IChurch · listed 1955Church of St Peter and St PaulPhoto: Motacilla · CC BY-SA 3.0
Church of St Peter and St Paul · Photo: Motacilla · CC BY-SA 3.0–Not graded
History of Kencot · Historic England
Kencot: 58% of homes built before 1919
The typical town has 15%: Kencot has 4 times the share. Historic England lists 41 buildings inside Kencot’s built-up area, 3,727 for every 10,000 residents. We have photos of 3 of its listed buildings.
Listed buildings
41
3,727 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
58%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Kencot
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 Kencot’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.
41 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I2 Grade II*38 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 Kencot
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 Kencot
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*Church · listed 1955Church of St GeorgePhoto: Martin Loader · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Memorials · listed 1955Village CrossPhoto: Acabashi · CC BY-SA 4.0
What’s protected
Most of Kencot’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas25
Churches, chapels & priories10
Walls, gates & bridges3
Memorials, crosses & tombs2
Street furniture1
25 entries (61%) are houses, terraces and villas. 10 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
38 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 38 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Asthall FarmhouseBarn 130 Metres South of Broadwell ManorBeckinsale Cottage Dodge's CottageBelham HayesBroadwell HouseBroadwell ManorChest Tomb 2 Metres South East of Tower of Church of St Peter and St PaulChest Tomb Circa 14 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Peter and St PaulChest Tomb to John Stevens Circa 7 Metres South East of South Porch of Church of St GeorgeDairy CottageGatepier Circa 5 Metres to South East of Kencot ManorGranary 80 Metres South of Broadwell ManorGroup of 3 Chest Tombs and 3 Headstones 5-10 Metres South East of South Porch of Church of St Peter and St PaulGroup of 5 Chest Tombs 2-7 Metres East of Church of St Peter and St Paul, In Angle Between South Transept and ChancelHeadstone to Christopher Burrow Circa One Metre to South of Nave of Church of St GeorgeHeadstone to E H Circa 2 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St GeorgeHeadstone to Elizabeth H? Circa 4 Metres South of South East Corner of Nave of Church of St GeorgeHome FarmhouseK6 Telephone Kiosk at the Entrance to Kencot ManorKencot Cottage with Attached Railings, Gate, Outbuildings and PumpKencot HouseKencot Lodge North LodgeKencot Manor Manor Lodge, And Attached GatepierKencot War Memorial, West OxfordshireLower Manor FarmhouseMaisey CottageMalt HouseManor Farm Cottage WychwoodManor FarmhouseRange of Stables 100 Metres South of Broadwell ManorSmall Barn and Lofted Stable in Range Circa 10 Metres South of Lower Manor Farmhouse and Attached Mounting StockStable Range 25 Metres to North of Kencot House, With Attached Wall and Gatepier on East Side of Stable YardStable and Cottage Circa 10 Metres to South West of Asthall FarmhouseThe Old ManorThe Old RectoryThe Old VicarageWall Along South and East Sides of Stable Yard at Kencot House, With Archway and Gatepier1-2, Red Rose Close
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 47% of Kencot
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Kencot 199413 ha
13 hain conservation areas, of 27 ha inside the built-up area.
24 of the 41 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 Kencot’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1989
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1989 · 231955 · 17
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 17 entries were listed in 1955, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 23 came in 1989, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
58% of Kencot’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
57%
Before 1900
2%
1900–18
2%
1919–29
3.9%
1930s
9.8%
1945–54
3.9%
1955–64
2%
1965–72
3.9%
1973–82
2%
1983–92
3.9%
1993–99
3.9%
2000–08
2%
2009–15
3.9%
2016–25
KencotEngland & Wales
57% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1945–54, which added 9.8% 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 (1 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Kencot
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kencot | 110 | 41 | 1 | — |
| Carterton | 17,951 | 11 | 0 | D |
| Lechlade-on-Thames | 2,208 | 101 | 1 | A |
| Bampton | 2,994 | 92 | 1 | A |
| Burford | 1,522 | 248 | 2 | A+ |
| Minster Lovell | 1,270 | 28 | 0 | B+ |
| Aston | 1,174 | 11 | 0 | B |
| Faringdon | 8,625 | 121 | 2 | A− |
In brief
Kencot in brief
More of Kencot’s homes are old than in most places: 58% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 41 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1994. Most entries on the list, 61%, are houses, terraces and villas. The big year was 1989, when 23 of the 41 went on the list.
Questions about Kencot’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Kencot?
Historic England lists 41 buildings inside Kencot’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 38 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Kencot?
One: Church of St Peter and St Paul.
How many conservation areas are there in Kencot?
1, covering about 13 hectares of the town. The largest is Kencot.
When were Kencot’s buildings listed?
The first in 1955; the most, 23, in 1989.
How old are the homes in Kencot?
58% of homes were built before 1919 and 62% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Kencot has no History Grade.
© 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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