Church · listed 1962St John the Baptist's ChurchOn the list as Church of St John the Baptist
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History of Barnack · Historic England
56 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Barnack’s built-up area, 556 for every 10,000 residents. 54 of Barnack’s listed buildings are Grade II. 23% of its homes were built before 1919. Barnack grades A for history.
Listed buildings
56
556 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
23%
typical UK town 15%
The map
Where Barnack’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IGrade II*
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
56 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I1 Grade II*54 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 Barnack
Buildings of exceptional interest, about 2.5% of all listed buildings. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
Grade II*
The Grade II* listed building in Barnack
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest.
House · listed 19627, Station Road
Historic streets
The School Road and Station Road have the most listed buildings
Streets by the listed entries with an address on them. One entry can be a whole terrace, so long rows count once.
School Road5 listed
Station Road5 listed · 1 II*
Main Street3 listed
Of the 56 entries, 13 are named by a street address; the rest are named buildings such as churches, halls and bridges.
What’s protected
Most of Barnack’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas42
Walls, gates & bridges5
Inns, shops & warehouses4
Public & civic buildings3
Churches, chapels & priories1
Street furniture1
42 entries (75%) are houses, terraces and villas. 1 are churches, chapels and priories, including 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings.
Buildings are sorted by words in each entry’s name (church, gate, inn, memorial…): the list’s open data has no building type. An entry named only by its address counts as a house.
Grade II
54 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 54 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Barn Immediately North of Close HouseBarn North North East of Close HouseBarn North North West of Numbers 7 and 8Barn to South East of the Limes and C18 Barn Adjoining at Right Angles to NorthCedar TorChanonry Pasque CottageChester CottageClose HouseCosy Cottage North CottageDovecot and Stable Range East North East of Close HouseDovecote North North West of Gate HouseDovecote to North of Nos 7 and 8Feoffee CottagesGarden Boundary Wall to North of Kingsley House Fronting Main StreetGate HouseGate Piers Immediately North West of North Lodge at Walcot HallGreystonesHouse Occupied by Mr and Mrs SindallJasper Cottage the CottageK6 Telephone Kiosk, Main StreetKingsley HouseLea CottageLittlefieldMount PleasantNorth Lodge at Walcot HallOrchard CottagePremises Occupied by ChristinaQuarry HouseRed Lion HouseStables Immediately South of the LimesStone Arch in Wall South South East of Close House Fronting Onto School RoadStoney CroftThe Fox Public HouseThe LimesThe MaltingsThe Millstone Public HouseThe Old Butchers ShopThe Old CottageThe Old FarmhouseThe Old Post OfficeWilfrid Wood HallYe Old Corner House1 and 2, School Road14 and 15, Main Street22, Main Street23 and 24, Main Street25, School Road27, School Road28, School Road29, School Road3, Station Road5, Station Road6, Station Road8, Station Road
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 64% of Barnack
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Barnack 197535 ha
35 hain conservation areas, of 55 ha inside the built-up area.
56 of the 56 listed buildings stand in one.
Historic England’s conservation areas layer, supplied by councils (incomplete in places, so a page fact, never graded). Hectares are the part of each area inside the built-up area.
How the list grew
More than half of Barnack’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1982
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1982 · 321962 · 20
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The first 20 entries were listed in 1962, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 32 came in 1982, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Barnack grades A for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (59 points, 586 per 10,000 residents)More than 88% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (23%)More than 70% 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
23% of Barnack’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
22%
Before 1900
1.5%
1900–18
1.5%
1919–29
7.3%
1930s
4.4%
1945–54
6%
1955–64
18%
1965–72
2.9%
1973–82
7.3%
1983–92
1.5%
1993–99
7.3%
2000–08
7.3%
2009–15
13%
2016–25
BarnackEngland & Wales
22% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1965–72, which added 18% 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 (13 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Towns its size
Barnack has the 87th most Grade I buildings of 2,129 towns its size
Places of 1,000–2,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Barnack1
#125 of 2,129for listed buildings per resident (556 per 10,000). Aberaeron, Beaumaris and Burford lead.
86 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Barnack
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnack | 1,007 | 56 | 1 | A |
| Wittering | 2,678 | 9 | 1 | C− |
| Helpston | 1,249 | 56 | 1 | A |
| Stamford | 20,745 | 444 | 8 | A |
| Easton on the Hill | 1,096 | 51 | 1 | A+ |
| Ryhall | 1,444 | 18 | 1 | B+ |
| Glinton | 1,743 | 31 | 1 | B |
| Castor and Ailsworth | 1,461 | 82 | 1 | A |
In brief
Barnack in brief
More of Barnack’s homes are old than in most places: 23% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 56 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. For its size, it has more listed heritage than 88% of UK towns. Only 86 of the 2,129 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings.
A conservation area has protected part of it since 1975. Most entries on the list, 75%, are houses, terraces and villas. The big year was 1982, when 32 of the 56 went on the list. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: George Henry Kingsley (1826) was born here before 1900.
Questions about Barnack’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Barnack?
Historic England lists 56 buildings inside Barnack’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 54 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Barnack?
One: Church of St John the Baptist.
Which street in Barnack has the most listed buildings?
School Road (5), Station Road (5) and Main Street (3) have the most listed entries named by an address. One entry can be a whole terrace.
How many conservation areas are there in Barnack?
1, covering about 35 hectares of the town. The largest is Barnack.
When were Barnack’s buildings listed?
The first in 1962; the most, 32, in 1982.
How old are the homes in Barnack?
23% of homes were built before 1919 and 32% 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 · Historic England conservation areas (supplied by local planning authorities; October 2026). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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