IChurch · listed 1952Church of St MaryPhoto: Maxwell Hamilton from Greater London, England, UK · CC BY 2.0
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History of Stanwell · Historic England
28 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Stanwell’s built-up area, 24 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 2 scheduled monuments. 1.3% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 6 of its listed buildings. Stanwell grades C for history: #43 of 65 in Surrey.
Listed buildings
28
24 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
2
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
1.3%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Stanwell in 6 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Dunmore HouseGrade II* listed
Lord Knyvett's Adult Education CentreGrade II* listed
The Swan Public HouseGrade II listed
Windsor CottageGrade II listed
Stanwell War MemorialGrade 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 Stanwell’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 7neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
28 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I2 Grade II*25 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 Stanwell
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 Stanwell
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*House · listed 1952Dunmore HousePhoto: Motacilla · CC BY-SA 4.0
II*House · listed 1952Lord Knyvett's Free SchoolOn the list as Lord Knyvett's Adult Education CentrePhoto: Motacilla · CC BY-SA 4.0
What’s protected
Most of Stanwell’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas16
Walls, gates & bridges4
Memorials, crosses & tombs4
Inns, shops & warehouses2
Churches, chapels & priories1
Street furniture1
16 entries (57%) are houses, terraces and villas. 1 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
25 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 25 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Anonymous Vault in St Mary's ChurchyardBoundary Wall Between No 40B and Entrance to Coachman's CottageBrook Cottage, Boundary Walls and Iron RailingsCallis FarmhouseCharles Rowlls Tomb in St Mary's ChurchyardCheyne CottageCoachman's CottageForecourt Wall and Gate Piers of Dunmore HouseFrances Paterson Tomb in St Mary's ChurchyardGates Piers and Gates to Stanwell PlaceGranary About 15 Yards East of No 56Henry Bullock Tomb in St Mary's ChurchyardJohn Hodges Vault in St Mary's ChurchyardMilestoneOld Farm Guest HousePerry GreenStanwell FarmhouseStanwell War MemorialThe Swan Public HouseThe VicarageThe Wheatsheaf Inn and Wheatsheaf CottagesWindsor Cottage13, High Street40B, High Street46 and 48, High Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 1.5% of Stanwell
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Stanwell3 ha
3 hain conservation areas, of 213 ha inside the built-up area.
22 of the 28 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 Stanwell’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1982
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1982 · 191952 · 5
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 5 entries were listed in 1952, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 19 came in 1982, 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.
2 scheduled monuments
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
Stanwell grades C for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (36 points, 31 per 10,000 residents)More than 55% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (1.3%)More than 2% 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
1.3% of Stanwell’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
1.3%
Before 1900
0%
1900–18
1.9%
1919–29
10%
1930s
2.4%
1945–54
38%
1955–64
5.1%
1965–72
14%
1973–82
9.1%
1983–92
4.1%
1993–99
4.2%
2000–08
6.2%
2009–15
3.4%
2016–25
StanwellEngland & Wales
1.3% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1955–64, which added 38% 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 (89 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Towns its size
Stanwell has the 107th most Grade I buildings of 626 towns its size
Places of 7,000–19,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Stanwell1
#318 of 626for listed buildings per resident (24 per 10,000). Brecon, Malmesbury and Ludlow lead.
106 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Stanwell
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanwell | 11,728 | 28 | 1 | C |
| Stanwell Moor | 1,431 | 5 | 0 | C− |
| Ashford | 22,823 | 8 | 0 | D |
| Staines-upon-Thames | 21,327 | 57 | 0 | B− |
| Ashford Common | 8,333 | 1 | 0 | D− |
| Poyle | 1,736 | 4 | 0 | D |
| Laleham | 2,521 | 22 | 1 | B− |
| Colnbrook | 1,898 | 29 | 0 | B+ |
In brief
Stanwell in brief
The official list counts 28 listed buildings in Stanwell, 1 of them Grade I, including Church of St Mary. Only 106 of the 626 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. A conservation area protects part of it. Most entries on the list, 57%, are houses, terraces and villas.
Its homes are mostly newer: 1.3% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. The big year was 1982, when 19 of the 28 went on the list. The rest is about typical: per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and it also has 2 scheduled monuments.
Questions about Stanwell’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Stanwell?
Historic England lists 28 buildings inside Stanwell’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 25 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Stanwell?
One: Church of St Mary.
Are there scheduled monuments in Stanwell?
Yes, 2 scheduled monuments, including Romano-British site 1000yds (910m) W of East Bedfont parish church and Schoolhouse (Lord Knyvett's).
How many conservation areas are there in Stanwell?
1, covering about 3 hectares of the town. The largest is Stanwell.
When were Stanwell’s buildings listed?
The first in 1952; the most, 19, in 1982.
How old are the homes in Stanwell?
1.3% of homes were built before 1919 and 13% 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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