IChurch · listed 1955Church of St MaryPhoto: Basher Eyre · CC BY-SA 2.0
Joiner's Arms Public House · Photo: Colin Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0A−History Grade
History of Bloxham · Historic England
131 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Bloxham’s built-up area, 356 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 129 of Bloxham’s listed buildings. We have photos of 6 of its listed buildings. 14% of its homes were built before 1919. Bloxham grades A− for history: #10 of 38 in Oxfordshire.
Listed buildings
131
356 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
14%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Bloxham 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
Bloxham SchoolGrade II listed
Barn Approximately 20 Metres South of Rectory FarmhouseGrade II listed
Woodbine CottageGrade II listed
Bloxham War MemorialGrade 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 Bloxham’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.
131 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I1 Grade II*129 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 Bloxham
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 Bloxham
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest.
House · listed 1955Rectory Farmhouse
What’s protected
Most of Bloxham’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas67
Churches, chapels & priories50
Walls, gates & bridges6
Public & civic buildings5
Memorials, crosses & tombs2
Inns, shops & warehouses1
67 entries (51%) are houses, terraces and villas. 50 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
129 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 129 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Art Block, Bloxham SchoolAshwell HouseBarn Approximately 20 Metres South of Rectory FarmhouseBeauchamp HouseBloxham SchoolBloxham War MemorialBridge and Pump Approximately 20 Metres West of Joiners ArmsBrook CottageCampbell CottageChest Tomb Approximately 10 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St MaryChest Tomb to Roger Mathew and Wife Anne Approximately 30 Metres South East of Chancel of Church of St MaryChurch Street StoresCoffin Stone Approxiamtely 6 Metres West of Chapel of Church of St MaryCottage Approximately 50 Metres West of Scycamore TerraceCottage to Right of Oriel CottageCranham Cottage and Weaver's CottageCrossway's CottageCrosswaysCumberford CottageCumberford HouseDouble Headstone Approximately 8 Metres North East of Chancel of Church of St MaryDovecote Approximately 6 Metres South of Beauchamp HouseElephant and Castle Public HouseEntrance Arch to Bloxham SchoolEton HouseGarden Lee CottageGreenland Cottage and LeacroftGreyroofsGreystonesHeadstone Approximately 11 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St MaryHeadstone Approximately 11 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St MaryHeadstone Approximately 2 Metres South East of Chancel of Church of St MaryHeadstone Approximately 20 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St MaryHeadstone Approximately 27 Metres South East of Chancel of Church of St MaryHeadstone Approximately 29 Metres East of Chapel of Church of St MaryHeadstone Approximately 30 Metres North East of Chancel of Church of St MaryHeadstone Approximately 32 Metres South East of Chancel of Church of St MaryHeadstone Approximately 5 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St MaryHeadstone Approximately 6 Metres North East of Chancel of Church of St MaryHeadstone Approximately 8 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St MaryHeadstone Dated 1635 Approximately 19 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St MaryHeadstone Dated 1641 Approximately 28 Metres South East of Chancel of Church of St MaryHeadstone Dated 1647 Approximately 27 Metres South East of Chancel of Church of St MaryHeadstone Dated 1661 Approximately 20 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St MaryHeadstone Dated 1661 and 1672 Approximately 21 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St MaryHeadstone Dated 1663 Approximately 10 Metres South East of Chancel of Church of St MaryHeadstone Dated 1664 to William ? Approximately 29 Metres East of Chapel of Church of St MaryHeadstone Dated 1666 Approximately 14 Metres South of Chapel of Church of St MaryHeadstone Dated 1666 to Thomas ? Approximately 34 Metres East of Chapel of Church of St MaryHeadstone Dated 1675 Approximately 31 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St MaryHeadstone Dated 1681 Approximately 12 Metres South East of Chancel of Church of St MaryHeadstone Dated 1686 Approximately 12 Metres South of Chapel of Church of St MaryHeadstone Dated 1686 Approximately 15 Metres South of Chapel of Church of St MaryHeadstone Dated 1699 Approximately 15 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St MaryHeadstone Dated 1699 Approximately 15 Metres South of Chapel of Church of St MaryHeadstone Dated 1699 Approximately 17 Metres South of Chapel Doors of Church of St MaryHeadstone Dated 16? Approximately 12 Metres South East of Chancel of Church of St MaryHeadstone Dated 1700 Approximately 23 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St MaryHeadstone to ? Gascoine Dated 1691 Approximately 15 Metres South of Chapel of Church of St MaryHeadstone to Anne Daughter of Thomas Warner Approximately 30 Metres South East of Chapel of Church of St MaryHeadstone to Anne Wife of John Hawtin Approximately 30 Metres South East of Chapel of Church of St MaryHeadstone to Dorothy Wife of Robert Shilton Approximately 30 Metres North East of Chancel of Church of St MaryHeadstone to Margaret Wife of John Hawtin Approximately 30 Metres South East of Chapel of Church of St MaryHeadstone to Mathew Haile Approximately 23 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St MaryHeadstone to Mathew Potter Approximately 5 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St MaryHeadstone to Robert Shilton Approximately 30 Metres North East of Chancel of Church of St MaryHeadstone to Thomas Gascoine and Wife Approximately 14 Metres South of Chapel of Church of St MaryHeadstone to Thomas Warder Approximately 30 Metres South East of Chapel of Church of St MaryHeadstone to Wife of ? Gascoine Approximately 15 Metres South of Chapel of Church of St MaryHeadstone to Wife of Benjamin Robbins Approximately 30 Metres East of Chancel of St MaryHeadstone to Wife of John Amo? Approximately 23 Metres North East of Chancel of Church of St MaryHeadstone to William Bloxham Approximately 22 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St MaryHeadstone to William Goffe Approximately 34 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St MaryHill HouseHome CottageHouse to Right of the Old ForgeHumber HouseIvy Cottage Prints Cottage WackerfieldIvy Cottage, Bloxham SchoolJoiner's Arms Public HouseKillowen HouseLittle BennettsManor FarmhouseManor House FarmhouseMilduraMilestone Approximately 200 Metres North West of Bloxham SchoolNumber 53 ( Weaves and Waxes) and Easter CottageNut Tree HouseOrchard CottageOriel CottagePark ClosePighle CottagePrimrose CottageRepton CottageRose CottageRosebankRow of 5 Headstones Approximately 6 Metres South East of Chancel of Church of St MarySeal CottageSpring CottageSt Marys LodgeStone Hill CottageStone Hill House and Attached WallStoneleigh HouseThatched Cottage Opposite Stoneleigh HouseThatchersThe CottageThe CottageThe Cottage and Old Barn HouseThe Court House and Attached Wall and Doorway Dated 1610 2 Metres to RightThe MalthouseThe Old BakeryThe Old Cottage and House to LeftThe Old ManorThe VicarageThe Web and the CottageWall and Doorway to Rear of Joiner's ArmsWall to Manor Farmhouse Fronting Chapel Street and Extending to Rear of PropertyWallflowersWheatlandsWoodbine CottageWoodlandsYew Tree House1, Unicorn Street1-5 Sycamore Terrace11, High Street12, High Street3, 4 and 5, Merrivales Lane7, Merrivale's Lane8, Merrivale's Lane
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 25% of Bloxham
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Bloxham34 ha
34 hain conservation areas, of 137 ha inside the built-up area.
131 of the 131 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 Bloxham’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1985
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1985 · 1031955 · 26
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 26 entries were listed in 1955, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 103 came in 1985, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Bloxham 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 (134 points, 364 per 10,000 residents)More than 92% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (14%)More than 41% 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.
Towns its size
Bloxham has the 96th most Grade I buildings of 1,099 towns its size
Places of 2,000–6,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Bloxham1
#45 of 1,099for listed buildings per resident (356 per 10,000). Sandwich, Tenby and Dolgellau lead.
95 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Bloxham
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloxham | 3,681 | 131 | 1 | A− |
| Bodicote | 4,752 | 36 | 0 | B− |
| Adderbury and Twyford | 3,318 | 113 | 1 | A |
| Deddington | 1,769 | 99 | 1 | A+ |
| Banbury | 52,041 | 215 | 1 | B |
| Kings Sutton | 2,306 | 19 | 1 | B |
| Hook Norton | 2,188 | 64 | 1 | A |
| Middleton Cheney | 4,127 | 39 | 1 | B |
In brief
Bloxham in brief
Few towns are as rich in listed heritage as Bloxham: per resident it has more than 92% of UK towns. All told, the list holds 131 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I, including Church of St Mary. Only 95 of the 1,099 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. A conservation area protects part of it.
Most entries on the list, 51%, are houses, terraces and villas. The big year was 1985, when 103 of the 131 went on the list. Beyond that, John Rogers (1860) was born here before 1900; and 14% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Bloxham’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Bloxham?
Historic England lists 131 buildings inside Bloxham’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 129 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Bloxham?
One: Church of St Mary.
How many conservation areas are there in Bloxham?
1, covering about 34 hectares of the town. The largest is Bloxham.
When were Bloxham’s buildings listed?
The first in 1955; the most, 103, in 1985.
How old are the homes in Bloxham?
14% of homes were built before 1919 and 19% 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 · Historic England conservation areas (supplied by local planning authorities; October 2026). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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