II*House · listed 1952Appleton ManorPhoto: Des Blenkinsopp · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Motacilla · CC BY-SA 3.0–Not graded
History of Appleton · Historic England
30 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade II*
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Appleton’s built-up area, 316 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 28 of Appleton’s listed buildings. 24% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
30
316 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
24%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Appleton
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 Appleton’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.
30 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I2 Grade II*28 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 Appleton
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
II*Church · listed 1966Church of St LawrencePhoto: Motacilla · CC BY-SA 3.0
What’s protected
Most of Appleton’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas23
Walls, gates & bridges3
Churches, chapels & priories2
Inns, shops & warehouses2
23 entries (77%) are houses, terraces and villas. 2 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
28 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 28 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Apple Tree CottageAppleton House and Attached WallBadgewellBarn Approximately 30 Metres South West West of the Close (Not Included)Barn and Stable Approximately 15 Metres South West of South Lawn (Not Included)Barn, Stable and Attached Wall South Approximately 25 Metres North East of Appleton HouseBuilding, Formerly Cottage, Approximately 20 Metres North of Number 9 (The Rectory) (Not Included)Charity Farm HouseDovecote Approximately 3 Metres South East of the Close (Not Included)Granary Approximately 12 Metres North West of Number 3 (Not Included)John Southeby Cottage, Richard Hassel Cottage and Robert West CottageManor Barn with Gatehouse and Attached Walls Approximately 85 Metres North West of Appleton ManorManor FarmhouseMay Tree CottageMillwayOutbuilding Approximately 15 Metres North of Appleton HouseOutbuilding Approximately 40 Metres North of Appleton HousePond FarmhouseThe Thatched Tavern Public HouseThe Three Horseshoes Public HouseTudor CottageTwo Chest Tombs Approximately 1 Metre and 2.5 Metres West of North Porch of Church of St LawrenceWoodmore HouseYew Tree Cottage13, Eaton Road14, Netherton Road16, Netherton Road22, Badswell Lane
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 20% of Appleton
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Appleton 196912 ha
12 hain conservation areas, of 57 ha inside the built-up area.
28 of the 30 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 Appleton’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1987
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1987 · 24
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The first 3 entries were listed in 1952. 24 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
24% of Appleton’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
22%
Before 1900
1.5%
1900–18
5.7%
1919–29
11%
1930s
17%
1945–54
14%
1955–64
7%
1965–72
5.7%
1973–82
7%
1983–92
4.2%
1993–99
2.7%
2000–08
1.5%
2009–15
0%
2016–25
AppletonEngland & Wales
22% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1945–54, which added 17% 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 (6 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Appleton
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appleton | 950 | 30 | 0 | — |
| Wootton (Vale of White Horse) | 2,428 | 11 | 0 | C |
| Chawley | 1,127 | 5 | 0 | C− |
| Marcham | 2,030 | 28 | 0 | B |
| Standlake | 1,185 | 32 | 0 | A |
| Shippon | 1,894 | 13 | 0 | C |
| Kingston Bagpuize | 3,905 | 24 | 0 | C+ |
| Abingdon-on-Thames | 33,179 | 275 | 9 | B+ |
In brief
Appleton in brief
More of Appleton’s homes are old than in most places: 24% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 30 listed buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1969. Of the whole list, 77% are houses, terraces and villas. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1987: 24 of 30.
Questions about Appleton’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Appleton?
Historic England lists 30 buildings inside Appleton’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 28 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Appleton?
1, covering about 12 hectares of the town. The largest is Appleton.
When were Appleton’s buildings listed?
The first in 1952; the most, 24, in 1987.
How old are the homes in Appleton?
24% of homes were built before 1919 and 41% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Appleton 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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