II*Church · listed 1967Church of St John the BaptistPhoto: Hassocks5489 · CC0
Photo: SuzanneKn at en.wikipedia · Public domain–Not graded
History of Puttenham · Historic England
Puttenham: 48% of homes built before 1919
For Puttenham, that is 3 times the typical town’s share, 15%. Historic England lists 25 buildings inside Puttenham’s built-up area, 871 for every 10,000 residents.
Listed buildings
25
871 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
48%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Puttenham
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 Puttenham’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade II*
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
25 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I2 Grade II*23 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 2 Grade II* listed buildings in Puttenham
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
II*Church · listed 1957Puttenham PrioryPhoto: Alan Hunt · CC BY-SA 2.0
What’s protected
Most of Puttenham’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas16
Churches, chapels & priories5
Public & civic buildings2
Street furniture1
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
16 entries (64%) are houses, terraces and villas. 5 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
23 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 23 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Chest Tomb 10 Yards North of Tower of Church of St John the BaptistChest Tomb 12 Yards North of Tower of Church of St John the BaptistFarm CottageGreysHeath CottageHome Farm HouseJuly and Jasmine CottagesK6 telephone kiosk next to Stile Cottage, at the junction with Dark LaneNumbers 56 and 58, The StreetPilgrims Way CottagePriory FarmhousePuttenham War MemorialRosemary CottageStep CottageThe HeritageThe Old CottageThe Old School HouseThe Post OfficeWinters Farm HouseWinters Farm Studio and BarnWintons CottagesYew Tree Cottages2 Barns 50 Yards North North East of Home Farm House
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 47% of Puttenham
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Puttenham 197121 ha
21 hain conservation areas, of 45 ha inside the built-up area.
23 of the 25 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 Puttenham’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1984
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1984 · 151967 · 7
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 1 entry was listed in 1957. 15 came in 1984, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
48% of Puttenham’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
37%
Before 1900
11%
1900–18
11%
1919–29
5.9%
1930s
9.3%
1945–54
5.9%
1955–64
1.7%
1965–72
1.7%
1973–82
3.4%
1983–92
5.9%
1993–99
3.4%
2000–08
1.7%
2009–15
1.7%
2016–25
PuttenhamEngland & Wales
37% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1900–18, which added 11% 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 (5 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Puttenham
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puttenham | 287 | 25 | 0 | — |
| Normandy | 1,665 | 11 | 0 | C+ |
| Wood Street Village | 1,586 | 8 | 0 | C− |
| Elstead | 2,261 | 18 | 0 | B |
| Farncombe | 13,247 | 62 | 1 | B+ |
| Ash and Ash Vale | 24,284 | 23 | 0 | C− |
| Fairlands | 1,119 | 5 | 0 | C− |
| Godalming | 10,450 | 165 | 1 | A |
In brief
Puttenham in brief
More of Puttenham’s homes are old than in most places: 48% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 25 listed buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1971. Of the whole list, 64% are houses, terraces and villas. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1984: 15 of 25.
Questions about Puttenham’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Puttenham?
Historic England lists 25 buildings inside Puttenham’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 23 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Puttenham?
1, covering about 21 hectares of the town. The largest is Puttenham.
When were Puttenham’s buildings listed?
The first in 1957; the most, 15, in 1984.
How old are the homes in Puttenham?
48% of homes were built before 1919 and 65% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Puttenham has no History Grade.
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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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