IChurch · listed 1967Church of St JamesPhoto: Dave Bushell · CC BY-SA 2.0
The Goodwins · Photo: David P Howard · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Long Marston · Historic England
24 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Long Marston’s built-up area, 397 for every 10,000 residents. Of the listed buildings in Long Marston, 22 are Grade II. 22% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
24
397 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
22%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Long Marston
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 Long Marston’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IGrade II*
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
24 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I1 Grade II*22 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 Long Marston
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*
The Grade II* listed building in Long Marston
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*House · listed 1952The GoodwinsPhoto: David P Howard · CC BY-SA 2.0
What’s protected
Most of Long Marston’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas17
Churches, chapels & priories5
Public & civic buildings2
17 entries (71%) are houses, terraces and villas. 5 are churches, chapels and priories, including 1 of the 1 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
22 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 22 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Arborfield CottageButterfly CottageChest Tomb and Headstone Approximately 6 Metres South East of Chancel of Church of St JamesChurch FarmhouseCourt CottageForest FarmhouseGroup of 5 Headstones Approximately 13.5 Metres North of Chancel of Church of St JamesGroup of 7 Chest Tombs and 2 Headstones Immediately South of the Church of St JamesHopkinsJasmine CottageKing's LodgeLittle ThatchLyndon CottageOrchard CottagesRosemary CottageSicca LodgeThe GrangeThe Old Post OfficeThe Old RectoryThe RosaryValhalla CottageWychwood
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 100% of Long Marston
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 HE103 ha
103 hain conservation areas, of 103 ha inside the built-up area.
24 of the 24 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
10 of Long Marston’s 24 listed buildings were added in 2000
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
2000 · 101952 · 61972 · 6
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 6 entries were listed in 1952. 10 came in 2000. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
22% of Long Marston’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
21%
Before 1900
1%
1900–18
1%
1919–29
1%
1930s
4.3%
1945–54
4.3%
1955–64
1%
1965–72
5.3%
1973–82
2%
1983–92
2%
1993–99
11%
2000–08
0%
2009–15
46%
2016–25
Long MarstonEngland & Wales
21% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 2016–25, which added 46% 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 (8 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Long Marston
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long Marston | 604 | 24 | 1 | — |
| Meon Vale | 1,413 | 1 | 0 | D− |
| Lower Quinton | 1,691 | 14 | 1 | B− |
| Welford-on-Avon | 1,692 | 71 | 2 | A+ |
| Mickleton | 2,316 | 33 | 2 | B+ |
| Honeybourne | 3,104 | 16 | 1 | B− |
| Bidford-on-Avon | 5,825 | 24 | 0 | C+ |
| Stratford-upon-Avon | 28,112 | 303 | 11 | A− |
In brief
Long Marston in brief
Old houses are part of Long Marston’s character: 22% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 24 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area protects part of it. Most entries on the list, 71%, are houses, terraces and villas.
Questions about Long Marston’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Long Marston?
Historic England lists 24 buildings inside Long Marston’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 22 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Long Marston?
One: Church of St James.
How many conservation areas are there in Long Marston?
1, covering about 103 hectares of the town. The largest is No data available for publication by HE.
When were Long Marston’s buildings listed?
The first in 1952; the most, 10, in 2000.
How old are the homes in Long Marston?
22% of homes were built before 1919 and 24% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Long Marston 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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