IChurch · listed 1966Church of St GeorgePhoto: Stephen McKay · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Ian Rob · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Lower Brailes · Historic England
30 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Lower Brailes’s built-up area, 366 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 28 of Lower Brailes’s listed buildings. 42% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
30
366 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
42%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Lower Brailes
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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 Lower Brailes’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.
30 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I1 Grade II*28 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 Lower Brailes
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 Lower Brailes
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest.
What’s protected
Most of Lower Brailes’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas16
Churches, chapels & priories8
Public & civic buildings2
Walls, gates & bridges2
Inns, shops & warehouses1
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
16 entries (53%) are houses, terraces and villas. 8 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
28 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 28 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Barn Approximately 25 Metres South of Plumtree CottageBetween TownsBrailes Post Office and Old Post CottageCentury HouseChest Tomb to Baldwin Family Approximately 5 Metres South of Porch of Church of St GeorgeChest Tomb to Sheldon Family Approximately 20 Metres South of East End of Nave of Church of St GeorgeChurch of England SchoolCoffin Stone Approximately 2 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St GeorgeGeorge Hotel and Attached Carriage Entrance and BarnGlen CottageGroup of 11 Headstones Approximately 35 Metres South of West Tower of Church of St GeorgeGrove EndHenbrook FarmhouseHome FarmhouseLower Brailes War MemorialMidway, Northview and Garage Part to RightMilestone Approximately 300 Metres South of ChurchPlumtree FarmhousePresbytery Attached to Roman Catholic Chapel of St Peter and St PaulRoad Bridge over Sutton BrookRow of 13 Headstones Along South Wall of Chancel of Church of St GeorgeSaddler's ThatchSpringfield HouseSpringfield LodgeSunny VillaSunnysideThe Green1649 Cottage
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 100% of Lower Brailes
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 HE47 ha
47 hain conservation areas, of 48 ha inside the built-up area.
30 of the 30 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 Lower Brailes’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1986
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1986 · 24
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The first 4 entries were listed in 1966, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 24 came in 1986, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
42% of Lower Brailes’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
41%
Before 1900
1%
1900–18
1%
1919–29
3.1%
1930s
5.9%
1945–54
10%
1955–64
8%
1965–72
4.9%
1973–82
4.9%
1983–92
4.9%
1993–99
3.9%
2000–08
3.9%
2009–15
8%
2016–25
Lower BrailesEngland & Wales
41% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1955–64, which added 10% 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 (35 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Lower Brailes
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Brailes | 820 | 30 | 1 | — |
| Shipston-on-Stour | 5,852 | 90 | 0 | B+ |
| Hook Norton | 2,188 | 64 | 1 | A |
| Ettington | 1,064 | 14 | 0 | A− |
| Moreton-in-Marsh | 5,015 | 96 | 0 | B+ |
| Bloxham | 3,681 | 131 | 1 | A− |
| Chipping Norton | 6,991 | 125 | 1 | A |
| Kineton | 2,235 | 64 | 0 | A |
In brief
Lower Brailes in brief
Old houses are part of Lower Brailes’s character: 42% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 30 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area protects part of it.
Most entries on the list, 53%, are houses, terraces and villas. The big year was 1986, when 24 of the 30 went on the list. Beyond that, William Bishop (1553) was born here before 1900.
Questions about Lower Brailes’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Lower Brailes?
Historic England lists 30 buildings inside Lower Brailes’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 28 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Lower Brailes?
One: Church of St George.
How many conservation areas are there in Lower Brailes?
1, covering about 47 hectares of the town. The largest is No data available for publication by HE.
When were Lower Brailes’s buildings listed?
The first in 1966; the most, 24, in 1986.
How old are the homes in Lower Brailes?
42% of homes were built before 1919 and 46% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Lower Brailes 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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