How many listed buildings are in Adur? 118 listed buildings
Adur has 118 listed buildings, 7 of them Grade I, and 7 conservation areas. About 4.9% of homes are in a conservation area, compared with 2.4% in the typical area of England and Wales.
- Grade I
- 7
- Grade II*
- 7
- Grade II
- 104
- Per 1,000 homes
- 4.3
- Fewer listed buildings per home than
- 77% of areas
- Conservation areas
- 7
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 AdurIs a home in Adur likely to be in a conservation area?
About as likely as anywhere: about 4.9% of homes in Adur are in a conservation area, compared with 2.4% in the typical area of England and Wales.
| Area | Share of homes |
|---|---|
| AdurThis area | 4.9% |
| 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 Adur. To check a specific address, search the official list entry or ask the council.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Adur?
Adur has 7 Grade I listed buildings, the highest grade.
| Building | Listed |
|---|---|
| CHURCH OF ST JULIAN | 1950 |
| CHURCH OF ST MARY DE HAURA | 1950 |
| CHURCH OF ST NICOLAS | 1950 |
| Lancing College, the Chapel | 1954 |
| THE PARISH CHURCH | 1954 |
| THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST JAMES | 1954 |
| THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST MARY | 1954 |
Each name links to its official list entry.
Which conservation areas are in Adur?
Adur has 7 conservation areas. Shoreham-by-Sea has the most homes, about 722, and was designated in 1971.
| Conservation area | Designated | Homes inside |
|---|---|---|
| Shoreham-by-Sea | 1971 | 722 |
| Southwick | 1976 | 290 |
| North Lancing | 1975 | 91 |
| Old Shoreham | 1975 | 86 |
| Sompting | 1976 | 78 |
| Southlands | 1993 | 51 |
| Kingston Buci | 1977 | 28 |
Homes inside are Census 2021 households in postcodes whose centre is in the area.
Are there scheduled monuments in Adur?
Yes, Adur has 9 scheduled monuments: nationally important sites such as earthworks, ruins and ancient buildings, protected from unauthorised change.
- Cross dyke on Steep Down, 600m north east of Titch Hill Farm
- Cross dyke on Steep Down, 700m north east of Beggars Bush
- Martin Down style enclosure, bowl barrow, Iron Age hillfort, Romano-British village and associated field system on Thundersbarrow Hill
- Regular aggregate field system with prehistoric and Romano-British farmsteads and a Bronze Age bowl barrow on Park Brow
- Romano-British villa at Manor Hall Road, Southwick
- Shoreham Airfield dome trainer, 240m south west of Sussex Pad Hotel
- Shoreham Fort, 120m SSE of East House
- Shrunken medieval settlement at Old Erringham
- The Marlipins
Which part of Adur has the most listed buildings?
Lancing has the most listed buildings of the 3 areas of Adur, with 20.
| Area | Listed buildings | Per 1,000 homes | Homes in a conservation area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lancing | 20 | 2.3 | 1.1% |
| Sompting | 15 | 4.0 | 2.1% |
| Coombes | 8 | — | 0.0% |
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 Adur?
More quick answers on house prices, sales, areas, green space, crime, air quality and listed buildings in Adur.
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- How many parks and green spaces are in Adur?
- What is the crime rate in Adur?
- What's the air quality in Adur?
- How do Adur house prices compare with another area?
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 01:26 with the latest Land Registry data (September 2026). The Adur dataset covers 3,074 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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