Jenner's School · Photo: Gary Haywood · CC BY-SA 3.0

History of Cricklade · Historic England

113 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade I

On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Cricklade’s built-up area, 280 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 4 scheduled monuments. We have photos of 9 of its listed buildings. 16% of its homes were built before 1919. Cricklade grades A for history: #8 of 30 in Wiltshire.

2Grade I 5Grade II*4scheduled monuments 41on High Street

Listed buildings

113

280 per 10,000 residents

Grade I

exceptional interest

Grade II*

more than special interest

Scheduled monuments

nationally important sites

Homes built before 1919

16%

typical UK town 15%

In pictures

Cricklade in 9 photos

Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.

Church of St SampsonGrade I listed

23, High StreetGrade II* listed

Ockwells Glove FactoryGrade II listed

Kings Head Public HouseGrade II listed

Lloyds BankGrade II listed+4See all photos

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 Cricklade’s history is

Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.

Grade IGrade II*Scheduled monument

Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.

113 listed buildings by grade

2 Grade I5 Grade II*106 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 2 Grade I listed buildings in Cricklade

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.

Church · listed 1955St Sampson's ChurchOn the list as Church of St SampsonPhoto: Gary Haywood · CC BY-SA 3.0

Church · listed 1955Cross in St Mary's churchyardOn the list as Chuchyard Cross in Churchyard, Church of St MaryPhoto: Nick Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0

Grade II*

The 5 Grade II* listed buildings in Cricklade

Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 4 are photographed.

Public · listed 1955Jenner's SchoolPhoto: Gary Haywood · CC BY-SA 3.0

House · listed 197623, High StreetPhoto: Gary Haywood · CC BY-SA 3.0

Church · listed 1955Church of St MaryPhoto: Chris Downer · CC BY-SA 2.0

Church · listed 1955Old Town CrossOn the list as Old Town Cross, In Churchyard, Church of St SampsonPhoto: Gary Haywood · CC BY-SA 3.0

Church · listed 1976Group of 4 Rice Vaughan and Associated Monuments, In Churchyard North East of Church of St Sampson

What’s protected

Most of Cricklade’s listed buildings are homes

Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.

Houses, terraces & villas69

Walls, gates & bridges14

Churches, chapels & priories14

Public & civic buildings8

Inns, shops & warehouses6

Memorials, crosses & tombs1

Street furniture1

69 entries (61%) are houses, terraces and villas. 14 are churches, chapels and priories, including 2 of the 2 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

106 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 106 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z

Abingdon Court Farmhouse Alkerton House Bod Trever Brook House Byrn Cottage Candletree Carter Monument in Churchyard, 4 Metres North of North Wall, Church of St Sampson Cricklade War Memorial Cuss Monument, In Churchyard, 18 Metres North of North West Corner of Church of St Sampson Danvers House Entrance Quadrants, Wall and Stable South West of Candletree Gate Piers and Garden Wall to Brook House, Fronting Street Gatepiers and Street Wall, East of the Church of St Mary Greystones Group of 3 Poulton Monuments in Churchyard, 4 Metres South of South Trancept, Church of St Sampson Group of 5 Monuments in Churchyard 8 Metres West of West Door. Church of St Sampson Group of 8 Campernowne and Related Monuments in Churchyard, 16-19 Metres North of North Porch, Church of St Sampson Hall and Associated Monument, In Churchyard, 6 Metres South of South Aisle, Church of St Sampson Jubilee Clock K6 Telephone Kiosk Kings Head Public House Little Cottage Lloyds Bank London House Malt House Masters House at Jenners School Number 51 and Orthostatic Wall to Rear Number 68 and Orthostatic Wall to North Ockwells Glove Factory Old School Orthostatic Wall on North Side of Churchyard, Against Bath Road Orthostatic Wall to Churchyard Between Jenners School and the Gatehouse Orthostatic Wall to Front Garden of Gatehouse Orthostatic Wall to Number 18 Orthostatic Wall to Rear of Number 9 Orthostatic Wall to the Chimneys Outbuilding North of Abingdon Court Farmhouse Outbuilding at Rear of Number 23 Outbuilding to North East of Abingdon Court Farmhouse Outbuilding to Rear of Number 44 Pair of Monuments in Churchyard South West of Tower, Church of St Mary Red Lion Public House Smart Monument in Churchyard, 37 Metres South of South Trancept, Church of St Sampson St Sampson's Cross, Against Gable of Gatehouse, In Churchyard, Church of St Samptson Stables to South East of Alkerton House The Manor House The Old Manor House The Priory The Priory The Stalls Outbuilding North East of Dance House The Three Horseshoes Public House The Vale Hotel The White Lion Public House Town Bridge Wesley Hall White Monument in Churchyard, Of Church of St Sampson 1 and 2, Rectory Lane 1, High Street 107, High Street 108, High Street 110, High Street 17, The Forty 18, Calcutt Street 18, The Forty 19, Calcutt Street 19A, 20, 21 and 22, Calcutt Street 23, Calcutt Street 24, High Street 25, High Street 27, High Street 3, Church Lane 31, High Street 33 and 34, Calcutt Street 33, High Street 35, High Street 36, High Street 37, High Street 38, High Street 44, High Street 45, High Street 46, High Street 5, Abingdon Court Lane 52, High Street 53, High Street 54 and 55, High Street 57, High Street 58 and 59, High Street 61 and 62, High Street 63, High Street 64, High Street 65, High Street 66, High Street 69, High Street 71, High Street 75 and 76, High Street 78 and 79, High Street 8, High Street 81, High Street 83 and 84, High Street 87 and 88, High Street 89, High Street 90, High Street 92, High Street 93, High Street 94, High Street 95, High Street

Conservation areas

1 conservation area covers 27% of Cricklade

Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.

Cricklade 197030 ha

30 hain conservation areas, of 109 ha inside the built-up area.

106 of the 113 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 Cricklade’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1976

The year each building now on the list was first listed.

1976 · 871955 · 14

19501960197019801990200020102020

The first 14 entries were listed in 1955, 2 of the 2 Grade I buildings among them. 87 came in 1976, 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.

4 scheduled monuments

Nationally important archaeological sites and monuments, protected by law; work on them needs consent from the Secretary of State, advised by Historic England.

Areas of Saxon 'burh' within the town walls

Cricklade town banks

Cross in St Mary's churchyard

Cross in St Sampson's churchyard

History Grade

Cricklade 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 (130 points, 323 per 10,000 residents)More than 91% of UK towns

Homes built before 1919 (16%)More than 47% 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.

Towns its size

Cricklade has the 42nd most Grade I buildings of 1,040 towns its size

Places of 2,000–6,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.

Appleby-in-Westmorland6

Repton6

Lyme Regis5

Battle5

Cricklade2

#56 of 1,040for listed buildings per resident (280 per 10,000). Sandwich, Tenby and Dolgellau lead.

41 have more. The typical town its size has 0.

Neighbours

Listed buildings in the places around Cricklade

Town	People	Listed	Grade I	History
Cricklade	4,030	113	2	A
Ashton Keynes	1,425	56	1	A⁺
Broad Blunsdon	6,507	24	0	C⁺
South Cerney	3,998	56	1	B⁺
Purton	3,193	25	0	B⁺
Swindon	183,687	187	0	B⁻
Fairford	4,240	114	1	A
Stratton St Margaret	20,689	17	1	C⁻

In brief

Cricklade in brief

Few towns are as rich in listed heritage as Cricklade: per resident it has more than 91% of UK towns. In all there are 113 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade I, including St Sampson's Church. Only 41 of the 1,040 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. On High Street alone there are 41 listed buildings.

A conservation area has protected part of it since 1970. Most entries on the list, 61%, are houses, terraces and villas. The big year was 1976, when 87 of the 113 went on the list. Beyond that, George R. Poulton (1828) was born here before 1900; it also has 4 scheduled monuments; and 16% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.

Questions about Cricklade’s history

How many listed buildings are there in Cricklade?

Historic England lists 113 buildings inside Cricklade’s built-up area: 2 Grade I, 5 Grade II* and 106 Grade II.

What are the Grade I listed buildings in Cricklade?

2, including Chuchyard Cross in Churchyard, Church of St Mary and Church of St Sampson.

Are there scheduled monuments in Cricklade?

Yes, 4 scheduled monuments, including Areas of Saxon 'burh' within the town walls, Cricklade town banks, Cross in St Mary's churchyard and Cross in St Sampson's churchyard.

How many conservation areas are there in Cricklade?

1, covering about 30 hectares of the town. The largest is Cricklade.

When were Cricklade’s buildings listed?

The first in 1955; the most, 87, in 1976.

How old are the homes in Cricklade?

16% of homes were built before 1919 and 18% 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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