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History of Gamlingay · Historic England
61 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Gamlingay’s built-up area, 209 for every 10,000 residents. 55 of Gamlingay’s listed buildings are Grade II. We have photos of 6 of its listed buildings. 17% of its homes were built before 1919. Gamlingay grades A− for history: #2 of 50 in Cambridgeshire.
Listed buildings
61
209 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
5
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
17%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Gamlingay in 6 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
The EmplinsGrade II* listed
Baptist ChapelGrade II listed
The Wheatsheaf Public HouseGrade II listed
Hardwicke Arms Public HouseGrade II listed
The Old ManseGrade 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 Gamlingay’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.
61 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I5 Grade II*55 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 Gamlingay
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 5 Grade II* listed buildings in Gamlingay
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 1 is photographed.
II*House · listed 1972The EmplinsPhoto: Richard Thomas · CC BY-SA 2.0
House · listed 1967Almhouses
Church · listed 1986Chapel Adjoining Almhouses at East End
House · listed 1967Havelock House
Inns & shops · listed 1967The Cock Inn
Historic streets
The Church End and Church Street 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.
Church End9 listed
Church Street9 listed
Mill Street6 listed
Of the 61 entries, 26 are named by a street address; the rest are named buildings such as churches, halls and bridges.
What’s protected
Most of Gamlingay’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas45
Churches, chapels & priories5
Inns, shops & warehouses4
Public & civic buildings3
Walls, gates & bridges2
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
Street furniture1
45 entries (74%) are houses, terraces and villas. 5 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
55 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 55 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Avenells FarmhouseBaptist ChapelBarn at Blythe FarmhouseBarn, 20 Yards East of Number 1Barn, 20 Yards North of Number 1Barn, Drying House and Outbuildings at Charnock HouseBerriesBlythe FarmhouseCharnock HouseChurch Cottage Former School and School House Parish RoomChurch FarmhouseChurchyard Cross 10 Yards South of Church of St Mary the VirginChurchyard Wall at Church of St Mary the VirginDovecote at Number 23 (Merton Manor Farm)Gamlingay First School and No 10 AdjoiningGamlingay War MemorialHardwicke Arms Public HouseJasmine CottageKitchens FarmhouseMaypole HouseMerton Manor FarmMilestone in Garden Wall to Number 34Old Bull HouseOld Maltings CottageSchool Next to Baptist ChapelTelephone KioskThe Old ManseThe Wheatsheaf Public HouseTudor House1, Church End1, Stocks Lane11, Church End13 and 15, Church Street14 and 16, Mill Street14, Church End16 and 18, Church End2 and 4, Mill Street21, Church End22, Mill Street27, Church End28, Church Street3, Church Street3, Stocks Lane36, Church Street38, Mill Street4, Church End53 and 55, Mill Street53, Church Street6, Church End61, Mill Street62 and 64, Church Street70 and 72, Church Street74, 76 and 78, Church Street8, Church End86 and 88, Church Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 22% of Gamlingay
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Gamlingay 197320 ha
20 hain conservation areas, of 91 ha inside the built-up area.
60 of the 61 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 Gamlingay’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1986
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1986 · 321967 · 141984 · 5
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 14 entries were listed in 1967, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 32 came in 1986, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Gamlingay 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 (68 points, 233 per 10,000 residents)More than 84% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (17%)More than 50% 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
Gamlingay has the 93rd most Grade I buildings of 1,237 towns its size
Places of 2,000–5,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Gamlingay1
#154 of 1,237for listed buildings per resident (209 per 10,000). Painswick, Sandwich and Chipping Campden lead.
92 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Gamlingay
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gamlingay | 2,920 | 61 | 1 | A− |
| Potton | 5,229 | 41 | 1 | B |
| Sandy | 11,375 | 27 | 0 | C+ |
| Biggleswade | 21,945 | 49 | 0 | C+ |
| Blunham | 1,391 | 17 | 1 | B+ |
| Upper Caldecote | 1,333 | 6 | 0 | C |
| St Neots | 33,262 | 153 | 1 | B− |
| Great Barford | 2,254 | 27 | 0 | B |
In brief
Gamlingay in brief
Measured per resident, Gamlingay has more listed heritage than 84% of UK towns. In all there are 61 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I, including Church of St Mary the Virgin. Only 92 of the 1,237 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1973.
Of the whole list, 74% are houses, terraces and villas. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1986: 32 of 61. The rest is about typical: 17% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Gamlingay’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Gamlingay?
Historic England lists 61 buildings inside Gamlingay’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 5 Grade II* and 55 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Gamlingay?
One: Church of St Mary the Virgin.
Which street in Gamlingay has the most listed buildings?
Church End (9), Church Street (9) and Mill Street (6) have the most listed entries named by an address. One entry can be a whole terrace.
How many conservation areas are there in Gamlingay?
1, covering about 20 hectares of the town. The largest is Gamlingay.
When were Gamlingay’s buildings listed?
The first in 1967; the most, 32, in 1986.
How old are the homes in Gamlingay?
17% of homes were built before 1919 and 21% 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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