IChurch · listed 1958The Parish Church of the Blessed Virgin MaryPhoto: Michael Coppins · CC BY-SA 4.0
The Parish Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary · Photo: Michael Coppins · CC BY-SA 4.0–Not graded
History of Singleton · Historic England
Old homes in Singleton: 46% built before 1919
For Singleton, that is 3 times the typical town’s share, 15%. Historic England lists 39 buildings inside Singleton’s built-up area, 753 for every 10,000 residents.
Listed buildings
39
753 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
1 registered park or garden
Homes built before 1919
46%
typical UK town 15%
The map
Where Singleton’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IPark or garden
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
39 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*38 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 Singleton
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 Singleton’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas29
Walls, gates & bridges4
Public & civic buildings3
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
Churches, chapels & priories1
Inns, shops & warehouses1
29 entries (74%) are houses, terraces and villas. 1 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
38 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 38 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Bridge HouseChildown and Bridge CottageCobblers Corner and Key CottageCorner CottageCowper LodgeCroft Cottage St Francis CottageDown CottageGarden Wall of Grove House to the North East of the HouseGerrards Garden and RiversideGonville CottageGrove HouseKingsham CottageLittle GarthLittle YarneLittledrove House and Trundle CottageManor FarmhousePark CottagePond CottagePricklowsRose CottageSingleton War MemorialSpring LodgeSunnysideThatch CottageThe Garage of Pricklows and Apiary CottageThe Garden Wall and Gate Piers of Littledrove House, To the East of the HouseThe Old CottageThe Old Post OfficeThe Old SchoolThe Partridge InnThe School HouseTwo Ways1-4 Grooms Yard1-5, Cobbler's Row12, Midhurst Road3 and 4, Church Lane5, Charlton Road6 and 7, Charlton Road
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 17% of Singleton
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Singleton 197410 ha
10 hain conservation areas, of 58 ha inside the built-up area.
37 of the 39 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 Singleton’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1986
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1986 · 34
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The first 2 entries were listed in 1958, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 34 came in 1986, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
Monuments & landscapes
Monuments, parks and gardens
Designations that overlap the town by a tenth of their area or half a hectare.
1 registered park or garden
West DeanGrade II*
Homes by age
46% of Singleton’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
44%
Before 1900
2.8%
1900–18
0.8%
1919–29
5.6%
1930s
2.8%
1945–54
13%
1955–64
5.6%
1965–72
2.8%
1973–82
7.1%
1983–92
4.8%
1993–99
3.6%
2000–08
4.8%
2009–15
2.8%
2016–25
SingletonEngland & Wales
44% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1955–64, which added 13% 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 (7 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Singleton
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singleton | 518 | 39 | 1 | — |
| Mid Lavant | 1,441 | 26 | 0 | B |
| Tangmere | 4,000 | 27 | 2 | B− |
| Westhampnett | 1,238 | 12 | 0 | B |
| Midhurst | 5,366 | 110 | 0 | A− |
| Chichester | 31,709 | 520 | 14 | A− |
| Fishbourne | 3,368 | 28 | 0 | B− |
| Easebourne | 1,396 | 47 | 3 | A |
In brief
Singleton in brief
More of Singleton’s homes are old than in most places: 46% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 39 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1974. Of the whole list, 74% are houses, terraces and villas. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1986: 34 of 39.
Questions about Singleton’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Singleton?
Historic England lists 39 buildings inside Singleton’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 38 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Singleton?
One: The Parish Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
How many conservation areas are there in Singleton?
1, covering about 10 hectares of the town. The largest is Singleton.
When were Singleton’s buildings listed?
The first in 1958; the most, 34, in 1986.
How old are the homes in Singleton?
46% of homes were built before 1919 and 52% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Singleton 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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