How many listed buildings are in Wycombe? 1,249 listed buildings

Is a home in Wycombe likely to be in a conservation area?

About as likely as anywhere: about 7.4% of homes in Wycombe are in a conservation area, compared with 8.0% across Buckinghamshire and 2.4% in the typical area of England and Wales.

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 Wycombe. To check a specific address, search the official list entry or ask the council.

What are the Grade I listed buildings in Wycombe?

Wycombe has 19 Grade I listed buildings, the highest grade.

Each name links to its official list entry.

Which conservation areas are in Wycombe?

Wycombe has 62 conservation areas. Marlow has the most homes, about 1,155, and was designated in 1969.

Homes inside are Census 2021 households in postcodes whose centre is in the area. Showing the 50 with the most homes.

Are there scheduled monuments in Wycombe?

Yes, Wycombe has 53 scheduled monuments: nationally important sites such as earthworks, ruins and ancient buildings, protected from unauthorised change. These are 50 of them.

• A Neolithic barrow on Whiteleaf Hill, 50m east of Whiteleaf Cross
• A bowl barrow on Whiteleaf Hill, 200m north of Whiteleaf Cross
• A bowl barrow on Whiteleaf Hill, 90m north of Whiteleaf Cross
• A slight univallate hillfort known as Medmenham Camp
• Anglo-Saxon cemetery on Hemley Hill
• Bell barrow 260m WNW of Slough Glebe Farm, part of the Saunderton Lee barrow cemetery
• Bledlow Cross
• Bowl barrow 140m WNW of Slough Glebe Farm, part of the Saunderton Lee round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 350m ENE of Saunderton Station
• Bowl barrow at Molin's Works, part of the Saunderton Lee round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow on 'The Cop' hill, 270m north of Thickthorne Wood trig pillar
• Bowl barrow on Beacon Hill, 500m south of Ellesborough church
• Bowl barrow on Lodge Hill, 650m east of Old Callow Down Farm
• Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch: 1.02km long section from west of White House Farm to Lily Bank Farm
• Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch: 1.13km long section from Grymsdyke Manor to RAF High Wycombe
• Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch: 176m long section south west of White House Farm
• Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch: 245m long section in Oaken Grove with two associated post mill mounds, 235m south east of Briary Cottages
• Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch: 370m long section 330m south east of Hampden House
• Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch: 580m long section between Lily Bottom Lane and Redland End
• Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch: 660m long section to the west of Walter's Ash
• Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch: section extending from Redland End through Barnes's Grove to Hampden Park
• Camp on Church Hill
• Castle Hill, a motte and bailey castle and Saxon burial 50m west of Castle Hill House
• Cross dyke 480m east of Great Kimble church
• Cross dyke on Ragpit Hill, 230m ENE of Great Kimble church
• Cross dyke on Whiteleaf Hill, 165m south east of the Whiteleaf Cross
• Cymbeline's Castle: a motte and bailey castle 550m south west of Ellesborough church
• Desborough Castle
• Dial Hill Roman barrow, 50m north west of St Nicholas's Church
• Earthworks in Park Wood
• Fillington Wood medieval settlement
• Hill figure on Whiteleaf Hill, known as the Whiteleaf Cross
• Large multivallate hillfort known as Danesfield Camp
• Moated site 250m north west of Elmbrook Farm
• Moated site 90m west of Terrick House
• Moated site and associated medieval remains 430m north of Church Farm
• Moated site and medieval settlement remains 200m south west of Manor Farm
• Moated site at Apsley Manor Farm
• Moated site at Grove Farm
• Motte and bailey castle, moated site and Roman villa immediately east of All Saint's Church
• Motte castle known as Dane's Camp 400m south of Hampden House
• Pillow mound on Beacon Hill, 550m south of Ellesborough church
• Roman villa 140m east of St Mary and St Nicholas' Church
• Roman villa at Mill End
• Roman villa east of Lodge Hill Farm
• Roman villa north of Yewden Lodge
• Roundabout Wood moated site, fishponds, and farming and settlement remains
• Small multivallate hillfort on Pulpit Hill
• St John the Baptist's Hospital
• The Mount

Which part of Wycombe has the most listed buildings?

Marlow has the most listed buildings of the 28 areas of Wycombe, with 165.

A dash means the area is too small for a fair rate, or its council has not published conservation area boundaries.

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