IPublic · listed 1983Tadworth CourtPhoto: Stephen Richards · CC BY-SA 2.0
Walton Manor House · Photo: The Voice of Hassocks · CC0CHistory Grade
History of Tadworth and Epsom Downs · Historic England
31 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Tadworth and Epsom Downs’s built-up area, 11 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 3 scheduled monuments. 4.9% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 6 of its listed buildings. Tadworth and Epsom Downs grades C for history: #44 of 65 in Surrey.
Listed buildings
31
11 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
3
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
4.9%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Tadworth and Epsom Downs in 6 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Tadworth CourtGrade I listed
Church of St PeterGrade II* listed
Post Mill 50 Yards South East of MillfieldGrade II listed
ChussexGrade II listed
Walton on the Hill 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 Tadworth and Epsom Downs’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 18neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes; in the oldest, 30% were built before 1919.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
31 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I2 Grade II*28 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 Tadworth and Epsom Downs
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 Tadworth and Epsom Downs
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*Church · listed 1954Church of St PeterPhoto: Poliphilo · CC0
II*House · listed 1954Walton Manor HousePhoto: The Voice of Hassocks · CC0
What’s protected
Most of Tadworth and Epsom Downs’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas20
Walls, gates & bridges5
Public & civic buildings2
Memorials, crosses & tombs2
Churches, chapels & priories1
Inns, shops & warehouses1
20 entries (65%) are houses, terraces and villas. 1 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
28 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 28 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
April CottageChussexCoal Tax Post Outside No. 100Coal Tax Post at Ngr 2273 5533Coal Tax Post at Ngr 2286 5510Coal Tax Post at Ngr Tq 22575579Coal Tax Post at No 44Coal Tax Post in the Garden of the RiseCoal Tax Post to South West of Tattenham Corner HouseEbenezer CottageEntrance Wall, Railings, Gates and Gate Piers to Tadworth CourtEntrance Wall, Stable Block and Gate Piers 50 Yards South West of Tadworth CourtGreat Burgh (Including Attached Wall, Railings, Piers, Terrace and Steps)HernbrookHunters HallLittle Chesters, boundary wall and pavilion south of the houseMeare CloseMillfield, Including Garage Wing and Return WallOrangery at the IslandPinfold ManorPost Mill 50 Yards South East of MillfieldStatue of Putto at Great BurghThe Bell, Withybed CornerThe PriorsWalton on the Hill War MemorialYeoman House4380, Walton Street, Walton on the Hill
Conservation areas
2 conservation areas cover 7.7% of Tadworth and Epsom Downs
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Walton on the Hill 197351 ha
Tadworth 201720 ha
70 hain conservation areas, of 916 ha inside the built-up area.
The first, Walton on the Hill, was designated in 1973; the newest, Tadworth, in 2017. 20 of the 31 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 Tadworth and Epsom Downs’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1983
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1983 · 16
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 2 entries were listed in 1954. 16 came in 1983, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 3 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.
3 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
Tadworth and Epsom Downs 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 (41 points, 15 per 10,000 residents)More than 49% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (4.9%)More than 9% 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
4.9% of Tadworth and Epsom Downs’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
1.9%
Before 1900
3%
1900–18
4.7%
1919–29
22%
1930s
14%
1945–54
13%
1955–64
6.4%
1965–72
7.9%
1973–82
9.5%
1983–92
3.5%
1993–99
3.4%
2000–08
4.6%
2009–15
6.6%
2016–25
Tadworth and Epsom DownsEngland & Wales
1.9% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was the 1930s, which added 22% 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 (191 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Towns its size
Tadworth and Epsom Downs has the 88th most Grade I buildings of 370 towns its size
Places of 16,000–43,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Tadworth and Epsom Downs1
#224 of 370for listed buildings per resident (11 per 10,000). Stamford, Saffron Walden and Carmarthen lead.
87 have more. The typical town its size has 1.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Tadworth and Epsom Downs
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tadworth and Epsom Downs | 27,095 | 31 | 1 | C |
| Kingswood | 3,757 | 8 | 0 | C− |
| Langley Vale | 1,515 | 4 | 0 | D |
| Banstead | 8,929 | 14 | 0 | C− |
| Epsom | 35,857 | 194 | 0 | B+ |
| Chipstead and Woodmansterne | 4,523 | 14 | 0 | C |
| Lower Kingswood | 2,029 | 2 | 1 | C− |
| Ashtead | 14,830 | 47 | 0 | B− |
In brief
Tadworth and Epsom Downs in brief
Tadworth and Epsom Downs has 31 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I, including Tadworth Court. Only 87 of the 370 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. Its older streets lie in 2 conservation areas, the first designated in 1973. Of the whole list, 65% are houses, terraces and villas.
Its homes are mostly newer: 4.9% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1983: 16 of 31. The rest is about typical: per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; Ernie Taylor (1869) and Gus Faulkner (1893) were born here before 1900; and it also has 3 scheduled monuments.
Questions about Tadworth and Epsom Downs’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Tadworth and Epsom Downs?
Historic England lists 31 buildings inside Tadworth and Epsom Downs’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 28 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Tadworth and Epsom Downs?
One: Tadworth Court.
Are there scheduled monuments in Tadworth and Epsom Downs?
Yes, 3 scheduled monuments, including Bowl barrow and later beacon at Tumble Beacon, Roman villa north of Sandlands Grove and The Mound, Walton Place.
How many conservation areas are there in Tadworth and Epsom Downs?
2, covering about 70 hectares of the town. The largest are Walton on the Hill and Tadworth.
When were Tadworth and Epsom Downs’s buildings listed?
The first in 1954; the most, 16, in 1983.
How old are the homes in Tadworth and Epsom Downs?
4.9% of homes were built before 1919 and 31% 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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