Photo: Neil Owen · CC BY-SA 2.014 listed buildings
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Lyneham’s built-up area, 30 for every 10,000 residents. All of Lyneham’s listed buildings are Grade II. 8.4% of its homes were built before 1919. Lyneham grades C for history.
Landmarks of Lyneham
Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
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.
Lyneham in old photos
1 old photo or postcard, in date order. All public domain, made before 1950.
1930Public domain, from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server. Each credit opens the image’s page with its full description and history.
Where Lyneham’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
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.
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
More than half of Lyneham’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1985
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
The first 2 entries were listed in 1955. 12 came in 1985, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
Lyneham grades C for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all 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.
Lyneham is a military garrison town: most residents serve or work for the armed forces and live in service housing, so it keeps its grades but isn’t ranked against other towns.
8.4% of Lyneham’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
8.4% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1955–64, which added 34% 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 (0 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Listed buildings in the places around Lyneham
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lyneham | 4,645 | 14 | 0 | C |
| Royal Wootton Bassett | 13,002 | 51 | 0 | B− |
| Sutton Benger | 1,270 | 27 | 0 | A |
| Calne | 19,725 | 179 | 1 | B+ |
| Derry Hill and Studley | 1,027 | 21 | 0 | A− |
| Purton | 3,193 | 25 | 0 | B+ |
| Chippenham | 36,084 | 276 | 2 | B+ |
| Wroughton | 7,276 | 39 | 1 | B− |
Lyneham in brief
The official list counts 14 listed buildings in Lyneham, including Church of St Michael and All Angels and RAF Chapel. Its homes are mostly newer: 8.4% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. The big year was 1985, when 12 of the 14 went on the list. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns.
Questions about Lyneham’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Lyneham?
Historic England lists 14 buildings inside Lyneham’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 14 Grade II.
When were Lyneham’s buildings listed?
The first in 1955; the most, 12, in 1985.
Are there old photos of Lyneham?
Yes: 1 public-domain photo or postcard from 1930 to 1930, all on this page.
How old are the homes in Lyneham?
8.4% of homes were built before 1919 and 11% 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. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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