IChurch · listed 1958Parish Church of All SaintsPhoto: David Purchase · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: David Purchase · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Ellington · Historic England
15 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Ellington’s built-up area, 248 for every 10,000 residents. 14 of Ellington’s listed buildings are Grade II. 17% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
15
248 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
17%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Ellington
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 Ellington’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.
15 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*14 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 Ellington
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
14 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 14 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Brook House FarmhouseBrooksideCollege FarmhouseEllington War MemorialGrove CottageHill House Residential HomeManor FarmhouseOakley CottagePair of Table Top Tombs 5 Metres South West of the South Porch, Churchyard of All SaintsTable Tomb in Angle of Chancel and South AisleThe CottageThe MermaidThe StoresYew Tree Farmhouse
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 15% of Ellington
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Ellington 19805 ha
5 hain conservation areas, of 32 ha inside the built-up area.
11 of the 15 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
7 of Ellington’s 15 listed buildings were added in 1983
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1983 · 71980 · 5
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The first 1 entry was listed in 1958, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 7 came in 1983, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Ellington
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ellington | 604 | 15 | 1 | — |
| Brampton | 6,585 | 35 | 2 | B− |
| Alconbury | 1,464 | 20 | 1 | B− |
| Buckden | 2,757 | 63 | 4 | A− |
| Alconbury Weald | 1,222 | 9 | 0 | C |
| Kimbolton | 1,056 | 97 | 3 | A+ |
| Huntingdon | 25,603 | 126 | 4 | B |
| Offord D'Arcy and Offord Cluny | 1,385 | 26 | 1 | B+ |
In brief
Ellington in brief
The official list counts 15 listed buildings in Ellington, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1980. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: 17% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Ellington’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Ellington?
Historic England lists 15 buildings inside Ellington’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 14 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Ellington?
One: Parish Church of All Saints.
How many conservation areas are there in Ellington?
1, covering about 5 hectares of the town. The largest is Ellington.
When were Ellington’s buildings listed?
The first in 1958; the most, 7, in 1983.
How old are the homes in Ellington?
17% of homes were built before 1919 and 22% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Ellington has no History Grade.
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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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