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History of Tilford · Historic England

18 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I

Historic England counts them inside Tilford’s built-up area, 373 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 2 scheduled monuments. 27% of its homes were built before 1919.

Listed buildings
18
373 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
2
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
27%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures

Landmarks of Tilford

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 Tilford’s history is

Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.

Bridge, east end of Tilford Common, scheduled monumentBridge, north end of Tilford Green, scheduled monumentTilford House, Grade II*Bridge over the River Wey to North East Side of Green, Grade I
Grade IGrade II*Scheduled monument

Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.

18 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I1 Grade II*16 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 Grade I listed building in Tilford

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.

Walls & gates · listed 1960Tilford East BridgeOn the list as Bridge over the River Wey to North East Side of GreenPhoto: BabelStone · CC BY-SA 3.0
Grade II*

The Grade II* listed building in Tilford

Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.

Grade II

16 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 16 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Conservation areas

1 conservation area covers 27% of Tilford

Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.

Tilford 197317 ha
17 hain conservation areas, of 60 ha inside the built-up area.

18 of the 18 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 Tilford’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1960

The year each building now on the list was first listed.

1960 · 11
19501960197019801990200020102020

The first 11 entries were listed in 1960, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. Only 1 has 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.

Homes by age

27% of Tilford’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
4.8%
1900–18
7.4%
1919–29
29%
1930s
4.8%
1945–54
3.2%
1955–64
3.2%
1965–72
1.6%
1973–82
1.6%
1983–92
3.2%
1993–99
3.2%
2000–08
1.6%
2009–15
14%
2016–25
TilfordEngland & Wales

23% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was the 1930s, which added 29% 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 (0 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.

Neighbours

Listed buildings in the places around Tilford

TownPeopleListedGrade IHistory
Tilford482181—
Elstead2,261180B
Farnham20,4992884A
Wrecclesham7,312240B−
Badshot Lea1,88340C
Weybourne11,241150C
Aldershot39,827570B
Hindhead6,444200B−
In brief

Tilford in brief

Old houses are part of Tilford’s character: 27% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 18 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1973. The big year was 1960, when 11 of the 18 went on the list. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: it also has 2 scheduled monuments.

Questions about Tilford’s history

How many listed buildings are there in Tilford?

Historic England lists 18 buildings inside Tilford’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 16 Grade II.

What are the Grade I listed buildings in Tilford?

One: Bridge over the River Wey to North East Side of Green.

Are there scheduled monuments in Tilford?

Yes, 2 scheduled monuments, including Bridge, east end of Tilford Common and Bridge, north end of Tilford Green.

How many conservation areas are there in Tilford?

1, covering about 17 hectares of the town. The largest is Tilford.

When were Tilford’s buildings listed?

The first in 1960; the most, 11, in 1960.

How old are the homes in Tilford?

27% of homes were built before 1919 and 63% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).

Tilford has no History Grade.

© 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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