IChurch · listed 1963Church of St MaryPhoto: Motacilla · CC BY-SA 3.0
Church of St Mary · Photo: Motacilla · CC BY-SA 3.0B−History Grade
History of Chalgrove · Historic England
32 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Chalgrove’s built-up area, 114 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 30 of Chalgrove’s listed buildings. 5.1% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 5 of its listed buildings. Chalgrove grades B− for history: #24 of 38 in Oxfordshire.
Listed buildings
32
114 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
2
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
5.1%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Chalgrove in 5 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
The Lamb Public HouseGrade II listed
Granny's CottageGrade II listed
1, The GreenGrade II listed
The Red Lion Public HouseGrade 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 Chalgrove’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade I
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
32 listed buildings by grade
2 Grade I0 Grade II*30 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 2 Grade I listed buildings in Chalgrove
Buildings of exceptional interest, about 2.5% of all listed buildings. 1 is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
House · listed 1963The Manor
What’s protected
Most of Chalgrove’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas26
Inns, shops & warehouses3
Churches, chapels & priories2
Walls, gates & bridges1
26 entries (81%) are houses, terraces and villas. 2 are churches, chapels and priories, including 1 of the 2 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
30 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 30 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Apple Tree CottageBarn at Manor FarmBlacksmith's CottageBrooklynChurch CottageFairleigh CottageFir Tree FarmhouseGranny's CottageJohn Hampden CottageLimmeridgeLodge and Attached Wall Approximately 21 Metres West of Langley Hall (Not Included)Old ThatchPyke Barn CottageRosemary CottageThatch CottageThe Lamb Public HouseThe MillThe Red Lion Public HouseThe VicarageThe Well HouseTudor Cottage1, Marley Lane1, The Green110, High Street113, High Street3, The Green4, The Green59 and 61, High Street81, High Street98 and 100, High Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 0.9% of Chalgrove
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Chalgrove 19922 ha
2 hain conservation areas, of 174 ha inside the built-up area.
8 of the 32 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 Chalgrove’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1987
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1987 · 181963 · 5
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The first 5 entries were listed in 1963, 2 of the 2 Grade I buildings among them. 18 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 registered battlefield
History Grade
Chalgrove grades B− for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (38 points, 135 per 10,000 residents)More than 73% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (5.1%)More than 10% 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
5.1% of Chalgrove’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
5.1%
Before 1900
0%
1900–18
0%
1919–29
0%
1930s
0%
1945–54
12%
1955–64
37%
1965–72
12%
1973–82
11%
1983–92
3.7%
1993–99
2.2%
2000–08
0%
2009–15
18%
2016–25
ChalgroveEngland & Wales
5.1% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1965–72, which added 37% 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 (0 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Towns its size
Chalgrove has the 42nd most Grade I buildings of 1,267 towns its size
Places of 2,000–4,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Chalgrove2
#323 of 1,267for listed buildings per resident (114 per 10,000). Painswick, Sandwich and Chipping Campden lead.
41 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Chalgrove
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chalgrove | 2,807 | 32 | 2 | B− |
| Watlington | 2,438 | 92 | 0 | A+ |
| Benson | 5,236 | 79 | 0 | B+ |
| Berinsfield | 2,773 | 0 | 0 | D− |
| Brightwell-cum-Sotwell | 1,244 | 43 | 0 | A− |
| Crowmarsh Gifford | 1,329 | 22 | 1 | B |
| Wallingford | 8,455 | 138 | 2 | A− |
| Garsington | 1,295 | 39 | 0 | A |
In brief
Chalgrove in brief
Chalgrove has 32 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade I, including Church of St Mary. Only 41 of the 1,267 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1992. Of the whole list, 81% are houses, terraces and villas.
Its homes are mostly newer: 5.1% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1987: 18 of 32. Beyond that, per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns.
Questions about Chalgrove’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Chalgrove?
Historic England lists 32 buildings inside Chalgrove’s built-up area: 2 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 30 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Chalgrove?
2, including Church of St Mary and The Manor.
How many conservation areas are there in Chalgrove?
1, covering about 2 hectares of the town. The largest is Chalgrove.
When were Chalgrove’s buildings listed?
The first in 1963; the most, 18, in 1987.
How old are the homes in Chalgrove?
5.1% of homes were built before 1919 and 5.1% 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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