%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Byfield
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 Byfield’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.
28 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I1 Grade II*26 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 Byfield
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 Byfield
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*House · listed 1968Manor HousePhoto: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0
What’s protected
Most of Byfield’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas21
Walls, gates & bridges3
Churches, chapels & priories3
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
21 entries (75%) are houses, terraces and villas. 3 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
26 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 26 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Bertie CottageButterwell FarmhouseChurch End House and Attached WallChurch HouseCorner HouseDeene CottageGarden Wall to Number 19 Bounding High StreetHome FarmhouseIce and Well House Approximately 6 Metres South of Church End HouseNumber 10 and Attached BarnNumbers 19 and 21 and Attached BarnStump of Village CrossWall to Left of Manor House Surrounding GardenYe Olde ThatcheYew Tree Cottage1, High Street2, Woodford Lane20, Bell Lane26, Banbury Lane32 and 34, Banbury Lane36, Banbury Lane45, Church Street5, Bell Lane5, High Street57 and 59, Church Street8, Banbury Lane
How the list grew
More than half of Byfield’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1987
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1987 · 26
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The first 1 entry was listed in 1964, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 26 came in 1987, 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.
History Grade
Byfield 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 (33 points, 253 per 10,000 residents)More than 77% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (31%)More than 86% 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
31% of Byfield’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
2.4%
1900–18
6.9%
1919–29
3.6%
1930s
9.3%
1945–54
4.6%
1955–64
11%
1965–72
9.3%
1973–82
6.9%
1983–92
4.6%
1993–99
4.6%
2000–08
3.6%
2009–15
4.6%
2016–25
ByfieldEngland & Wales
29% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1965–72, 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 (14 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Towns its size
Byfield has the 88th most Grade I buildings of 1,890 towns its size
Places of 1,000–2,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Byfield1
#417 of 1,890for listed buildings per resident (215 per 10,000). Aberaeron, Beaumaris and Burford lead.
87 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Byfield
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Byfield | 1,303 | 28 | 1 | A |
| Woodford Halse | 4,288 | 20 | 0 | B |
| Napton on the Hill | 1,063 | 29 | 0 | A |
| Daventry | 27,783 | 74 | 1 | C+ |
| Middleton Cheney | 4,127 | 39 | 1 | B |
| Weedon Bec | 2,856 | 49 | 0 | A |
| Southam | 8,103 | 37 | 1 | C+ |
| Braunston | 1,519 | 28 | 0 | B+ |
In brief
Byfield in brief
More of Byfield’s homes are old than in most places: 31% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 28 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. Per resident, it has more listed heritage than 77% of UK towns. Only 87 of the 1,890 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings.
Of the whole list, 75% are houses, terraces and villas. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1987: 26 of 28. Beyond that, Basil Brooke (1895) was born here before 1900; and it also has a scheduled monument.
Questions about Byfield’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Byfield?
Historic England lists 28 buildings inside Byfield’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 26 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Byfield?
One: Church of Holy Cross.
Are there scheduled monuments in Byfield?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Byfield market cross.
When were Byfield’s buildings listed?
The first in 1964; the most, 26, in 1987.
How old are the homes in Byfield?
31% of homes were built before 1919 and 42% 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. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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