II*Church · listed 1967Church of St LawrencePhoto: Ian Rob · CC BY-SA 2.0
Church of St Lawrence · Photo: Ian Rob · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Shotteswell · Historic England
37 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade II*
Historic England counts them inside Shotteswell’s built-up area, 1,623 for every 10,000 residents. 36 of Shotteswell’s listed buildings are Grade II. 27% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
37
1,623 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
27%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Shotteswell
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 Shotteswell’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.
37 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I1 Grade II*36 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 Grade II* listed building in Shotteswell
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
What’s protected
Most of Shotteswell’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas22
Churches, chapels & priories10
Public & civic buildings2
Walls, gates & bridges2
Street furniture1
22 entries (59%) are houses, terraces and villas. 10 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
36 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 36 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Barn Approximately 10 Metres South West of Church FarmhouseBarn, Stable and Loosebox Approximately 30 Metres West of College FarmhouseChest Tomb Approximately 20 Metres South of South Aisle South East Corner of Church of St LaurenceChurch Farmhouse and Attached Farm BuildingCollege FarmhouseCorner CottageFairview CottageFlying Horse StoresGlenburn CottageGroup of 5 Headstones West of Porch of Church of St LaurenceHeadstone Approximately 3.5 Metres North of Chancel of Church of St LaurenceHeadstone Approximately 4.5 Metres North of North Aisle of Church of St LawrenceHeadstone Approximately 5 Metres North of Chancel of Church of St LaurenceK6 Telephone Kiosk, Back Hill, ShotteswellLane HouseLaurel FarmhouseMount Stewart CottageRow of 3 Headstones Approximately 17 Metres South of South Aisle South East Corner of Church of St LaurenceRow of 4 Headstones Approximately 10 Metres South of South Aisle South East Corner of Church of St LaurenceSuncroftTerrace Walls at the ManorThe BakehouseThe CottageThe CroftThe ManorThe MountThe Old VicarageWall Approximately 10 Metres South of the ManorWoodbine CottagesWoolgrove CottageYew Tree Cottage2 Headstones Approximately 1.5 Metres North of North Aisle North East Corner of Church of St Laurence2 Headstones Approximately 2 Metres East of Porch East Wall of Church of St Laurence2 Headstones Approximately 2 Metres North East of Porch North East Corner of Church of St Lawrence2 Headstones Approximately 2.5 Metres North of Vestry North East Corner of Church of St Laurence2 Headstones Approximately 8 Metres South of South Door of Church of St Laurence
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 100% of Shotteswell
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 HE20 ha
20 hain conservation areas, of 20 ha inside the built-up area.
37 of the 37 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 Shotteswell’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1987
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1987 · 35
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The first 1 entry was listed in 1967. 35 came in 1987, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
27% of Shotteswell’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
26%
Before 1900
0%
1900–18
1.8%
1919–29
4.4%
1930s
3.5%
1945–54
6.1%
1955–64
32%
1965–72
5.3%
1973–82
0.9%
1983–92
3.5%
1993–99
2.6%
2000–08
0.9%
2009–15
12%
2016–25
ShotteswellEngland & Wales
26% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1965–72, which added 32% 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 (6 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Shotteswell
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shotteswell | 228 | 37 | 0 | — |
| Banbury | 52,041 | 215 | 1 | B |
| Middleton Cheney | 4,127 | 39 | 1 | B |
| Bodicote | 4,752 | 36 | 0 | B− |
| Bloxham | 3,681 | 131 | 1 | A− |
| Kineton | 2,235 | 64 | 0 | A |
| Adderbury and Twyford | 3,318 | 113 | 1 | A |
| Kings Sutton | 2,306 | 19 | 1 | B |
In brief
Shotteswell in brief
Old houses are part of Shotteswell’s character: 27% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 37 listed buildings. A conservation area protects part of it. Most entries on the list, 59%, are houses, terraces and villas. The big year was 1987, when 35 of the 37 went on the list.
Questions about Shotteswell’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Shotteswell?
Historic England lists 37 buildings inside Shotteswell’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 36 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Shotteswell?
1, covering about 20 hectares of the town. The largest is No data available for publication by HE.
When were Shotteswell’s buildings listed?
The first in 1967; the most, 35, in 1987.
How old are the homes in Shotteswell?
27% of homes were built before 1919 and 33% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Shotteswell 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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