IChurch · listed 1966Church of St MichaelPhoto: Colin Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0
Church of St Michael · Photo: Colin Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Buckland · Historic England
Buckland: 44% of homes built before 1919
For Buckland, that is 3 times the typical town’s share, 15%. Historic England lists 35 buildings inside Buckland’s built-up area, 646 for every 10,000 residents. We have photos of 3 of its listed buildings.
Listed buildings
35
646 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
44%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Buckland
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 Buckland’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.
35 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I2 Grade II*32 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 Buckland
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 Buckland
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*House · listed 1966Betchworth HousePhoto: Ian Capper · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*House · listed 1966The Old HousePhoto: Ian Capper · CC BY-SA 2.0
What’s protected
Most of Buckland’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas25
Inns, shops & warehouses3
Memorials, crosses & tombs2
Churches, chapels & priories2
Public & civic buildings1
Street furniture1
Walls, gates & bridges1
25 entries (71%) 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
32 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 32 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Applecroft Little Maltings CottageApril Cottage Ravenleigh CottageBetchworth ForgeBetchworth War Memorial (In St Michael's Churchyard)Broome ParkBuckland CourtBuckland War MemorialChurch of St Mary the VirginDillon Cottage Old Mill CottageFryleigh CottagesGateway to Broome ParkGateway to ChurchyardGateway to Gardens at Betchworth HouseHome Farm HouseK6 Telephone KioskLych Gate to Church of St MichaelManor CottageMorden Grange CottagesPotters Farm CottagesPriests Cottage the ForgeStreet Farm Barn the Towered BarnStreet Farm Cottage Street FarmhouseThe Cottage, The Old HouseThe Dolphin Public HouseThe GardensThe Old VicarageThe Stables at Betchworth HouseTranquil HouseWindmill (In Grounds of Yewdells)Yew Tree CottageYewdells1-3, Church Street
Conservation areas
2 conservation areas cover 33% of Buckland
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Buckland 197014 ha
Betchworth 197012 ha
26 hain conservation areas, of 79 ha inside the built-up area.
The first, Buckland and Betchworth, were designated in 1970; the newest, Betchworth, in 1970. 27 of the 35 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
16 of Buckland’s 35 listed buildings were added in 1966
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1966 · 161987 · 15
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The first 16 entries were listed in 1966, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
44% of Buckland’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
41%
Before 1900
1.3%
1900–18
7.1%
1919–29
7.1%
1930s
8.4%
1945–54
4.2%
1955–64
1.3%
1965–72
5.4%
1973–82
7.1%
1983–92
1.3%
1993–99
7.1%
2000–08
1.3%
2009–15
7.1%
2016–25
BucklandEngland & Wales
41% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1945–54, which added 8.4% 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 (13 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Born here
3 notable people born in Buckland before 1900
Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Henry Hare, 3rd Baron Coleraine
Thomas Colman Dibdin
William Allen
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Henry Hare, 3rd Baron Coleraine1693–1749 · Irish peer and politician (1693-1749)
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Thomas Colman Dibdin1810–1893 · British artist (1810-1893)
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William Allen1847–1919 · English-born, Australian Congregational clergyman
Everyone born in Buckland → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Buckland
In brief
Buckland in brief
More of Buckland’s homes are old than in most places: 44% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 35 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. Its older streets lie in 2 conservation areas, the first designated in 1970. Most entries on the list, 71%, are houses, terraces and villas. Henry Hare, 3rd Baron Coleraine (1693), Thomas Colman Dibdin (1810) and William Allen (1847) were all born here before 1900.
Questions about Buckland’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Buckland?
Historic England lists 35 buildings inside Buckland’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 32 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Buckland?
One: Church of St Michael.
How many conservation areas are there in Buckland?
2, covering about 26 hectares of the town. The largest are Buckland and Betchworth.
When were Buckland’s buildings listed?
The first in 1966; the most, 16, in 1966.
Who was born in Buckland?
Among people born before 1900: Henry Hare, 3rd Baron Coleraine (1693), Thomas Colman Dibdin (1810) and William Allen (1847).
How old are the homes in Buckland?
44% of homes were built before 1919 and 59% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Buckland 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 · Historic England conservation areas (supplied by local planning authorities; October 2026). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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