IChurch · listed 1967Church of St Mary the VirginPhoto: Ron Strutt · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Des Blenkinsopp · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Worplesdon · Historic England
15 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Worplesdon’s built-up area, 162 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 14 of Worplesdon’s listed buildings. 17% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
15
162 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
17%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Worplesdon
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 Worplesdon’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade I
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
15 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*14 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 Worplesdon
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
14 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 14 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Bridley Manor HouseBridley Manor War MemorialChest Tomb 4 Yards North of North Chapel of Church of St Mary the VirginCrown CottageHeath Mill HouseHollow TreesInglenook Rosendene the GreenMerrist Wood HouseNorton Farm HouseOld RickfordsPerry Hill Farm HousePerry Hill HouseThe Old Mill HouseThe Old Post House
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 8.8% of Worplesdon
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Worplesdon 197321 ha
21 hain conservation areas, of 241 ha inside the built-up area.
8 of the 15 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 Worplesdon’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1967
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1967 · 9
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The first 9 entries were listed in 1967, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Worplesdon
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Worplesdon | 928 | 15 | 1 | — |
| Fairlands | 1,119 | 5 | 0 | C− |
| Jacobs Well | 1,122 | 3 | 0 | D |
| Wood Street Village | 1,586 | 8 | 0 | C− |
| Brookwood | 1,428 | 0 | 0 | C− |
| Guildford | 77,870 | 283 | 11 | B+ |
| Pirbright | 3,920 | 23 | 0 | B |
| Woking | 75,655 | 97 | 2 | C+ |
In brief
Worplesdon in brief
Worplesdon has 15 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1973. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1967: 9 of 15. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: Benjamin Martin (1704) and William Ingalton (1794) were born here before 1900; and 17% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Worplesdon’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Worplesdon?
Historic England lists 15 buildings inside Worplesdon’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 14 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Worplesdon?
One: Church of St Mary the Virgin.
How many conservation areas are there in Worplesdon?
1, covering about 21 hectares of the town. The largest is Worplesdon.
When were Worplesdon’s buildings listed?
The first in 1967; the most, 9, in 1967.
How old are the homes in Worplesdon?
17% of homes were built before 1919 and 32% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Worplesdon 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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