IPublic · listed 1947The AlmshousesOn the list as Wyatts AlmshousesPhoto: Ainslie · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wyatts Almshouses · Photo: Ainslie · CC BY-SA 3.0B+History Grade
History of Farncombe · Historic England
62 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Farncombe’s built-up area, 47 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 59 of Farncombe’s listed buildings. We have photos of 6 of its listed buildings. 21% of its homes were built before 1919. Farncombe grades B+ for history: #12 of 65 in Surrey.
Listed buildings
62
47 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
21%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Farncombe in 6 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Chapel at Charterhouse SchoolGrade II* listed
Farncombe Railway Station with Attached Footbridge Former Railway Station BuildingGrade II listed
Brook Hall with Archway and School Sergeant's LodgeGrade II listed
Binscombe FarmhouseGrade II listed
Bridge Approximately 20 Metres to South of Junction with Frith Hill RoadGrade 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 Farncombe’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, 48% were built before 1919.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
62 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I2 Grade II*59 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 Farncombe
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 Farncombe
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 1 is photographed.
II*Public · listed 1981Chapel at Charterhouse SchoolPhoto: Ainslie · CC BY-SA 3.0
House · listed 1970The Red House
What’s protected
Most of Farncombe’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas45
Public & civic buildings10
Walls, gates & bridges5
Churches, chapels & priories2
45 entries (73%) are houses, terraces and villas. 2 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
59 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 59 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Barn, 20 Yards East of Hurtmore Farm HouseBicton CroftBinscombe FarmhouseBridge Approximately 20 Metres to South of Junction with Frith Hill RoadBrook Hall with Archway and School Sergeant's LodgeCemetery ChapelsCemetery Railings and GatesCharterhouse School (Main Building)CliftonFarncombe Railway Station with Attached Footbridge Former Railway Station BuildingFircot the FirsFormer Dairy, Opposite Nos 1 and 2 Stable CottagesFormer Kitchen Garden WallFoxs BarnHartsmere CottageHurtmore FarmhouseLammas CottageLlanaway CottagesLlanaway CottagesLlanaway Cottages Nss NewsagentsMarshall HouseMeadMeadrow HouseNightingale LodgeOld Museum Block at Charterhouse SchoolPriorsfield SchoolRiver Mist CottageRomilly CottageRose Tree CottageSquirrels CottagesSt Christopher's CottageStatue of Thomas Sutton in Front of Founder's Court, Charterhouse SchoolStatue of William Haig Brown Outside South Africa Cloister at Charterhouse SchoolSummersby HouseThe Conference Store, Charterhouse SchoolThe Cottage (Adjoining Chapel on West)The Scout HutThe Three LionsTudor CottageUnitarian Chapel and CottageWall to the Front of the AlmshousesWalls to Former Quaker Burial GroundWalnut Tree CottageWater Tower, At Junction with Frith Hill Road Water Tower, At Junction with Knoll RoadWillow Cottage126 and 128, Binscombe Lane131, Binscombe Lane133 and 135, Binscombe Lane19, Nightingale Road2, Summersby Close23, Marshall Road24, Marshall Road41, 43 and 45, Farncombe Street44, 46, 48 and 50, Farncombe Street53 and 55, Farncombe Street59, 61 and 63, Farncombe Street62 and 64, Meadrow65, Farncombe Street68 and 70, Meadrow
Conservation areas
2 conservation areas in Farncombe
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Binscombe 19812 ha
Godalming Navigations and River Wey 20001 ha
3 hain conservation areas, of 452 ha inside the built-up area.
The first, Binscombe, was designated in 1981; the newest, Godalming Navigations and River Wey, in 2000. 8 of the 62 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 Farncombe’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1991
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1991 · 371970 · 6
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 1 entry was listed in 1947, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 37 came in 1991. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Farncombe 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 (66 points, 50 per 10,000 residents)More than 67% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (21%)More than 63% 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.
Towns its size
Farncombe has the 111th most Grade I buildings of 580 towns its size
Places of 8,000–21,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Farncombe1
#199 of 580for listed buildings per resident (47 per 10,000). Brecon, Ludlow and Richmond lead.
110 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Farncombe
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farncombe | 13,247 | 62 | 1 | B+ |
| Godalming | 10,450 | 165 | 1 | A |
| Shalford | 2,508 | 27 | 0 | A− |
| Bramley and Wonersh | 4,193 | 61 | 0 | A |
| Milford and Witley | 6,489 | 46 | 1 | B+ |
| Chilworth | 1,917 | 7 | 0 | B− |
| Wood Street Village | 1,586 | 8 | 0 | C− |
| Guildford | 77,870 | 283 | 11 | B+ |
In brief
Farncombe in brief
Farncombe has 62 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I, including The Almshouses. Only 110 of the 580 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. Its older streets lie in 2 conservation areas, the first designated in 1981.
Most entries on the list, 73%, are houses, terraces and villas. The big year was 1991, when 37 of the 62 went on the list. The rest is about typical: per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; Jack Phillips (1887) and Nellie Boxall (1890) were born here before 1900; and 21% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Farncombe’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Farncombe?
Historic England lists 62 buildings inside Farncombe’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 59 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Farncombe?
One: Wyatts Almshouses.
How many conservation areas are there in Farncombe?
2, covering about 3 hectares of the town. The largest are Binscombe and Godalming Navigations and River Wey.
When were Farncombe’s buildings listed?
The first in 1947; the most, 37, in 1991.
How old are the homes in Farncombe?
21% 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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