II*Church · listed 1967Church of St Peter and St ClarePhoto: Ian Rob · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Ian Rob · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Fenny Compton · Historic England
50 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade II*
Historic England counts them inside Fenny Compton’s built-up area, 588 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 48 of Fenny Compton’s listed buildings. 30% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
50
588 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
30%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Fenny Compton
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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 Fenny Compton’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.
50 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I2 Grade II*48 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 Fenny Compton
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 1 is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
House · listed 1967Woad House
What’s protected
Most of Fenny Compton’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas29
Churches, chapels & priories16
Inns, shops & warehouses2
Walls, gates & bridges2
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
29 entries (58%) are houses, terraces and villas. 16 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
48 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 48 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Barn Approximately 30 Metres North of Contone HouseBarn and Stables or Looseboxes Approximately 20 Metres North West of Contone HouseBayardsChest Tomb Approximately 3 Metres North of North West Corner of Porch of Church of St Peter and St ClareChest Tomb Approximately 4 Metres South of South Door of Church of St Peter and St ClareChest Tomb Approximately 5.5 Metres East of North East Corner of Chancel of Church of St Peter and St ClareCobbers Keep Mill Hill CottagesContone HouseCorner Cottage, Hill House and Attached OutbuildingDucketts CottageFarmbuilding Approximately 3 Metres North of Contone HouseFenny Compton LodgeFont Against Blocked West Door of Church of St Peter and St ClareGarden Wall and Left Gatepier, Red HouseGarden Wall and Right Gatepier, Red HouseGredentonGreenbanks Hope CottageHeadstone Approximately 15 Metres North of North East Corner of North Aisle of Church of St Peter and St ClareHeadstone Approximately 17 Metres North of North East Corner of North Aisle of St Peter and St ClareHeadstone Approximately 18 Metres North of North Porch of Church of St Peter and St ClareHeadstone Approximately 20 Metres North of Porch of Church of St Peter and St ClareHeadstone Approximately 3 Metres North of North West Corner of North Aisle of Church of St Peter and St ClareHeadstone Approximately 5.5 Metres North East of North East Corner of North Aisle of Church of St Peter and St ClareHeadstone Approximately 6 Metres North East of Porch of Church of St Petre and St ClareHeadstone Approximately 9.5 Metres East of North East Corner of Chancel of Church of St Peter and St ClareHolliesKnotts Cottages (The Surgery)Lavender Cottage the White HouseManor House and Attached StableMary's Cottage Old ToftMerrie Lion Public HouseOutbuilding Approximately 4 Metres North of the Old BakehousePair of Headstones Approximately 6.5 Metres North East of North East Corner of North Aisle of Church of St Peter and St ClarePair of Headstones Approximately 7 Metres South of South Door of Church of St Peter and St ClareRectory CottageRectory FarmhouseRose Cottage and Attached OutbuildingRow of 5 Headstones Approximately 17 Metres North of Porch of Church of St Peter and St ClareRow of 6 Headstones Approximately 5.5 Metres North of Tower of Church of St Peter and St ClareSaddlers CottageStables and Coach House at Red HouseThe CottageThe CroftThe Old BakehouseThe Red House2 Headstones Approximately 20 Metres North of North East Corner of North Aisle of Church of St Peter and St Clare2 Headstones Approximately 5 Metres North of Tower of Church of St Peter and St Clare2 Headstones Approximately 8 Metres North of North West Corner of Porch of Church of St Peter and St Clare
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 100% of Fenny Compton
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
No data available for publication by HE34 ha
34 hain conservation areas, of 34 ha inside the built-up area.
50 of the 50 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 Fenny Compton’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1987
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1987 · 421967 · 8
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The first 8 entries were listed in 1967. 42 came in 1987, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
30% of Fenny Compton’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
29%
Before 1900
1.4%
1900–18
9%
1919–29
1.4%
1930s
1.4%
1945–54
1.4%
1955–64
15%
1965–72
1.4%
1973–82
1.4%
1983–92
15%
1993–99
1.4%
2000–08
1.4%
2009–15
21%
2016–25
Fenny ComptonEngland & Wales
29% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 2016–25, which added 21% 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 (19 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Fenny Compton
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fenny Compton | 850 | 50 | 0 | — |
| Bishop's Itchington | 2,530 | 3 | 0 | D |
| Kineton | 2,235 | 64 | 0 | A |
| Harbury | 2,751 | 29 | 0 | B |
| Southam | 8,103 | 37 | 1 | C+ |
| Napton on the Hill | 1,063 | 29 | 0 | A |
| Byfield | 1,303 | 28 | 1 | A |
| Stockton | 1,504 | 8 | 0 | B |
In brief
Fenny Compton in brief
Old houses are part of Fenny Compton’s character: 30% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 50 listed buildings. A conservation area protects part of it.
Most entries on the list, 58%, are houses, terraces and villas. The big year was 1987, when 42 of the 50 went on the list. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: Sir Henry Dudley, 1st Baronet (1745) was born here before 1900.
Questions about Fenny Compton’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Fenny Compton?
Historic England lists 50 buildings inside Fenny Compton’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 48 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Fenny Compton?
1, covering about 34 hectares of the town. The largest is No data available for publication by HE.
When were Fenny Compton’s buildings listed?
The first in 1967; the most, 42, in 1987.
How old are the homes in Fenny Compton?
30% of homes were built before 1919 and 40% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Fenny Compton 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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