II*House · listed 1951Ashtead Park House and Attached BalustradesPhoto: Mertbiol · CC0
The Leg of Mutton and Cauliflower Public House · Photo: P L Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0B−History Grade
History of Ashtead · Historic England
47 listed buildings, 3 of them Grade II*
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Ashtead’s built-up area, 32 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. We have photos of 6 of its listed buildings. 10% of its homes were built before 1919. Ashtead grades B− for history: #29 of 65 in Surrey.
Listed buildings
47
32 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
3
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
1 registered park or garden
Homes built before 1919
10%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Ashtead in 7 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Ashtead Park House and Attached BalustradesGrade II* listed
Church of St GilesGrade II* listed
Bridge at Rookery HillGrade II listed
The Howard Memorial FountainGrade II listed
Ashtead Park Farm HouseGrade II* listed+2See 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 Ashtead’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.
Grade II*Scheduled monumentPark or garden
Homes built before 1919, by neighbourhoodunder 10%10–25%25–50%50%+
0 of 10neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes; in the oldest, 27% were built before 1919.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
47 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I3 Grade II*44 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. Neighbourhood dots: the population-weighted centre of each Census 2021 output area, coloured by its neighbourhood’s (LSOA’s) share of homes built before 1919 (Valuation Office Agency, March 2025).
Grade II*
The 3 Grade II* listed buildings in Ashtead
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
II*Church · listed 1951Church of St GilesPhoto: Thomas Grant · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*House · listed 1951Ashtead Park Farm HousePhoto: Ian Capper · CC BY-SA 2.0
What’s protected
Most of Ashtead’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas24
Churches, chapels & priories10
Walls, gates & bridges9
Public & civic buildings2
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
Inns, shops & warehouses1
24 entries (51%) are houses, terraces and villas. 10 are churches, chapels and priories.
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
44 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 44 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Ashtead HouseAshtead Lodge with Attached Screen Walls and Garden WallBalustrade Enclosing Forecourt in Front of South Front of Ashtead Park HouseBarn Approximately 10 Metres South East of Murreys CourtBeckford Monument Approximately 8 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St GilesBridge at Rookery HillBridgman Monument Approximately 8 Metres South of Corner of Chancel of Church of St GilesCoal Tax Post at Tq 194 594Coal Tax Post at Tq 200 579Forecourt Wall and Gates to Merry HallForest Lodge HouseForge Cottage Wistaria CottageFormer Farm Building Approximately 2 Metres East of Former Dairy Attached to Rear of Park Farm HouseFowler's CottageGarden Wall with Gateway and Gate Approximately 6 Metres in Front of Ashstead Farm HouseGate Piers and Gates Beside North LodgeGate Piers and Gates to Ashtead Park at Juncton of Farm Lane and Pleasure PitGatepiers with Associated Gates and Railings at Entrances to Rookery Hill and Drive to Church of St GilesGrey WingsGroup of 4 Headstones and 1 Footstone Approximately 2 Metres South West of Porch of Church of St GilesGroup of 7 Headstones and 5 Footstones from Approximately 17 to Approximately 25 Metres South of Church of St GilesHamelot Monument Approximately 18 Metres South East of Chancel of Church of St GilesHeadmaster's HouseHoward Cottage Ivy CottageIce House in Grounds of Marsden Nurseries, Approximately 140 Metres North East of Ashtead HouseMerry HallMonument 5 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St GilesRow of 7 Headstones and 4 Footstones from Approximately 17 to Approximately 25 Metres South of Church of St GilesStable Block Approximately 100 Metres West of Ashtead Park HouseSundial in Centre of Forecourt in Front of South Front of Ashtead Park HouseThe CottageThe Howard Memorial FountainThe Leg of Mutton and Cauliflower Public HouseThe Old Bakery the Old Bakery with Barn and Outhouse at South EndThe Old CottageThe Old RectoryTwo Tomb Chests Approximately 27 Metres South of Church of St GilesWalls Enclosing Walled Garden Beside Lane Opposite Ashtead House and North of Headmasters HouseWalls and Balustrades to Terraced Garden on North Side of Ashtead Park HouseWheldon Headstone Approximately 8 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Giles18 and 20, Rectory Lane33, Woodfield Lane44 and 46, The Street60 and 62, Agates Lane
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 1.2% of Ashtead
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Ashstead 19887 ha
7 hain conservation areas, of 559 ha inside the built-up area.
6 of the 47 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 Ashtead’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1990
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1990 · 241951 · 81973 · 5
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 8 entries were listed in 1951. 24 came in 1990, 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 scheduled monument
Nationally important archaeological sites and monuments, protected by law; work on them needs consent from the Secretary of State, advised by Historic England.
1 registered park or garden
Ashtead ParkGrade II
History Grade
Ashtead 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 (53 points, 36 per 10,000 residents)More than 61% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (10%)More than 25% 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.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Ashtead
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashtead | 14,830 | 47 | 0 | B− |
| Leatherhead | 11,482 | 61 | 0 | B+ |
| Langley Vale | 1,515 | 4 | 0 | D |
| Epsom | 35,857 | 194 | 0 | B+ |
| Tadworth and Epsom Downs | 27,095 | 31 | 1 | C |
| Great Bookham and Fetcham | 21,655 | 85 | 1 | B− |
| Ewell | 27,509 | 86 | 0 | C+ |
| Cobham | 17,505 | 45 | 1 | B− |
In brief
Ashtead in brief
Ashtead has 47 listed buildings, including Ashtead Park House and Attached Balustrades. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1988. Most entries on the list, 51%, are houses, terraces and villas. The big year was 1990, when 24 of the 47 went on the list. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building; per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and A. P. Herbert (1890) and George Morton Eden (1806) were born here before 1900.
Questions about Ashtead’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Ashtead?
Historic England lists 47 buildings inside Ashtead’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 3 Grade II* and 44 Grade II.
Are there scheduled monuments in Ashtead?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Earthworks near St Giles' Church.
How many conservation areas are there in Ashtead?
1, covering about 7 hectares of the town. The largest is Ashstead.
When were Ashtead’s buildings listed?
The first in 1951; the most, 24, in 1990.
How old are the homes in Ashtead?
10% of homes were built before 1919 and 38% 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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