II*Church · listed 1955Church of St PeterPhoto: gary radford · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Motacilla · CC BY-SA 4.0–Not graded
History of Alvescot · Historic England
Alvescot: 58% of homes built before 1919
For Alvescot, that is 4 times the typical town’s share, 15%. Historic England lists 25 buildings inside Alvescot’s built-up area, 536 for every 10,000 residents.
Listed buildings
25
536 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
58%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Alvescot
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 Alvescot’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.
25 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I1 Grade II*24 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 Grade II* listed building in Alvescot
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
What’s protected
Most of Alvescot’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas18
Churches, chapels & priories3
Walls, gates & bridges3
Public & civic buildings1
18 entries (72%) 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
24 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 24 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Alvescot HouseBaptist ChapelBarn Adjacent to West of Park FarmhouseButlers CourtCartshed 40 Metres North West of Park FarmhouseCattle Shed 25 Metres North West of Park FarmhouseGatepier, Wall and Railings 20 Metres West South West of Shill HouseGatepier, Wall and Railings 25 Metres West of Shill HouseGranary Adjacent to House Known As the Granary, Home Farm (Not Included)Group of 4 Chest Tombs in Churchyard 5 Metres South South East of South Porch of Church of St PeterManor CottageManor Farmhouse with Barn Attached to NorthOld Rectory FarmhousePair of Chest Tombs to Kirby and Godwin Families, In Churchyard of St Peter 7 Metres to South of ChancelPark FarmhouseRectory CottageShill HouseStable 30 Metres North of Stone CottageStable 30 Metres West of Park FarmhouseStone CottageStonycroftThe Old BakeryThe Old Rectory, With Attached Garden Walls and Piers to South2 Chest Tombs to Hall Family, In Churchyard of St Peter, 5 Metres to South of South Transept
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 83% of Alvescot
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Alvescot 198825 ha
25 hain conservation areas, of 30 ha inside the built-up area.
25 of the 25 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
12 of Alvescot’s 25 listed buildings were added in 1989
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1989 · 121955 · 11
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 11 entries were listed in 1955. 12 came in 1989, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
58% of Alvescot’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
57%
Before 1900
2.3%
1900–18
1.4%
1919–29
3.7%
1930s
9.3%
1945–54
3.7%
1955–64
2.3%
1965–72
3.7%
1973–82
2.3%
1983–92
4.6%
1993–99
3.7%
2000–08
2.3%
2009–15
3.7%
2016–25
AlvescotEngland & Wales
57% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1945–54, which added 9.3% 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 (3 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Alvescot
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alvescot | 466 | 25 | 0 | — |
| Carterton | 17,951 | 11 | 0 | D |
| Bampton | 2,994 | 92 | 1 | A |
| Aston | 1,174 | 11 | 0 | B |
| Lechlade-on-Thames | 2,208 | 101 | 1 | A |
| Minster Lovell | 1,270 | 28 | 0 | B+ |
| Burford | 1,522 | 248 | 2 | A+ |
| Ducklington | 1,585 | 24 | 1 | B |
In brief
Alvescot in brief
More of Alvescot’s homes are old than in most places: 58% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 25 listed buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1988. Most entries on the list, 72%, are houses, terraces and villas.
Questions about Alvescot’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Alvescot?
Historic England lists 25 buildings inside Alvescot’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 24 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Alvescot?
1, covering about 25 hectares of the town. The largest is Alvescot.
When were Alvescot’s buildings listed?
The first in 1955; the most, 12, in 1989.
How old are the homes in Alvescot?
58% of homes were built before 1919 and 62% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Alvescot 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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