IChurch · listed 1964Church of St Thomas of Canterbury, Clapham, BedfordshireOn the list as Church of St Thomas of CanterburyPhoto: Oliver White · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Tim Glover · CC BY-SA 2.0DHistory Grade
History of Clapham · Historic England
4 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Clapham’s built-up area, 8.9 for every 10,000 residents. 3 of Clapham’s listed buildings are Grade II. 7.5% of its homes were built before 1919. Clapham grades D for history: #28 of 33 in Bedfordshire.
Listed buildings
4
8.9 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
7.5%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Clapham
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. 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.
The map
Where Clapham’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade I
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
4 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*3 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 Clapham
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
3 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 3 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
History Grade
Clapham grades D for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (6 points, 13 per 10,000 residents)More than 24% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (7.5%)More than 17% 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
7.5% of Clapham’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
7.1%
Before 1900
0.5%
1900–18
4%
1919–29
7.1%
1930s
4.5%
1945–54
28%
1955–64
9.6%
1965–72
10%
1973–82
6.1%
1983–92
4.5%
1993–99
16%
2000–08
1.5%
2009–15
0.5%
2016–25
ClaphamEngland & Wales
7.1% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1955–64, which added 28% 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 (10 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Towns its size
Clapham has the 89th most Grade I buildings of 981 towns its size
Places of 3,000–7,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Clapham1
#775 of 981for listed buildings per resident (9 per 10,000). Sandwich, Tenby and Arundel lead.
88 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Clapham
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clapham | 4,502 | 4 | 1 | D |
| Oakley | 2,507 | 21 | 1 | B− |
| Bromham | 4,652 | 19 | 0 | C |
| Bedford | 97,226 | 166 | 9 | B+ |
| Great Denham | 4,363 | 0 | 0 | D− |
| Kempston | 22,779 | 21 | 0 | C |
| Sharnbrook | 1,744 | 37 | 1 | A− |
| Shortstown | 4,837 | 7 | 0 | D |
In brief
Clapham in brief
The official list counts 4 listed buildings in Clapham, 1 of them Grade I, including Church of St Thomas of Canterbury, Clapham, Bedfordshire. Only 88 of the 981 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. Its homes are mostly newer: 7.5% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. For its size the list is short: per resident, it has more listed heritage than only 24% of UK towns. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: the list grew between 1964 and 1987.
Questions about Clapham’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Clapham?
Historic England lists 4 buildings inside Clapham’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 3 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Clapham?
One: Church of St Thomas of Canterbury.
How old are the homes in Clapham?
7.5% of homes were built before 1919 and 19% 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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