IChurch · listed 1953Church of St AndrewPhoto: Danny Robinson · CC BY-SA 2.0
Cedar House · Photo: Len Williams · CC BY-SA 2.0B−History Grade
History of Cobham · Historic England
45 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Cobham’s built-up area, 26 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 40 of Cobham’s listed buildings. We have photos of 6 of its listed buildings. 12% of its homes were built before 1919. Cobham grades B− for history: #26 of 65 in Surrey.
Listed buildings
45
26 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
4
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
12%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Cobham in 6 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Church of St AndrewGrade I listed
Church Stile HouseGrade II* listed
The Plough Public HouseGrade II listed
Cobham MillGrade II listed
Post in Garden of Foxhole at Ngr Tq 14836185Grade II listed+1See 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 Cobham’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.
Grade IGrade II*
Homes built before 1919, by neighbourhoodunder 10%10–25%25–50%50%+
0 of 11neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes; in the oldest, 32% were built before 1919.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
45 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I4 Grade II*40 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 I
The Grade I listed building in Cobham
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 4 Grade II* listed buildings in Cobham
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 2 are photographed.
II*House · listed 1953Cedar HousePhoto: Len Williams · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Church · listed 1953Church Stile HousePhoto: Colin Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0
Public · listed 1963Benfleet Hall
House · listed 1953Ham Manor
What’s protected
Most of Cobham’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas29
Churches, chapels & priories8
Walls, gates & bridges3
Inns, shops & warehouses3
Public & civic buildings2
29 entries (64%) are houses, terraces and villas. 8 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
40 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 40 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Ashford Farm HouseBarn to Stokesheath FarmBarn, 15 Yards to the North East of Ashford Farm HouseBeckford tomb 40 metres north of the tower of Church of St. AndrewBirdshill Farm HouseChurch Gate HouseCoal Tax Post at Ngr 14076221 (Opposite 5 Furlongs)Coal Tax Post at Ngr Tq 14066175Cobham MillCoombe tomb 4 metres north of north aisle of Church of St AndrewCooper tomb 5 metres south east of south porch of Church of St. Andrew.Crawter tomb, 6 metres south east of chancel of church of St. AndrewDanes Hill Farm HouseGate Piers and Railings to Cedar HouseHeywoodHighwayman's CottageKorea CottagesLa CapannaLeigh Hill Farm HouseLime HouseMole CottageMoore tomb 10 metres east of porch of Church of St. AndrewOverbyePinewoodsPost in Garden of Foxhole at Ngr Tq 14836185Post, 50 Yards South of Stokesheath Road Bridge at Ngr Tq 14736184Postboys RowPullens CottagePyportsStorehouse, 10 Yards Left of Birdshill Farm HouseThe Old BearThe Old CottageThe Old House Vine HouseThe Old Mill HouseThe Plough Public HouseThe Vermont ExchangeTupp tomb, 40 metres north west of Church of St. AndrewWorlds End CottageWoronoake51 High Street
Conservation areas
2 conservation areas cover 1.7% of Cobham
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Cobham The Tilt 19799 ha
Cobham 19737 ha
16 hain conservation areas, of 916 ha inside the built-up area.
The first, Cobham, was designated in 1973; the newest, Cobham The Tilt, in 1979. 25 of the 45 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
19 of Cobham’s 45 listed buildings were added in 1984
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1984 · 191953 · 111969 · 5
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 11 entries were listed in 1953, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 19 came in 1984, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Cobham 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 (51 points, 29 per 10,000 residents)More than 58% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (12%)More than 31% 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.
Born here
4 notable people born in Cobham before 1900
Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Lord Henry Percy
Charles Meller
Esmé Chinnery
Harold B. Hudson
1800182518501875190019251950
HH
Harold B. Hudson1898–1982 · Canadian flying ace (1898–1982)
Lord Henry Percy1817–1877 · British military officer (1817–1877); recipient of the Victoria Cross
Esmé Chinnery1886–1915 · Cricketer (1886-1915)
CM
Charles Meller1836–1869 · (c 1836-1869) Surgeon and Naturalist
Everyone born in Cobham → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Towns its size
Cobham has the 98th most Grade I buildings of 510 towns its size
Places of 11,000–28,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Cobham1
#226 of 510for listed buildings per resident (26 per 10,000). Bridport, Whitby and Lewes lead.
97 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Cobham
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cobham | 17,505 | 45 | 1 | B− |
| Hersham | 12,622 | 9 | 0 | C− |
| Esher | 9,484 | 70 | 3 | A− |
| Leatherhead | 11,482 | 61 | 0 | B+ |
| Great Bookham and Fetcham | 21,655 | 85 | 1 | B− |
| Byfleet | 14,187 | 27 | 1 | C+ |
| Ashtead | 14,830 | 47 | 0 | B− |
| Walton-on-Thames | 27,016 | 32 | 2 | C |
In brief
Cobham in brief
The official list counts 45 listed buildings in Cobham, 1 of them Grade I, including Church of St Andrew. Only 97 of the 510 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. Its older streets lie in 2 conservation areas, the first designated in 1973.
Of the whole list, 64% are houses, terraces and villas. Harold B. Hudson (1898), Lord Henry Percy (1817) and Esmé Chinnery (1886) are among the 4 people born here before 1900. Beyond that, per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and 12% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Cobham’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Cobham?
Historic England lists 45 buildings inside Cobham’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 4 Grade II* and 40 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Cobham?
One: Church of St Andrew.
How many conservation areas are there in Cobham?
2, covering about 16 hectares of the town. The largest are Cobham The Tilt and Cobham.
When were Cobham’s buildings listed?
The first in 1953; the most, 19, in 1984.
Who was born in Cobham?
Among people born before 1900: Harold B. Hudson (1898), Lord Henry Percy (1817), Esmé Chinnery (1886) and Charles Meller (1836).
How old are the homes in Cobham?
12% of homes were built before 1919 and 25% 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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