IChurch · listed 1966Church of St MichaelPhoto: Adina Levy · CC BY-SA 2.5
Church of St Michael · Photo: Adina Levy · CC BY-SA 2.5A+History Grade
History of Aldbourne · Historic England
84 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Aldbourne’s built-up area, 498 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. 27% of its homes were built before 1919. Aldbourne grades A+ for history.
Listed buildings
84
498 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
27%
typical UK town 15%
The map
Where Aldbourne’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IScheduled monument
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
84 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*83 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 Aldbourne
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.
Historic streets
The Butts has the most listed buildings
Streets by the listed entries with an address on them. One entry can be a whole terrace, so long rows count once.
The Butts8 listed
The Green7 listed
Crooked Corner4 listed
Oxford Street4 listed
Castle Street3 listed
Of the 84 entries, 29 are named by a street address; the rest are named buildings such as churches, halls and bridges.
What’s protected
Most of Aldbourne’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas67
Public & civic buildings5
Walls, gates & bridges4
Inns, shops & warehouses3
Street furniture3
Churches, chapels & priories2
67 entries (80%) 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
83 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 83 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Alma Cottage and BarnBay HouseBeech KnollBell CourtBlue Boar Public HouseCarriage House and Stables at the Court HouseChantry CottageCoach House and Stables at Beech KnollCourt HouseDuck CottageForge RowFormer Mason Arms Public House, 11 West Street and West Street House, 13 West StreetFoundry CottageGarden Wall and Railings to No 15, The GreenGarden Wall in Front of Beech KnollGarden Walls North of Rose CottageGlebe HouseGranary West of Corr's Barn, Rose CottageGranary West of Drive Access to Nos 22-26Half Moon CottageHampstead CottageHigh TownHolly CottageIvy CottageKay's CottageMalt House in Grounds of No 13 South StreetMarket CrossMarket HouseMilestone Opposite Malt HouseNo 3 with RailingsNos 7, 9 and 11 Lottage RoadOak HouseOutbuilding to Rear of No 11 South StreetPond HouseRaffles RestaurantRed CottageRose CottageSixpennySkilling at Rose CottageSouth CottageSouthward FarmhouseStable 30 Metres North of Skilling at Rose CottageThatched CottageThe Crown Public HouseThe Old Malt HouseThe Old RectoryThe Priest's HouseThruppennyTurnpike CottageVillage Pump on Road Island at Start of South StreetVine CottageWestfield FarmhouseWhitley CottageYew Tree House with Garden Wall1 Castle Street1, 2 and 3, South Street10, The Butts10, The Green11, Castle Street12 Oxford Street13 and 14, The Green15, The Green16, The Green2 and 4, Oxford Street2, Crooked Corner2, The Butts2, West Street20, South Street22 Oxford Street23 and 24 The Green3 Oxford Street3 and 4, The Butts3 and 5 Castle Street3, Crooked Corner4, Crooked Corner5, Crooked Corner5, The Butts6, The Butts7, The Butts7, The Green8, The Butts9, The Butts9, The Green
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 31% of Aldbourne
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Aldbourne 197325 ha
25 hain conservation areas, of 79 ha inside the built-up area.
76 of the 84 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
38 of Aldbourne’s 84 listed buildings were added in 1966
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1966 · 381985 · 351977 · 9
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 38 entries were listed in 1966, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. Only 0 have 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 scheduled monument
Nationally important archaeological sites and monuments, protected by law; work on them needs consent from the Secretary of State, advised by Historic England.
History Grade
Aldbourne grades A+ for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (88 points, 522 per 10,000 residents)More than 91% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (27%)More than 78% of UK towns
Two measures, each ranked against every UK town of 1,000 or more, with protected heritage counting twice as much as the age of homes. Protected heritage counts each listed building by its grade (Grade I three points, II* two, II one), each scheduled monument and battlefield two, and each registered park or garden by its grade; it is ranked both per 10,000 residents and as a total, so a village with one fine church doesn’t outrank a historic city. The second measure is the share of homes built before 1919, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records. History is a character grade: it describes the town and isn’t part of the overall grade.
Homes by age
27% of Aldbourne’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
25%
Before 1900
2.5%
1900–18
2.5%
1919–29
4.9%
1930s
4.9%
1945–54
14%
1955–64
12%
1965–72
8.6%
1973–82
11%
1983–92
9.9%
1993–99
3.7%
2000–08
1.2%
2009–15
0%
2016–25
AldbourneEngland & Wales
25% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1955–64, which added 14% 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 (9 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Towns its size
Aldbourne has the 86th most Grade I buildings of 1,630 towns its size
Places of 1,000–3,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Aldbourne1
#63 of 1,630for listed buildings per resident (498 per 10,000). Aberaeron, Beaumaris and Burford lead.
85 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Aldbourne
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aldbourne | 1,686 | 84 | 1 | A+ |
| Ramsbury | 1,541 | 54 | 1 | A |
| Lambourn | 3,141 | 59 | 1 | A |
| Chiseldon | 2,033 | 24 | 1 | B |
| Wanborough | 1,737 | 23 | 1 | B+ |
| Marlborough | 8,829 | 280 | 2 | A |
| Hungerford | 5,184 | 93 | 0 | A− |
| Great Bedwyn | 1,194 | 30 | 1 | A |
In brief
Aldbourne in brief
For its size, Aldbourne has more listed heritage than 91% of UK towns. All told, the list holds 84 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. Of its homes, 27% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. Only 85 of the 1,630 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings.
A conservation area has protected part of it since 1973. Most entries on the list, 80%, are houses, terraces and villas. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: it also has a scheduled monument.
Questions about Aldbourne’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Aldbourne?
Historic England lists 84 buildings inside Aldbourne’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 83 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Aldbourne?
One: Church of St Michael.
Which street in Aldbourne has the most listed buildings?
The Butts (8), The Green (7) and Crooked Corner (4) have the most listed entries named by an address. One entry can be a whole terrace.
Are there scheduled monuments in Aldbourne?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Village cross.
How many conservation areas are there in Aldbourne?
1, covering about 25 hectares of the town. The largest is Aldbourne.
When were Aldbourne’s buildings listed?
The first in 1966; the most, 38, in 1966.
How old are the homes in Aldbourne?
27% of homes were built before 1919 and 34% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
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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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