II*Church · listed 1973Church of the Holy TrinityPhoto: The Voice of Hassocks · CC0
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History of Westcott · Historic England
34 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade II*
Historic England counts them inside Westcott’s built-up area, 149 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 32 of Westcott’s listed buildings. 35% of its homes were built before 1919. Westcott grades A for history.
Listed buildings
34
149 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
35%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Westcott
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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 Westcott’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.
34 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I2 Grade II*32 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 Westcott
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 1 is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
House · listed 1951Bury Hill Gardens
What’s protected
Most of Westcott’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas31
Churches, chapels & priories1
Public & civic buildings1
Inns, shops & warehouses1
31 entries (91%) 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
32 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 32 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Bay Tree CottageChurtgate HouseCrooked AcreHeathcote Skeynes HouseHill FarmhouseHolly CottageIvy CottageKingscoteLittle WatersLower Springfield FarmhouseMilton FarmhouseOld Bury Hill HousePound Situated in North Western Corner of Westcott GreenPremises Occupied by Balchin's StoresRobin CottageRookery FarmhouseRookery LodgeSandrock CottageStowe MariesTaw Cottage Tawside CottageThe BarracksThe MalthouseThe Old Mill HouseThe White HouseWallflower CottageWintershawWyvern Cottage13 and 14, Milton Street2-7, Guildford Road20, Milton Street3 and 4, Milton Street5, Milton Street
Conservation areas
2 conservation areas cover 18% of Westcott
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Westcott 197416 ha
Milton Street 19745 ha
22 hain conservation areas, of 123 ha inside the built-up area.
The first, Westcott and Milton Street, were designated in 1974; the newest, Milton Street, in 1974. 24 of the 34 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
17 of Westcott’s 34 listed buildings were added in 1973
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1973 · 171951 · 13
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 13 entries were listed in 1951. 17 came in 1973, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Westcott grades A 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, 158 per 10,000 residents)More than 74% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (35%)More than 90% 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
35% of Westcott’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
25%
Before 1900
9.1%
1900–18
7.1%
1919–29
10%
1930s
9.1%
1945–54
12%
1955–64
6.1%
1965–72
7.1%
1973–82
1%
1983–92
2%
1993–99
6.1%
2000–08
3%
2009–15
2%
2016–25
WestcottEngland & Wales
25% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1955–64, which added 12% 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 (30 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Westcott
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westcott | 2,275 | 34 | 0 | A |
| Dorking | 17,463 | 151 | 0 | A− |
| Gomshall | 1,378 | 13 | 0 | A− |
| Brockham | 2,206 | 43 | 0 | A− |
| Great Bookham and Fetcham | 21,655 | 85 | 1 | B− |
| Beare Green | 1,940 | 6 | 0 | C |
| Box Hill | 1,271 | 1 | 0 | D |
| West Horsley | 1,378 | 23 | 0 | A− |
In brief
Westcott in brief
Old houses are part of Westcott’s character: 35% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 34 listed buildings. Its older streets lie in 2 conservation areas, the first designated in 1974. Most entries on the list, 91%, are houses, terraces and villas. The rest is about typical: like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building; per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and Thomas Robert Malthus (1766) was born here before 1900.
Questions about Westcott’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Westcott?
Historic England lists 34 buildings inside Westcott’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 32 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Westcott?
2, covering about 22 hectares of the town. The largest are Westcott and Milton Street.
When were Westcott’s buildings listed?
The first in 1951; the most, 17, in 1973.
How old are the homes in Westcott?
35% of homes were built before 1919 and 53% 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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