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History of Dockenfield · Historic England

Dockenfield: 46% of homes built before 1919

The typical town has 15%: Dockenfield has 3 times the share. Historic England lists no buildings inside Dockenfield’s built-up area.

Heritage nearby

Listed buildings near Dockenfield

The nearest places with Grade I listed buildings, within 25 km.

TownDistanceListedGrade IHistory
Farnham5.9 km2884A
Tilford6.1 km181—
Upper Froyle7.1 km361—
Crondall8.9 km701A+
Alton10 km1452B+
Selborne11 km412—
Homes by age

46% of Dockenfield’s homes were built before 1919

Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).

37%
Before 1900
8.5%
1900–18
8.5%
1919–29
14%
1930s
5%
1945–54
8.5%
1955–64
5%
1965–72
3.5%
1973–82
1.5%
1983–92
0%
1993–99
1.5%
2000–08
3.5%
2009–15
3.5%
2016–25
DockenfieldEngland & Wales

37% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was the 1930s, which added 14% 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.

In brief

Dockenfield in brief

Old houses are part of Dockenfield’s character: 46% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. Dockenfield has nothing on the list; Farnham, 5.9 km away, is the nearest place with Grade I buildings.

Dockenfield 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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