IChurch · listed 1959Church of St Thomas of CanterburyPhoto: Murgatroyd49 · CC BY-SA 4.0
The John Barley Corn Public House Wey Cottage · Photo: Philip Jeffrey · CC BY-SA 2.0B+History Grade
History of Goring · Historic England
25 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Goring’s built-up area, 73 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 24 of Goring’s listed buildings. 26% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 6 of its listed buildings and 3 old views of the town. Goring grades B+ for history: #15 of 38 in Oxfordshire.
Listed buildings
25
73 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
26%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Goring in 9 photos and old views
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed, and the town before 1950. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Church of St Thomas of CanterburyGrade I listed
Saunders' BoathouseGrade II listed
Glebe CottageGrade II listed
The Catherine Wheel Public HouseGrade II listed
Ye Miller of Mansfield Public HouseGrade II listed+4See 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.
Through time
Goring from 1890 to 1903
3 old photos and postcards, in date order. All public domain, made before 1950.
c. 1890
c. 1890
1903Public domain, from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server. Each credit opens the image’s page with its full description and history.
The map
Where Goring’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.
25 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 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 I
The Grade I listed building in Goring
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.
What’s protected
Most of Goring’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas15
Inns, shops & warehouses6
Churches, chapels & priories2
Walls, gates & bridges1
Public & civic buildings1
15 entries (60%) are houses, terraces and villas. 2 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
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
Barn Approximately 5 Metres North of the Catherine Wheel Public HouseBarn and Stables Approximately 15 Metres East of the Old FarmhouseBridge CottagesCleeve MillElm CottageGlebe CottageGoring MillGoring Paddle and Rymer WeirHazel Cottage Vine CottageHouse to Front of Taylor Pen LimitedLybbes AlmshousesLychgate Approximately 75 Metres East of Church of St Thomas of CanterburySaunders' BoathouseSides Tumble inThe BrewhouseThe Catherine Wheel Public HouseThe John Barley Corn Public House Wey CottageThe Old FarmhouseThe Old VicarageTudor CottageW H Napper and SonsYe Miller of Mansfield Public House1-6, High Street7, High Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 18% of Goring
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Goring 197830 ha
30 hain conservation areas, of 169 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
More than half of Goring’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1985
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1985 · 131951 · 5
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 5 entries were listed in 1951. 13 came in 1985, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Goring 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 (27 points, 79 per 10,000 residents)More than 62% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (26%)More than 77% 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
26% of Goring’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
17%
Before 1900
8.7%
1900–18
2.9%
1919–29
4.2%
1930s
3.3%
1945–54
14%
1955–64
24%
1965–72
7.2%
1973–82
2.8%
1983–92
3.5%
1993–99
2.9%
2000–08
4.7%
2009–15
5.2%
2016–25
GoringEngland & Wales
17% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1965–72, which added 24% 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 (15 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Towns its size
Goring has the 96th most Grade I buildings of 1,147 towns its size
Places of 2,000–5,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Goring1
#417 of 1,147for listed buildings per resident (73 per 10,000). Sandwich, Chipping Campden and Wells-next-the-Sea lead.
95 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Goring
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goring | 3,434 | 25 | 1 | B+ |
| Woodcote | 2,198 | 16 | 0 | C+ |
| Upper Basildon | 1,074 | 19 | 0 | B+ |
| Cholsey | 3,776 | 44 | 1 | B |
| Pangbourne | 3,279 | 40 | 0 | A− |
| Crowmarsh Gifford | 1,329 | 22 | 1 | B |
| Compton | 1,789 | 6 | 0 | C+ |
| Blewbury | 1,708 | 70 | 1 | A |
In brief
Goring in brief
More of Goring’s homes are old than in most places: 26% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 25 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I, including Church of St Thomas of Canterbury. Only 95 of the 1,147 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1978.
Of the whole list, 60% are houses, terraces and villas. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1985: 13 of 25. Beyond that, per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns.
Questions about Goring’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Goring?
Historic England lists 25 buildings inside Goring’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 24 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Goring?
One: Church of St Thomas of Canterbury.
How many conservation areas are there in Goring?
1, covering about 30 hectares of the town. The largest is Goring.
When were Goring’s buildings listed?
The first in 1951; the most, 13, in 1985.
Are there old photos of Goring?
Yes: 3 public-domain photos and postcards from 1890 to 1903, all on this page.
How old are the homes in Goring?
26% of homes were built before 1919 and 34% 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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