IChurch · listed 1967Parish Church of St MaryPhoto: John Salmon · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: John Sutton · CC BY-SA 2.0B+History Grade
History of Fowlmere · Historic England
33 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Fowlmere’s built-up area, 255 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. 13% of its homes were built before 1919. Fowlmere grades B+ for history.
Listed buildings
33
255 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
13%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Fowlmere
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 Fowlmere’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IScheduled monument
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
33 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*32 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 Fowlmere
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.
What’s protected
The largest group of Fowlmere’s listed buildings is homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas16
Inns, shops & warehouses6
Walls, gates & bridges3
Churches, chapels & priories3
Public & civic buildings3
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
Street furniture1
16 entries (48%) are houses, terraces and villas. 3 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
32 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 32 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Barn and Cottage to West of Number 9Black Horse InnBridge HouseBrook FarmhouseChest Tomb East of Chancel of the Church of St MaryEden CottageFieldhouseFowlmere School and School HouseFowlmere War MemorialHillside CottagesHillview Cottage Rector's CottageMaltings CottagesMilestone (Number 9)Moss CottagePerks ClosePump Circa 8 Metres to South of Bridge HouseSelby CottagesSextons CottageSwan House Inn and Attached OutbuildingThatched CottageThe Chequers InnThe ChestnutsThe GreenThe Old Manor HouseThe Old ManseThe Old Post OfficeThe Old RectoryThe Queen's Head Public HouseThe Variety ShopTombstones Circa 14 Metres West of North Aisle and Nave of the Church of St MaryUnited Reformed Church and Memorial Stone Beside North WallWhite Hall
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 19% of Fowlmere
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Fowlmere 197311 ha
11 hain conservation areas, of 58 ha inside the built-up area.
25 of the 33 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 Fowlmere’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1986
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1986 · 201967 · 6
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 6 entries were listed in 1967, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 20 came in 1986, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
Monuments & landscapes
Monuments, parks and gardens
Designations that overlap the town by a tenth of their area or half a hectare.
1 scheduled monument
Nationally important archaeological sites and monuments, protected by law; work on them needs consent from the Secretary of State, advised by Historic England.
History Grade
Fowlmere 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 (37 points, 286 per 10,000 residents)More than 79% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (13%)More than 35% 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
Fowlmere has the 88th most Grade I buildings of 1,893 towns its size
Places of 1,000–2,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Fowlmere1
#351 of 1,893for listed buildings per resident (255 per 10,000). Aberaeron, Beaumaris and Burford lead.
87 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Fowlmere
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fowlmere | 1,295 | 33 | 1 | B+ |
| Foxton | 1,275 | 27 | 1 | B+ |
| Melbourn | 4,907 | 75 | 0 | B+ |
| Meldreth | 1,823 | 36 | 1 | B+ |
| Barrington | 1,184 | 48 | 1 | A− |
| Whittlesford | 1,608 | 29 | 1 | A− |
| Duxford | 2,216 | 37 | 2 | A− |
| Harston | 1,827 | 15 | 0 | B |
In brief
Fowlmere in brief
Measured per resident, Fowlmere has more listed heritage than 79% of UK towns. In all there are 33 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. Only 87 of the 1,893 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings.
A conservation area has protected part of it since 1973. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1986: 20 of 33. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: it also has a scheduled monument; and 13% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Fowlmere’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Fowlmere?
Historic England lists 33 buildings inside Fowlmere’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 32 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Fowlmere?
One: Parish Church of St Mary.
Are there scheduled monuments in Fowlmere?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including The earthworks and buried remains of a ringwork known as the Round Moat.
How many conservation areas are there in Fowlmere?
1, covering about 11 hectares of the town. The largest is Fowlmere.
When were Fowlmere’s buildings listed?
The first in 1967; the most, 20, in 1986.
How old are the homes in Fowlmere?
13% of homes were built before 1919 and 16% 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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