IChurch · listed 1958Church of St PeterPhoto: Christine Matthews · CC BY-SA 2.0
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History of Limpsfield · Historic England
41 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Limpsfield’s built-up area, 182 for every 10,000 residents. Of the listed buildings in Limpsfield, 34 are Grade II. We have photos of 4 of its listed buildings. 34% of its homes were built before 1919. Limpsfield grades A for history.
Listed buildings
41
182 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
2
exceptional interest
Grade II*
5
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
34%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Limpsfield
Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Church of St PeterGrade I listed
Court CottageGrade II* listed
Detillens CottageGrade II* listed
Pebble Hill House including Rangers Cottage to rearGrade II* listedPhotos 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 Limpsfield’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IGrade II*
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
41 listed buildings by grade
2 Grade I5 Grade II*34 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 I
The 2 Grade I listed buildings in Limpsfield
Buildings of exceptional interest, about 2.5% of all listed buildings. 1 is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
Public · listed 1958Old Court Cottage
Grade II*
The 5 Grade II* listed buildings in Limpsfield
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 3 are photographed.
II*Public · listed 1958Court CottagePhoto: N Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*House · listed 1958Detillens CottagePhoto: Stefan Czapski · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*House · listed 1958Pebble Mill House Including Rangers Cottage To RearOn the list as Pebble Hill House including Rangers Cottage to rearPhoto: Peter Trimming · CC BY-SA 2.0
House · listed 1958Detillens House
House · listed 1958Miles Butchers Shop And Dentists SurgeryOn the list as Former Butchers and Dentist Surgery
What’s protected
Most of Limpsfield’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas27
Churches, chapels & priories7
Public & civic buildings5
Inns, shops & warehouses2
27 entries (66%) are houses, terraces and villas. 7 are churches, chapels and priories, including 1 of the 2 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
34 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 34 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Beresford CourtChapel CottageChurch CottageFern Cottage Registry Cottage White Hart CottageForge CottagesFormer St Michael's SchoolGalletsGreen Tomb 5 Yards South of Porch of Church of St PeterHookwood CottageHookwood HouseJessamine Cottage SandridgeK6 Telephone Kiosk Opposite ChurchLilac CottageLimpsfield Bookshop RedfernLimpsfield PoundLovelands CottageLychgate 15 Yards South of Church of St PeterMarriott Tomb 30 Yards North of Church of St PeterNumbers 6-7 Wolfes RowRatcatchers CottageRose CottageRosewell CottageThe BowerThe Bull InnThe Manor HouseThe Old Court House, Middle Court, Blue Goblin and Old Vine CottageThe Old RectoryTyrrells and Braziers CottageVine Bank CottageVixens West ChartWhinchat CottageWhite Hart Lodge and West HouseWhite House48 and 50, Detillens Lane
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 9.7% of Limpsfield
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Limpsfield 197317 ha
17 hain conservation areas, of 180 ha inside the built-up area.
34 of the 41 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 Limpsfield’s 41 listed buildings were added in 1958
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1958 · 191984 · 16
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 19 entries were listed in 1958, 2 of the 2 Grade I buildings among them. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Limpsfield 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 (50 points, 223 per 10,000 residents)More than 81% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (34%)More than 88% 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.
Homes by age
34% of Limpsfield’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
23%
Before 1900
10%
1900–18
13%
1919–29
6.6%
1930s
4.5%
1945–54
9.6%
1955–64
6.1%
1965–72
3.7%
1973–82
9%
1983–92
5.9%
1993–99
3.1%
2000–08
2.2%
2009–15
2.3%
2016–25
LimpsfieldEngland & Wales
23% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1919–29, which added 13% 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 (11 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Born here
4 notable people born in Limpsfield before 1900
Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Henry Blair Mayne
Edith Vere Dent
Maud Ballington Booth
Noël Olivier
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Maud Ballington Booth1865–1948 · American activist (1865-1948)
NO
Noël Olivier1892–1969 · British doctor
HM
Henry Blair Mayne1813–1892 · British cricketer (1813-1892)
ED
Edith Vere Dent1863–1948 · British botanist (1863-1948)
Everyone born in Limpsfield → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Towns its size
Limpsfield has the 35th most Grade I buildings of 1,414 towns its size
Places of 1,000–4,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Limpsfield2
#232 of 1,414for listed buildings per resident (182 per 10,000). Burford, Painswick and Chipping Campden lead.
34 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Limpsfield
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limpsfield | 2,247 | 41 | 2 | A |
| Oxted | 11,491 | 41 | 1 | B− |
| Woldingham | 2,223 | 2 | 0 | C+ |
| Tatsfield | 1,379 | 1 | 0 | C− |
| Westerham | 3,390 | 102 | 1 | A+ |
| Godstone | 2,648 | 29 | 0 | A− |
| South Godstone | 1,525 | 0 | 0 | D |
| Marlpit Hill | 1,271 | 3 | 0 | C |
In brief
Limpsfield in brief
Old houses are part of Limpsfield’s character: 34% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 41 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade I. For its size, it has more listed heritage than 81% of UK towns. Only 34 of the 1,414 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings.
A conservation area has protected part of it since 1973. Of the whole list, 66% are houses, terraces and villas. Maud Ballington Booth (1865), Noël Olivier (1892) and Henry Blair Mayne (1813) are among the 4 people born here before 1900.
Questions about Limpsfield’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Limpsfield?
Historic England lists 41 buildings inside Limpsfield’s built-up area: 2 Grade I, 5 Grade II* and 34 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Limpsfield?
2, including Church of St Peter and Old Court Cottage.
How many conservation areas are there in Limpsfield?
1, covering about 17 hectares of the town. The largest is Limpsfield.
When were Limpsfield’s buildings listed?
The first in 1958; the most, 19, in 1958.
Who was born in Limpsfield?
Among people born before 1900: Maud Ballington Booth (1865), Noël Olivier (1892), Henry Blair Mayne (1813) and Edith Vere Dent (1863).
How old are the homes in Limpsfield?
34% of homes were built before 1919 and 53% 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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