IChurch · listed 1947Church of St. Peter & St. PaulOn the list as Church of St Peter and St PaulPhoto: Hassocks5489 · CC0
Westbrook · Photo: Hassocks5489 · CC0AHistory Grade
History of Godalming · Historic England
165 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Godalming’s built-up area, 158 for every 10,000 residents. 160 of Godalming’s listed buildings are Grade II. We have photos of 8 of its listed buildings and 1 old view of the town. 20% of its homes were built before 1919. Godalming grades A for history: #3 of 65 in Surrey.
Listed buildings
165
158 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
4
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
2 registered parks & gardens
Homes built before 1919
20%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Godalming in 10 photos and old views
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed, and the town before 1950. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Church of St Peter and St PaulGrade I listed
Busbridge LakesGrade II* park or garden
The Rose and Crown Public HouseGrade II listed
Town BridgeGrade II listed
Former Congregational Church and Attached Sunday School, Now Messenger, May Baverstock PremisesGrade II listed+5See 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.
Through time
Godalming in old photos
1 old photo or postcard, in date order. All public domain, made before 1950.
c. 1850Public domain, from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server. Each credit opens the image’s page with its full description and history.
The map
Where Godalming’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.
Grade IGrade II*Park or garden
Homes built before 1919, by neighbourhoodunder 10%10–25%25–50%50%+
0 of 7neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes; in the oldest, 35% were built before 1919.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
165 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I4 Grade II*160 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 Godalming
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 Godalming
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*House · listed 1988WestbrookPhoto: Hassocks5489 · CC0
II*House · listed 194774, 74A, 76 and 76A High StreetPhoto: Warofdreams · CC BY-SA 4.0
II*House · listed 194780 High StreetPhoto: Warofdreams · CC BY-SA 4.0
II*House · listed 194799, 101 and 103, High StreetPhoto: Warofdreams · CC BY-SA 4.0
Historic streets
High Street has the most listed buildings
Streets by the listed entries with an address on them. One entry can be a whole terrace, so long rows count once.
High Street21 listed · 3 II*
Church Street9 listed
Ockford Road8 listed
Brighton Road5 listed
Of the 165 entries, 56 are named by a street address; the rest are named buildings such as churches, halls and bridges.
What’s protected
Most of Godalming’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas114
Churches, chapels & priories18
Public & civic buildings11
Inns, shops & warehouses10
Walls, gates & bridges9
Street furniture2
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
114 entries (69%) are houses, terraces and villas. 18 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
160 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.
The first 150 of 160 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Ardon HouseAshstead Farmhouse Including Attached Outbuildings and Garden WallAurum HouseBarber, Bundy and PartnersBarn 20 Metres West of Nursecombe Farm HouseBarn Facing Lane at Nurscombe FarmBarn to Rear Left of East Water HouseBeechdene Notley Town HouseBookshelf Bargin Pepperpot Cards Salon One One FiveBridge CottageBrook HouseC 1741 Monument, Approximately 10 Metres South of South Transept of Church of St Peter and St PaulCaswall HouseCatteshall GrangeCherry CottageChurch HouseChurch of St Edmund King and MartyrCleaver and Company Enzorosario the Racquet ShopCoralDeanery Cottage and Attached Wall on LeftDeanery HouseDressmakers' Den Godalming MuseumEast Water HouseEllis Forbes and SonEntrance to Ladywell ConventFernbankFord's BuildingsFormer British SchoolFormer Congregational Church and Attached Sunday School, Now Messenger, May Baverstock PremisesFreeman Hardy and WillisFront Wall and Railings to the Old Steppe HouseGarage and Maisonette Block at Ladywell ConventGarden Walls to No 24 (Deanery House) with Attached Gazebo and Wall on South Side of ChurchyardGate Lodge to Ladywell ConventGodalming Quaker Meeting HouseGodalming Railway StationGodalming War MemorialGw Rainbow Multi BroadcastHalifax Estate Agents Rda ArchitectsHall Monument Approximately 7 Metres South of South Transept of Church of St Peter and St PaulHeather Cottage Rose CottageHolland Monument, Approximately 24 Metres North of North East Corner of North Chapel of Church of St Peter and St PaulIdeasInn on the LakeK6 Telephone Kiosk at Junction with Crownpits Lane, Opposite the InstituteKeen Monument, Approximately 9 Metres South of South Transept of Church of St Peter and St PaulKings Arms Royal HotelLadywell ConventLloyds BankMarshall Monument Approximately 14 Metres North North East of North East Corner of Chapel at Church of St Peter and St PaulMarshall Monument, Approximately 40 Metres North East of North East Corner of Church of St Peter and St PaulMaryvale Pastoral CentreMcilroysMeath HomeMgmMint Street Recruitment Westwood and CompanyMinton CottageMp Stoodley and SonNational Westminster BankNursecombe Farm HouseOld Post HouseOutbuilding to Rear of No 3 (Godalming Galleries Ltd)Pair of K6 telephone kiosks on northeast side of 128-130 High StreetPontife Monument, Approximately 40 Metres North East of North Chapel of Church of St Peter and St PaulPriory AntiquesPump Set on South Side of the Pepper PotRam Cider HouseRegistrar's Office the Old HouseRiverside Chambers and Attached Screen WallsRock PlaceRoker Monument, Approximately 2 Metres South of South West Corner of South Transept of Church of St Peter and St PaulScats Office BuildingSimmonds Monument, In Angle of South Aisle and Chapel of Church of St Peter and St PaulSnowdenhamSnowdenham HouseSollys MillSpringfield Farm HouseStable Block to Unstead ParkThatcher Headstone, Approximately 6 Metres South of East End of South Chapel at Church of St Peter and St PaulThe Bakehouse, Outbuilding to No 33 (No 1, The Priory)The Fox and FinchThe Hunt GalleryThe Old GranaryThe Old MillThe Old Steppe HouseThe Pepper PotThe PrioryThe Richmond ArmsThe Rose and Crown Public HouseThe Square SurgeryThe Star Public HouseThe Summer HouseThe SunThe VicarageThe WaggonersTithe BarnTop to Toe BeautyTots N TeensTown BridgeTudor CottageUnnamed Monument, Approximately 6 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Peter and St PaulUnstead Park HouseWhitehallWood Monument, Approximately 7 Metres South of West End of South Chapel at Church of St Peter and St PaulYard Walls to Friends Meeting House1, High Street1-6 Bridge Gate House10 Bridge Street10, 10A and Flat above Church Street104, 106 and 108, Ockford Road107 and 111, Brighton Road109, Brighton Road116-118, High Street12 Church Street120 and 122, Ockford Road120, 122 and 124 High Street135 High Street137, High Street14, 14A and Flat above Church Street14, 14A, 14B and 16, Brighton Road15 and 15A, Church Street16, High Street2 Piers to Front of Ladywell Convent2 and 2A, Church Street2 and 4, Crownpits Lane2, Mill Lane22, Church Street22, Mint Street25-45, High Street26, Church Street26, Mint Street3 Wharf Street30 and 32, High Street31 Church Street37 and 38, Bridge Road38 and 38A High Street39-40 Bridge Street40 to 46, High Street and Crown Court, High Street47 and 47A, High Street5, Church Street58-64A, High Street6, 6A and 8 Church Street66, High Street68 and 70, High Street68, 70 and 72, Ockford Road7 and 9, Church Street7, 8 and 9, Deanery Place71, 71A, 71B, 73 and 75 High Street76, Ockford Road78 High Street
Conservation areas
4 conservation areas cover 7.6% of Godalming
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Godalming Town Centre15 ha
Ockford Road 19747 ha
Godalming Crownpits 19844 ha
Godalming Navigations and River Wey 20004 ha
29 hain conservation areas, of 389 ha inside the built-up area.
The first, Ockford Road, was designated in 1974; the newest, Godalming Navigations and River Wey, in 2000. 130 of the 165 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
67 of Godalming’s 165 listed buildings were added in 1991
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1991 · 671970 · 351947 · 27
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 27 entries were listed in 1947, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 67 came in 1991. Only 1 has 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.
2 registered parks and gardens
Busbridge LakesGrade II*
WestbrookGrade II
History Grade
Godalming grades A for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (174 points, 167 per 10,000 residents)More than 88% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (20%)More than 62% 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
Godalming has the 106th most Grade I buildings of 668 towns its size
Places of 6,000–17,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Godalming1
#68 of 668for listed buildings per resident (158 per 10,000). Brecon, Malmesbury and Ludlow lead.
105 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Godalming
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Godalming | 10,450 | 165 | 1 | A |
| Farncombe | 13,247 | 62 | 1 | B+ |
| Milford and Witley | 6,489 | 46 | 1 | B+ |
| Bramley and Wonersh | 4,193 | 61 | 0 | A |
| Shalford | 2,508 | 27 | 0 | A− |
| Shamley Green | 1,200 | 30 | 0 | A |
| Elstead | 2,261 | 18 | 0 | B |
| Chilworth | 1,917 | 7 | 0 | B− |
In brief
Godalming in brief
Measured per resident, Godalming has more listed heritage than 88% of UK towns. In all there are 165 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I, including Church of St. Peter & St. Paul. Only 105 of the 668 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. High Street alone has 21 listed buildings.
Its older streets lie in 4 conservation areas, the first designated in 1974. Most entries on the list, 69%, are houses, terraces and villas. The rest is about typical: 20% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Godalming’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Godalming?
Historic England lists 165 buildings inside Godalming’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 4 Grade II* and 160 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Godalming?
One: Church of St Peter and St Paul.
Which street in Godalming has the most listed buildings?
High Street (21), Church Street (9) and Ockford Road (8) have the most listed entries named by an address. One entry can be a whole terrace.
How many conservation areas are there in Godalming?
4, covering about 29 hectares of the town. The largest are Godalming Town Centre and Ockford Road.
When were Godalming’s buildings listed?
The first in 1947; the most, 67, in 1991.
Are there old photos of Godalming?
Yes: 1 public-domain photo or postcard from 1850 to 1850, all on this page.
How old are the homes in Godalming?
20% of homes were built before 1919 and 33% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The National Heritage List for England is the official, up-to-date register of all nationally protected historic buildings and sites in England; check an entry on Historic England’s website before relying on it.
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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