IChurch · listed 1964Church of St JamesPhoto: Andrew Mathewson · CC BY-SA 2.0
Church of St James · Photo: Andrew Mathewson · CC BY-SA 2.0C+History Grade
History of Ludgershall · Historic England
15 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Ludgershall’s built-up area, 28 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 2 scheduled monuments. 9% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 4 of its listed buildings. Ludgershall grades C+ for history: #26 of 30 in Wiltshire.
Listed buildings
15
28 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
2
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
9%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Ludgershall in 6 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Ludgershall Castle, a medieval ringwork and castle, LudgershallScheduled monument
Ludgershall village crossScheduled monument
The Crown InnGrade II listed
The Thatched CottageGrade II listed
27 Tidworth RoadGrade II listed+1See all photosPhotos 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 Ludgershall’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IScheduled monument
0 of 4neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
15 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*14 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 Ludgershall
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.
Grade II
14 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 14 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Erskine HouseLudgershall Cross and railingsLudgershall War Memorial, surrounding wall and railingsNo. 6 and Lynton, Butts StreetPerry's CottageQueens Head Public HouseThe Crown InnThe Thatched CottageUnidentified Monument in Churchyard, Approximately 13 Metres South of Tower, Church of St JamesUnidentified Monument in Churchyard, Approximately 16 Metres South of South Porch, Church of St JamesUnidentified Monument in Churchyard, Approximately 7 Metres South East of Chancel, Church of St James1 and 3, Castle Street15, 17 and 19, Castle Street27 Tidworth Road
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 5.2% of Ludgershall
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Ludgershall 19819 ha
9 hain conservation areas, of 172 ha inside the built-up area.
14 of the 15 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 Ludgershall’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1988
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1988 · 10
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The first 2 entries were listed in 1964, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 10 came in 1988, 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.
2 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.
History Grade
Ludgershall grades C+ for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (21 points, 39 per 10,000 residents)More than 51% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (9%)More than 22% 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
9% of Ludgershall’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
5.5%
Before 1900
3.4%
1900–18
5.9%
1919–29
4.4%
1930s
3.4%
1945–54
8.1%
1955–64
8.1%
1965–72
13%
1973–82
7.3%
1983–92
6.7%
1993–99
12%
2000–08
2.1%
2009–15
20%
2016–25
LudgershallEngland & Wales
5.5% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 2016–25, which added 20% 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 (14 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Towns its size
Ludgershall has the 87th most Grade I buildings of 916 towns its size
Places of 3,000–9,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Ludgershall1
#479 of 916for listed buildings per resident (28 per 10,000). Sandwich, Tenby and Brecon lead.
86 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Ludgershall
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ludgershall | 5,400 | 15 | 1 | C+ |
| Perham Down | 1,397 | 0 | 0 | D− |
| Tidworth | 10,693 | 20 | 1 | C |
| Shipton Bellinger | 1,442 | 13 | 0 | C+ |
| Charlton | 2,121 | 9 | 0 | C |
| Anna Valley and Upper Clatford | 1,557 | 24 | 0 | B+ |
| Andover | 48,484 | 89 | 1 | C+ |
| Bulford | 4,923 | 12 | 0 | C− |
In brief
Ludgershall in brief
The official list counts 15 listed buildings in Ludgershall, 1 of them Grade I, including Church of St James. Only 86 of the 916 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1981.
Its homes are mostly newer: 9% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. The big year was 1988, when 10 of the 15 went on the list. Beyond that, per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and it also has 2 scheduled monuments.
Questions about Ludgershall’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Ludgershall?
Historic England lists 15 buildings inside Ludgershall’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 14 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Ludgershall?
One: Church of St James.
Are there scheduled monuments in Ludgershall?
Yes, 2 scheduled monuments, including Ludgershall Castle, a medieval ringwork and castle, Ludgershall and Ludgershall village cross.
How many conservation areas are there in Ludgershall?
1, covering about 9 hectares of the town. The largest is Ludgershall.
When were Ludgershall’s buildings listed?
The first in 1964; the most, 10, in 1988.
How old are the homes in Ludgershall?
9% of homes were built before 1919 and 20% 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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