IChurch · listed 1955Church of St MaryPhoto: Motacilla · CC BY-SA 4.0
The Deanery · Photo: Dave.Dunford · CC BY-SA 4.0AHistory Grade
History of Bampton · Historic England
92 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Bampton’s built-up area, 307 for every 10,000 residents. 89 of Bampton’s listed buildings are Grade II. 25% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 6 of its listed buildings. Bampton grades A for history: #5 of 38 in Oxfordshire.
Listed buildings
92
307 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
25%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Bampton in 6 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Church of St MaryGrade I listed
Cromwell House and the Old ForgeGrade II listed
The Morris Clows Public HouseGrade II listed
Bridge HouseGrade II listed
Town HallGrade II listed+1See 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.
The map
Where Bampton’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IGrade II*
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
92 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I2 Grade II*89 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 Bampton
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 2 Grade II* listed buildings in Bampton
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 1 is photographed.
II*Public · listed 1955The DeaneryPhoto: Dave.Dunford · CC BY-SA 4.0
House · listed 1955Weald Manor
What’s protected
Most of Bampton’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas55
Walls, gates & bridges14
Inns, shops & warehouses7
Memorials, crosses & tombs7
Public & civic buildings6
Churches, chapels & priories3
55 entries (60%) 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
89 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 89 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Ampney LodgeBack House FarmhouseBampton Coffee HouseBampton HouseBarclays BankBarn 40 Metres South East of Knapps Farm HouseBarn Circa 40 Metres to North East of Back House FarmhouseBell CottageBlackthorn CottageBridge HouseChest Tomb in Churchyard of St Mary's Circa 10 Metres to South of South TranseptChest Tomb in Churchyard of St Mary's, Circa 5 Metres South East of Horde ChapelChest Tomb to Ann Yarnton and William Breakspear, In Churchyard of St Mary's, Circa 22 Metres South of South TranseptChest Tomb to Bateman Family, In Churchyard of St Mary's Circa 35 Metres West of NaveChest Tomb to George Knapp, In Churchyard of St Mary's Circa 5 Metres North of North AisleChest Tomb to Groves Family in Churchyard of St Mary's, Circa 25 Metres South of South AisleChest Tomb to John Busby, In Churchyard of St Mary's, Circa 25 Metres South East of South TranseptChest Tomb to Thomas and Elizabeth Townsend, In Churchyard of St Mary's, Circa 7 Metres South East of South TranseptChurchgate HouseCobb HouseCollege Farm HouseCorner Cottage, With Attached Railings and GateCowsheds 10 Metres South of the Old FarmhouseCromwell House and the Old ForgeDovecoteDovecote 10 Metres to Rear of P Strainge's Butcher's ShopFormer Bampton Primary SchoolGarden Wall Circa 20 Metres to West and North West of Manor House, With Pair of Piers Flanking DoorwayGateway StoresGrange CottageGrayshott HouseGroup of 3 Chest Tombs, 2 to Arnatt Family, In Churchyard of St Mary's, Circa 15 Metres to East of North VestryHayman House, with attached railings and gateHaytorHolcot HouseHome FarmhouseJasmine Cottage, With Attached Railings and GateK6 Telephone Kiosk Outside the Town HallKilmore HouseKnapps Farm House with Attached Railings and Gate to FrontLeighton CottageLesta HouseLibrary, With Wall and Gateway Attached to North East CornerLittle PlaceManor Cottage SurgeryManor HouseMayville and Felix CottagePair of Chest Tombs to Bernard Green and Bernard Green Junior, In Churchyard of St Mary's, Circa 8 Metres to South East of ChancelPair of Chest Tombs to Shingleton Family, In Churchyard of St Mary's, Circa 4 Metres West of NavePear Tree CottageProspect HouseRedlandsRosemary HouseSandfords CottageSandfords HouseSet of 4 Piers with Railings and Dwarf Walls Circa 40 Metres to West of Prospect House, And Attached Wall Along North Side of GardenSouthsideStable 10 Metres to North of Haytor House, With Link Wall to HouseStable and Dovecote 10 Metres North West of SouthsideStrawberry CottageSundial Circa 40 Metres to South West of Weald ManorThatched CottageThatched CottageThe Elephant and Castle InnThe Elms and South ElmsThe Gate Cottage and Inglenook CottageThe Grey HouseThe Hermitage and Priory CottageThe Morris Clows Public HouseThe Old FarmhouseThe Old HouseThe Poachers Rest, The Stores, Shop Adjacent and CotsfieldThe Romany InnThe Talbot HotelTown HallTwo Chest Tombs in Churchyard of St Mary's Circa 5 Metres to North West of North TranseptWall Along West Side of ChurchyardWall Circa 15 Metres to East of Weald Manor, With 6 Piers and Central Pair of GatesWall Surrounding Garden at Kilmore HouseWaterloo House with Attached Railings and Gate to FrontWheelgate House1 and 2, Broad Street1,2 and 3, Church View10, Bushey Row10, High Street11, High Street6, Bushey Row7, High Street9, High Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 46% of Bampton
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Bampton 197647 ha
47 hain conservation areas, of 101 ha inside the built-up area.
92 of the 92 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 Bampton’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1955
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1955 · 471989 · 41
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The first 47 entries were listed in 1955, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Bampton 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 (96 points, 321 per 10,000 residents)More than 89% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (25%)More than 74% 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
25% of Bampton’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
23%
Before 1900
1.4%
1900–18
1.4%
1919–29
2.8%
1930s
2.5%
1945–54
8.4%
1955–64
11%
1965–72
4.9%
1973–82
16%
1983–92
6.7%
1993–99
4.6%
2000–08
1.7%
2009–15
15%
2016–25
BamptonEngland & Wales
23% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1983–92, which added 16% 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 (5 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Born here
4 notable people born in Bampton before 1900
Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
John Philips
Frederick Whitaker
Mary Eleanor Noble
George Eyston
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Frederick Whitaker1812–1891 · Premier of New Zealand (1812–1891)
George Eyston1897–1979 · British racing driver (1897-1979)
John Philips1676–1709 · British writer
MN
Mary Eleanor Noble1845–1925 · British historian, landowner
Everyone born in Bampton → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Towns its size
Bampton has the 96th most Grade I buildings of 1,220 towns its size
Places of 2,000–5,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Bampton1
#80 of 1,220for listed buildings per resident (307 per 10,000). Painswick, Sandwich and Chipping Campden lead.
95 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Bampton
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bampton | 2,994 | 92 | 1 | A |
| Aston | 1,174 | 11 | 0 | B |
| Carterton | 17,951 | 11 | 0 | D |
| Ducklington | 1,585 | 24 | 1 | B |
| Minster Lovell | 1,270 | 28 | 0 | B+ |
| Witney | 30,167 | 273 | 2 | B+ |
| Standlake | 1,185 | 32 | 0 | A |
| Faringdon | 8,625 | 121 | 2 | A− |
In brief
Bampton in brief
More of Bampton’s homes are old than in most places: 25% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 92 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I, including Church of St Mary. For its size, it has more listed heritage than 89% of UK towns. Only 95 of the 1,220 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings.
A conservation area has protected part of it since 1976. Of the whole list, 60% are houses, terraces and villas. Frederick Whitaker (1812), George Eyston (1897) and John Philips (1676) are among the 4 people born here before 1900.
Questions about Bampton’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Bampton?
Historic England lists 92 buildings inside Bampton’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 89 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Bampton?
One: Church of St Mary.
How many conservation areas are there in Bampton?
1, covering about 47 hectares of the town. The largest is Bampton.
When were Bampton’s buildings listed?
The first in 1955; the most, 47, in 1955.
Who was born in Bampton?
Among people born before 1900: Frederick Whitaker (1812), George Eyston (1897), John Philips (1676) and Mary Eleanor Noble (1845).
How old are the homes in Bampton?
25% of homes were built before 1919 and 29% 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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