How many listed buildings are in Chesham and Villages Community Board? 352 listed buildings
Chesham and Villages Community Board has 352 listed buildings, 4 of them Grade I, and 4 conservation areas. About 5.1% of homes are in a conservation area, compared with 2.4% in the typical area of England and Wales.
- Grade I
- 4
- Grade II*
- 10
- Grade II
- 338
- Per 1,000 homes
- 30.2
- More listed buildings per home than
- 68% of areas
- Conservation areas
- 4
Listed buildings and scheduled monuments are counted where their map point falls; one list entry can cover a terrace or group. Per 1,000 homes uses Census 2021 households. © Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Source: planning.data.gov.uk, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we calculate this
All house prices in Chesham and Villages Community BoardIs a home in Chesham and Villages Community Board likely to be in a conservation area?
About as likely as anywhere: about 5.1% of homes in Chesham and Villages Community Board are in a conservation area, compared with 5.5% across Chiltern and 2.4% in the typical area of England and Wales.
| Area | Share of homes |
|---|---|
| Chesham and Villages Community BoardThis area | 5.1% |
| Chiltern | 5.5% |
| Typical area in England and Wales | 2.4% |
In a conservation area you usually need planning permission for work that would be allowed elsewhere, such as cladding, side extensions, some roof changes and demolishing most buildings, and you must give the council six weeks' notice before cutting back or felling most trees. Some areas have extra Article 4 rules, for example on replacing windows or doors. Check with the council before you buy.
What does it mean if a home is listed?
A listed home needs listed building consent for any work that affects its character, inside or out, and doing that work without consent is a criminal offence. Grade I buildings are of exceptional interest (about 2.5% of listed buildings), Grade II* are particularly important (about 5.8%), and most, about 92%, are Grade II. One list entry can cover a whole terrace.
This page shows how common listed buildings are in Chesham and Villages Community Board. To check a specific address, search the official list entry or ask the council.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Chesham and Villages Community Board?
Chesham and Villages Community Board has 4 Grade I listed buildings, the highest grade.
| Building | Listed |
|---|---|
| CHURCH OF ST MARY | 1951 |
| CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL | 1984 |
| OLD CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST | 1958 |
| THE MANOR HOUSE | 1958 |
Each name links to its official list entry.
Which conservation areas are in Chesham and Villages Community Board?
Chesham and Villages Community Board has 4 conservation areas. Chesham has the most homes, about 403, and was designated in 1970.
| Conservation area | Designated | Homes inside |
|---|---|---|
| Chesham | 1970 | 403 |
| Chenies and Latimer | 1970 | 113 |
| Cholesbury and Hawridge | 1971 | 63 |
| The Lee | 1980 | 15 |
Homes inside are Census 2021 households in postcodes whose centre is in the area.
Are there scheduled monuments in Chesham and Villages Community Board?
Yes, Chesham and Villages Community Board has 12 scheduled monuments: nationally important sites such as earthworks, ruins and ancient buildings, protected from unauthorised change.
- Bowl barrow in Lowndes Park, known as the `Rolling Pin'
- Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch: 350m long section extending north east from Cottage Farm
- Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch: 520m long section between Lanes End and Bottom Road
- Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch: 875m long section between Leylands Farm and Shire Lane
- Hawridge Court ringwork
- Large multivallate hillfort known as Cholesbury Camp
- Medieval undercroft in the grounds of Chenies Manor: part of a medieval Great House
- Moated site and associated earthworks in Bray's Wood
- Moated site at Grove Farm, Ashley Green
- Moated site immediately north west of Little Pednor Farm
- Slight univallate hillfort on Whelpley Hill
- St Mary Magdalen's Church, Flaunden
Which part of Chesham and Villages Community Board has the most listed buildings?
Chesham has the most listed buildings of the 7 areas of Chesham and Villages Community Board, with 145.
| Area | Listed buildings | Per 1,000 homes | Homes in a conservation area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chesham | 145 | 15.5 | 4.3% |
| Chartridge | 52 | 76.7 | 0.0% |
| Chenies | 43 | — | 81.1% |
| Latimer and Ley Hill | 34 | — | 6.1% |
| Cholesbury-cum-St Leonards | 33 | — | 15.6% |
| Ashley Green | 23 | — | 0.0% |
| The Lee | 22 | — | 5.3% |
A dash means the area is too small for a fair rate, or its council has not published conservation area boundaries.
What else do people ask about Chesham and Villages Community Board?
More quick answers on house prices, sales, areas, green space, crime, air quality and listed buildings in Chesham and Villages Community Board.
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- How many parks and green spaces are in Chesham and Villages Community Board?
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Where does this data come from?
Price information is from HM Land Registry, location boundaries are from OpenStreetMap, and households and population are from Nomis Census 2021 postcode estimates (21 March 2021). Parks and green space are from OS Open Greenspace. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Crime is from police.uk street-level data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: police.uk. Listed buildings and scheduled monuments are from Historic England and Cadw, and conservation areas from planning.data.gov.uk. © Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Source: planning.data.gov.uk, Open Government Licence v3.0. Air quality is from Defra modelled background pollution maps. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Defra modelled background pollution, 2025.
Last updated 11 November 2026 at 01:40 with the latest Land Registry data (September 2026). The Chesham and Villages Community Board dataset covers 1,186 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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