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History of Walton-on-Thames · Historic England
32 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Walton-on-Thames’s built-up area, 12 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 30 of Walton-on-Thames’s listed buildings. 8.6% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 6 of its listed buildings. Walton-on-Thames grades C for history: #40 of 65 in Surrey.
Listed buildings
32
12 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
2
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
8.6%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Walton-on-Thames in 6 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Old Manor HouseGrade I listed
Oatlands DriveGrade II listed
Walton-on-Thames War MemorialGrade II listed
Walton Court, formerly Birds Eye Offices, including courtyards, water garden features and front poolGrade II listed
Ashley HouseGrade 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 Walton-on-Thames’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.
Grade I
Homes built before 1919, by neighbourhoodunder 10%10–25%25–50%50%+
0 of 18neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes; in the oldest, 31% were built before 1919.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
32 listed buildings by grade
2 Grade I0 Grade II*30 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 2 Grade I listed buildings in Walton-on-Thames
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.
IHouse · listed 1951Old Manor HousePhoto: Len Williams · CC BY-SA 2.0
What’s protected
Most of Walton-on-Thames’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas21
Churches, chapels & priories5
Walls, gates & bridges3
Public & civic buildings2
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
21 entries (66%) are houses, terraces and villas. 5 are churches, chapels and priories, including 1 of the 2 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
30 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 30 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Ashley CottageAshley HouseChambers Tomb, 50 Yards South East of Church of St MaryClock Tower and attached former stable block to Mount FelixD'oyley Tomb, 8 Yards North of Church of St MaryDower HouseElm GroveFowke Tomb, 1 Foot East of South Aisle of Church of St MaryFredericks Tomb, 50 Yards South East of Church of St MaryGate Piers to the Former Mount FelixOatlands DrivePair of Gate Piers Approximately 20 Metres to South West of 42APark HousePost at Ngr Tq 09506642Riverhouse BarnScott Tomb 1 Yard South of South Wall of Chancel of Church of St MarySculpture of Leaping Birds in front of former Bird's Eye OfficesShakespear Tomb, 10 Yards East of Church of St MaryThames CottageThe Old CottageWalton Court, formerly Birds Eye Offices, including courtyards, water garden features and front poolWalton-on-Thames War Memorial13-17, Church Street14, 14A, 16 and 18, Church Street17 Bridge Street21, Church Street23-27, Church Street3, Oatlands Drive47, High Street68, High Street
Conservation areas
2 conservation areas cover 1.3% of Walton-on-Thames
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Walton Riverside 19754 ha
Walton Church Street-Bridge Street 19743 ha
7 hain conservation areas, of 552 ha inside the built-up area.
The first, Walton Church Street-Bridge Street, was designated in 1974; the newest, Walton Riverside, in 1975. 17 of the 32 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
11 of Walton-on-Thames’s 32 listed buildings were added in 1984
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1984 · 111973 · 7
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 3 entries were listed in 1951, 2 of the 2 Grade I buildings among them. 11 came in 1984, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Walton-on-Thames 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, 13 per 10,000 residents)More than 46% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (8.6%)More than 21% 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
8.6% of Walton-on-Thames’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
4.5%
Before 1900
4.1%
1900–18
3.3%
1919–29
17%
1930s
6.2%
1945–54
11%
1955–64
10%
1965–72
8.9%
1973–82
12%
1983–92
1.5%
1993–99
7.9%
2000–08
5.5%
2009–15
7.4%
2016–25
Walton-on-ThamesEngland & Wales
4.5% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was the 1930s, which added 17% 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 (177 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Towns its size
Walton-on-Thames has the 49th most Grade I buildings of 370 towns its size
Places of 16,000–43,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Walton-on-Thames2
#220 of 370for listed buildings per resident (12 per 10,000). Stamford, Saffron Walden and Carmarthen lead.
48 have more. The typical town its size has 1.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Walton-on-Thames
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walton-on-Thames | 27,016 | 32 | 2 | C |
| Hersham | 12,622 | 9 | 0 | C− |
| Upper Halliford | 2,337 | 2 | 0 | D |
| Shepperton | 5,917 | 12 | 0 | C |
| Weybridge | 15,918 | 42 | 0 | B |
| Esher | 9,484 | 70 | 3 | A− |
| Sunbury-on-Thames | 21,476 | 56 | 0 | C+ |
| Shepperton Green | 4,358 | 4 | 1 | C− |
In brief
Walton-on-Thames in brief
Walton-on-Thames has 32 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade I, including Church of St Mary. Only 48 of the 370 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. Its older streets lie in 2 conservation areas, the first designated in 1974.
Of the whole list, 66% are houses, terraces and villas. Its homes are mostly newer: 8.6% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. The rest is about typical: per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns.
Questions about Walton-on-Thames’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Walton-on-Thames?
Historic England lists 32 buildings inside Walton-on-Thames’s built-up area: 2 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 30 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Walton-on-Thames?
2, including Church of St Mary and Old Manor House.
How many conservation areas are there in Walton-on-Thames?
2, covering about 7 hectares of the town. The largest are Walton Riverside and Walton Church Street-Bridge Street.
When were Walton-on-Thames’s buildings listed?
The first in 1951; the most, 11, in 1984.
How old are the homes in Walton-on-Thames?
8.6% of homes were built before 1919 and 29% 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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