II*Church · listed 1960Church of St JamesPhoto: Ainslie · CC BY-SA 3.0
Photo: Colin Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0BHistory Grade
History of Elstead · Historic England
18 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade II*
Historic England counts them inside Elstead’s built-up area, 80 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. 14% of its homes were built before 1919. Elstead grades B for history.
Listed buildings
18
80 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
14%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Elstead
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 Elstead’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade II*Scheduled monument
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
18 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I1 Grade II*17 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 II*
The Grade II* listed building in Elstead
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
Grade II
17 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 17 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Apple Tree CottageBritish Legion ClubhouseChurch Farm HouseDomfordForge CottageOutbuildings to South East of Staceys Farm CottagePeat Farm CottageSpringfield Farm HouseStacys Farm CottageThe GablesThe Old FarmhouseThe SquareTumblers CottageUnited Reformed Church and Attached Graveyard Wall with Gatepiers and RailingsWestbrook Hill CottagesYew Tree Cottage5, 6, 7 and 8, Hope Street
Conservation areas
2 conservation areas cover 9.4% of Elstead
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Elstead 19749 ha
Westbrook Green 19812 ha
11 hain conservation areas, of 116 ha inside the built-up area.
The first, Elstead, was designated in 1974; the newest, Westbrook Green, in 1981. 13 of the 18 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 Elstead’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1986
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1986 · 11
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The first 2 entries were listed in 1960. 11 came in 1986, 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.
History Grade
Elstead 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 (21 points, 93 per 10,000 residents)More than 61% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (14%)More than 40% 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 Elstead
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elstead | 2,261 | 18 | 0 | B |
| Milford and Witley | 6,489 | 46 | 1 | B+ |
| Godalming | 10,450 | 165 | 1 | A |
| Badshot Lea | 1,883 | 4 | 0 | C |
| Farncombe | 13,247 | 62 | 1 | B+ |
| Farnham | 20,499 | 288 | 4 | A |
| Normandy | 1,665 | 11 | 0 | C+ |
| Hindhead | 6,444 | 20 | 0 | B− |
In brief
Elstead in brief
The official list counts 18 listed buildings in Elstead. Its older streets lie in 2 conservation areas, the first designated in 1974. The big year was 1986, when 11 of the 18 went on the list. The rest is about typical: like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building; per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and it also has a scheduled monument.
Questions about Elstead’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Elstead?
Historic England lists 18 buildings inside Elstead’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 17 Grade II.
Are there scheduled monuments in Elstead?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Elstead Bridge.
How many conservation areas are there in Elstead?
2, covering about 11 hectares of the town. The largest are Elstead and Westbrook Green.
When were Elstead’s buildings listed?
The first in 1960; the most, 11, in 1986.
How old are the homes in Elstead?
14% of homes were built before 1919 and 32% 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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