IChurch · listed 1967Wisley ChurchOn the list as Church (Dedication Unknown)Photo: Mertbiol · CC0
Church (Dedication Unknown) · Photo: Mertbiol · CC0–Not graded
History of Wisley · Historic England
4 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Wisley’s built-up area, 227 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 3 of Wisley’s listed buildings. 35% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
4
227 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
1 registered park or garden
Homes built before 1919
35%
typical UK town 15%
The map
Where Wisley’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IPark or garden
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
4 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*3 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 Wisley
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
3 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 3 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 3.3% of Wisley
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Wisley 19891 ha
1 hain conservation areas, of 25 ha inside the built-up area.
2 of the 4 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.
Monuments & landscapes
Monuments, parks and gardens
Designations that overlap the town by a tenth of their area or half a hectare.
1 registered park or garden
Homes by age
35% of Wisley’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
28%
Before 1900
9%
1900–18
5.1%
1919–29
15%
1930s
9%
1945–54
7.7%
1955–64
5.1%
1965–72
1.3%
1973–82
1.3%
1983–92
9%
1993–99
7.7%
2000–08
1.3%
2009–15
0%
2016–25
WisleyEngland & Wales
28% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was the 1930s, which added 15% 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 (1 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Wisley
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wisley | 176 | 4 | 1 | — |
| Byfleet | 14,187 | 27 | 1 | C+ |
| Ripley | 1,714 | 43 | 0 | A |
| New Haw, West Byfleet and Sheerwater | 33,035 | 24 | 0 | C− |
| Send | 4,094 | 12 | 0 | C |
| Addlestone | 13,748 | 16 | 0 | C− |
| East Horsley | 5,843 | 40 | 0 | C+ |
| Weybridge | 15,918 | 42 | 0 | B |
In brief
Wisley in brief
Old houses are part of Wisley’s character: 35% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 4 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1989. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: the list grew between 1967 and 1985.
Questions about Wisley’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Wisley?
Historic England lists 4 buildings inside Wisley’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 3 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Wisley?
One: Church (Dedication Unknown).
How many conservation areas are there in Wisley?
1, covering about 1 hectares of the town. The largest is Wisley.
How old are the homes in Wisley?
35% of homes were built before 1919 and 53% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Wisley has no History Grade.
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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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