IChurch · listed 1959St Catherine of Siena ChurchOn the list as Cocking ChurchPhoto: The Voice of Hassocks · CC0
Cocking Church · Photo: The Voice of Hassocks · CC0–Not graded
History of Cocking · Historic England
24 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Cocking’s built-up area, 507 for every 10,000 residents. Of the listed buildings in Cocking, 23 are Grade II. 43% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
24
507 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
43%
typical UK town 15%
The map
Where Cocking’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.
24 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*23 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 Cocking
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.
What’s protected
Most of Cocking’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas17
Churches, chapels & priories2
Inns, shops & warehouses2
Public & civic buildings2
Walls, gates & bridges1
17 entries (71%) are houses, terraces and villas. 2 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
23 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 23 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
BanksideBarn on the South Side of Nipper's YardChurch Lane CottageClunch CottageCobwebsDairy CottageHanbury CottageManor FarmhouseManor LodgeMill CottageMoonlight Cottage and Tea RoomsStephens Cottage Tudor CottageThe High HouseThe Malt HouseThe Mill HouseThe Old SchoolThe Old Village HallWall in the Grounds of Manor Farmhouse Between the House and the ChurchWhitegate176, The Street181, The Street184 and 185, Church Path190 and 191, Cocking Hill
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 44% of Cocking
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Cocking 198410 ha
10 hain conservation areas, of 23 ha inside the built-up area.
23 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
12 of Cocking’s 24 listed buildings were added in 1987
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1987 · 121959 · 10
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 10 entries were listed in 1959, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 12 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
43% of Cocking’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
42%
Before 1900
2.4%
1900–18
0%
1919–29
8.7%
1930s
15%
1945–54
6.8%
1955–64
6.8%
1965–72
4.3%
1973–82
6.8%
1983–92
2.4%
1993–99
0%
2000–08
4.3%
2009–15
0%
2016–25
CockingEngland & Wales
42% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1945–54, which added 15% 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 (5 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Cocking
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cocking | 473 | 24 | 1 | — |
| Midhurst | 5,366 | 110 | 0 | A− |
| Easebourne | 1,396 | 47 | 3 | A |
| Mid Lavant | 1,441 | 26 | 0 | B |
| Petworth | 2,592 | 181 | 2 | A+ |
| Tangmere | 4,000 | 27 | 2 | B− |
| Fernhurst | 1,830 | 19 | 0 | B+ |
| Westhampnett | 1,238 | 12 | 0 | B |
In brief
Cocking in brief
Old houses are part of Cocking’s character: 43% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 24 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1984. Of the whole list, 71% are houses, terraces and villas. The rest is about typical: William Hodson (1841) was born here before 1900.
Questions about Cocking’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Cocking?
Historic England lists 24 buildings inside Cocking’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 23 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Cocking?
One: Cocking Church.
How many conservation areas are there in Cocking?
1, covering about 10 hectares of the town. The largest is Cocking.
When were Cocking’s buildings listed?
The first in 1959; the most, 12, in 1987.
How old are the homes in Cocking?
43% of homes were built before 1919 and 51% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Cocking 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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