IChurch · listed 1958Church of St Mary the VirginPhoto: Brian Green · CC BY-SA 2.0
The Old Bell Inn · Photo: Simon Burchell · CC BY-SA 4.0B−History Grade
History of Oxted · Historic England
41 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Oxted’s built-up area, 36 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. We have photos of 6 of its listed buildings. 14% of its homes were built before 1919. Oxted grades B− for history: #21 of 65 in Surrey.
Listed buildings
41
36 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
14%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Oxted in 6 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Church of St Mary the VirginGrade I listed
The Old CottageGrade II* listed
Court Farm HouseGrade II listed
Brook HouseGrade II listed
The George InnGrade 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 Oxted’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.
Grade IGrade II*Scheduled monument
Homes built before 1919, by neighbourhoodunder 10%10–25%25–50%50%+
0 of 8neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes; in the oldest, 41% were built before 1919.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
41 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I2 Grade II*38 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 Oxted
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 Oxted
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*Inns & shops · listed 1958The Old Bell InnPhoto: Simon Burchell · CC BY-SA 4.0
II*House · listed 1958The Old CottagePhoto: N Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0
What’s protected
Most of Oxted’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas30
Inns, shops & warehouses3
Walls, gates & bridges2
Memorials, crosses & tombs2
Churches, chapels & priories2
Public & civic buildings1
Street furniture1
30 entries (73%) are houses, terraces and villas. 2 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
38 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 38 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Beadles CottageBeam Cottage Forge Cottage Oak CottageBennetts Cottage the Old Lock UpBrock HouseBrook HouseBrook House CottageCards House Hoders Hoders EndCatmint Cottage the Old Town HouseChest Tomb 3 Yards North East of Corner of ChancelChurch of All SaintsComforts Farm CottageCourt Farm HouseCrown CottagesHome FarmIce House Opposite Little HammerIcehouse in Grounds of No 1 ParklandsK6 Telephone Kiosk, High StreetLondon HouseNewtonOld MeldrumRear of No. 26, High StreetRed Lane Farm HouseSheppards BarnThe Crown InnThe George InnThe NestThe Old CottageThe Old RectoryThe PoundThe Stone HouseThe White HouseUnited Reformed Church and Attached WallsUnwinsWhitelake Tomb 1 Yard East of Chancel2-6, Godstone Road45-51, High Street61-65, High Street75, High Street
Conservation areas
3 conservation areas cover 4.4% of Oxted
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Broadham Green and Spring Lane, Oxted 199011 ha
Oxted 19735 ha
Station Road West, Oxted 19902 ha
18 hain conservation areas, of 413 ha inside the built-up area.
The first, Oxted, was designated in 1973; the newest, Station Road West, Oxted, in 1990. 23 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
More than half of Oxted’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1984
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1984 · 231958 · 10
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 10 entries were listed in 1958, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 23 came in 1984, 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
Oxted 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 (47 points, 41 per 10,000 residents)More than 61% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (14%)More than 39% 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
Oxted has the 106th most Grade I buildings of 639 towns its size
Places of 7,000–18,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Oxted1
#255 of 639for listed buildings per resident (36 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 Oxted
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxted | 11,491 | 41 | 1 | B− |
| Limpsfield | 2,247 | 41 | 2 | A |
| Woldingham | 2,223 | 2 | 0 | C+ |
| Godstone | 2,648 | 29 | 0 | A− |
| South Godstone | 1,525 | 0 | 0 | D |
| Westerham | 3,390 | 102 | 1 | A+ |
| Tatsfield | 1,379 | 1 | 0 | C− |
| Marlpit Hill | 1,271 | 3 | 0 | C |
In brief
Oxted in brief
The official list counts 41 listed buildings in Oxted, 1 of them Grade I, including Church of St Mary the Virgin. Only 105 of the 639 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. Its older streets lie in 3 conservation areas, the first designated in 1973.
Of the whole list, 73% are houses, terraces and villas. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1984: 23 of 41. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; Ernest Benn (1875) and William Ibbett (1886) were born here before 1900; and it also has a scheduled monument.
Questions about Oxted’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Oxted?
Historic England lists 41 buildings inside Oxted’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 38 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Oxted?
One: Church of St Mary the Virgin.
Are there scheduled monuments in Oxted?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Home Farm Bridge, Hurst Green.
How many conservation areas are there in Oxted?
3, covering about 18 hectares of the town. The largest are Broadham Green and Spring Lane, Oxted and Oxted.
When were Oxted’s buildings listed?
The first in 1958; the most, 23, in 1984.
How old are the homes in Oxted?
14% of homes were built before 1919 and 28% 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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