IChurch · listed 1958Parish Church of St Peter and St PaulPhoto: Robert Edwards · CC BY-SA 2.0
The Manor House · Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0B+History Grade
History of Fenstanton · Historic England
45 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Fenstanton’s built-up area, 149 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 41 of Fenstanton’s listed buildings. We have photos of 6 of its listed buildings. 10% of its homes were built before 1919. Fenstanton grades B+ for history: #15 of 50 in Cambridgeshire.
Listed buildings
45
149 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
3
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
10%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Fenstanton in 6 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Parish Church of St Peter and St PaulGrade I listed
Grove HouseGrade II* listed
King William IV Public HouseGrade II listed
Swan CottageGrade II listed
The Crown and Pipes Public HouseGrade II listed+1See all photosPhotos 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 Fenstanton’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.
45 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I3 Grade II*41 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 Fenstanton
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*
The 3 Grade II* listed buildings in Fenstanton
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 2 are photographed.
II*House · listed 1958The Manor HousePhoto: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*House · listed 1951Grove HousePhoto: Hugh Venables · CC BY-SA 2.0
House · listed 1958Kirkby Cottage Windwhistle Ye Old Croft
What’s protected
Most of Fenstanton’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas37
Churches, chapels & priories4
Inns, shops & warehouses3
Walls, gates & bridges1
37 entries (82%) are houses, terraces and villas. 4 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
41 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 41 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Apple AcreBarn at Glebe Farm to North of Number 14Barn to East South East of the Gables FarmhouseBarn to South East of the Gables FarmhouseBase of Cross in Churchyard to South of Church of St Peter and St PaulChequer StreetChurch Farm Barn to East of Church of St Peter and St PaulClock Tower Lock UpElm PlaceHollydeneKing William IV Public HouseMathynsOakley LodgeProvidence PlaceSlepey CottageStable Cottage Two WaysSwan CottageThe Crown and Pipes Public HouseThe ElmsThe GablesThe George Public HouseThe NookThe VicarageUnited Reformed Church11, High Street13 and 15, High Street14, Church Street14, Honey Hill15 and 17, Honey Hill16 and 18, Honey Hill17, High Street19, High Street25 Chequer Street3, Bell Lane3, Talls Lane4 and 6, Hilton Road4 and 6, Talls Lane6, Church Lane6, Honey Hill7, Chequer Street7, High Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 20% of Fenstanton
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Fenstanton 197417 ha
17 hain conservation areas, of 89 ha inside the built-up area.
40 of the 45 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 Fenstanton’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1982
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1982 · 39
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The first 3 entries were listed in 1951. 39 came in 1982, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Fenstanton grades B+ for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (50 points, 166 per 10,000 residents)More than 79% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (10%)More than 26% 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.
Towns its size
Fenstanton has the 95th most Grade I buildings of 1,224 towns its size
Places of 2,000–5,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Fenstanton1
#219 of 1,224for listed buildings per resident (149 per 10,000). Painswick, Sandwich and Chipping Campden lead.
94 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Fenstanton
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fenstanton | 3,015 | 45 | 1 | B+ |
| Hemingford Grey | 3,372 | 46 | 2 | A− |
| Hilton | 1,052 | 30 | 1 | B+ |
| St Ives | 16,818 | 148 | 2 | B |
| Swavesey | 2,739 | 20 | 0 | B− |
| Needingworth | 2,059 | 17 | 0 | C+ |
| Houghton | 1,368 | 54 | 1 | A− |
| Over | 2,898 | 36 | 1 | B |
In brief
Fenstanton in brief
Per resident, Fenstanton has more listed heritage than 79% of UK towns. All told, the list holds 45 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I, including Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul. Only 94 of the 1,224 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1974.
Most entries on the list, 82%, are houses, terraces and villas. The big year was 1982, when 39 of the 45 went on the list. The rest is about typical: John Howland (1591) and Colin Coote (1893) were born here before 1900; and 10% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Fenstanton’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Fenstanton?
Historic England lists 45 buildings inside Fenstanton’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 3 Grade II* and 41 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Fenstanton?
One: Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul.
How many conservation areas are there in Fenstanton?
1, covering about 17 hectares of the town. The largest is Fenstanton.
When were Fenstanton’s buildings listed?
The first in 1951; the most, 39, in 1982.
How old are the homes in Fenstanton?
10% of homes were built before 1919 and 13% 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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