Photo: ChurchCrawler · CC BY-SA 2.011 listed buildings
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Theale’s built-up area, 295 for every 10,000 residents. Every listed building in Theale is Grade II. 31% of its homes were built before 1919.
Where Theale’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
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.
11 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 11 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
More than half of Theale’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1985
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
The first 1 entry was listed in 1961. 8 came in 1985, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
31% of Theale’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
31% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 2016–25, which added 15% 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 (4 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Listed buildings in the places around Theale
Theale in brief
More of Theale’s homes are old than in most places: 31% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 11 listed buildings. The big year was 1985, when 8 of the 11 went on the list.
Questions about Theale’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Theale?
Historic England lists 11 buildings inside Theale’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 11 Grade II.
When were Theale’s buildings listed?
The first in 1961; the most, 8, in 1985.
How old are the homes in Theale?
31% of homes were built before 1919 and 40% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Theale has no History Grade.
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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. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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