IChurch · listed 1955Church of St BotolphPhoto: Richard Croft · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Richard Humphrey · CC BY-SA 2.0AHistory Grade
History of Helpston · Historic England
56 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Helpston’s built-up area, 448 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. 25% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 3 of its listed buildings. Helpston grades A for history.
Listed buildings
56
448 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
25%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Helpston
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 Helpston’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IGrade II*Scheduled monument
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
56 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I2 Grade II*53 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 Helpston
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 2 Grade II* listed buildings in Helpston
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*House · listed 1955Clare CottagePhoto: Magnus Manske · CC BY-SA 3.0
II*Public · listed 1955Market CrossPhoto: Magnus Manske · CC BY-SA 3.0
What’s protected
Most of Helpston’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas40
Walls, gates & bridges5
Public & civic buildings5
Inns, shops & warehouses2
Churches, chapels & priories2
Street furniture1
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
40 entries (71%) are houses, terraces and villas. 2 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
53 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 53 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Barn Adjoining North East of No 5 (Wisteria House) and Adjoining Wall to North-EastBarn Immediately South West of No 17 (Spring Farmhouse)Barn Immediately South of Woodgate FarmhouseBarn South South East of College FarmhouseBarn and Stable to North of No 1 (Manor House)Barn to North East of Quarry FarmhouseBarnside CottageBlue Bell Public HouseCartsheds to South of College FarmhouseChurch HouseChurchyard Boundary Wall to North West, West and South West of Church of St Botolph and Gateway ArchCollege FarmhouseCowshed Immediately North of Woodgate FarmhouseCromwell HouseCromwell MewsDovecote Immediately to North West of No 16 (Clare Cottage)Exeter Arms Public HouseForge CottageGarden and Farmyard Boundary Wall to West of College Farmhouse, Running South Along Church Lane and Then East Along Glinton Road to CartshedsHollyburn HouseHome FarmhouseJames Bradford Almshouses, wall and water pump to the south, and wall with three adjoining outbuildings to the north, 1-6 West StreetK6 Telephone KioskManor FarmhouseManor Farmhouse and Roofless Outbuilding Adjoining EastManor HouseMonument to John ClareNumber 18 (Old Oak Cottage) and Number 20Old VicarageQuarry FarmhouseRange of Stables and Barn North North West of Manor FarmhouseShepherds Way and to the South Rubble Extension Attached to North End of No 21Spring Farmhouse and Stone Wall with Arch Adjoining to SouthStables Immediately North North East of No 1 (Manor House)Stables and Cartshed to South East of College FarmhouseStables to South East of Woodgate FarmhouseThe CottageThe FeathersTinderbox CottageVicarage FarmhouseVirginia CottageWainfleet HouseWind in the WillowsWisteria HouseWoodgate CottageWoodgate Farmhouse1, Glinton Road14, Maxey Road19, West Street20, Maxey Road21, Woodgate86, Glinton Road9, West Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 25% of Helpston
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Helpston 197512 ha
12 hain conservation areas, of 50 ha inside the built-up area.
55 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 Helpston’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1982
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1982 · 311955 · 18
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 18 entries were listed in 1955, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 31 came in 1982, 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
Helpston 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 (62 points, 496 per 10,000 residents)More than 88% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (25%)More than 73% 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
25% of Helpston’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
24%
Before 1900
1.2%
1900–18
3.8%
1919–29
2.4%
1930s
6.2%
1945–54
12%
1955–64
9.9%
1965–72
5%
1973–82
3.8%
1983–92
7.3%
1993–99
9.9%
2000–08
7.3%
2009–15
7.3%
2016–25
HelpstonEngland & Wales
24% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1955–64, which added 12% 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 (6 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Towns its size
Helpston has the 88th most Grade I buildings of 1,916 towns its size
Places of 1,000–2,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Helpston1
#128 of 1,916for listed buildings per resident (448 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 Helpston
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helpston | 1,249 | 56 | 1 | A |
| Glinton | 1,743 | 31 | 1 | B |
| Barnack | 1,007 | 56 | 1 | A |
| Northborough | 1,336 | 28 | 3 | B+ |
| Market Deeping | 6,533 | 79 | 2 | B |
| Deeping St James | 7,255 | 25 | 2 | C+ |
| Castor and Ailsworth | 1,461 | 82 | 1 | A |
| Langtoft | 2,010 | 15 | 1 | C+ |
In brief
Helpston in brief
More of Helpston’s homes are old than in most places: 25% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 56 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. Per resident, it has more listed heritage than 88% of UK towns. Only 87 of the 1,916 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings.
A conservation area has protected part of it since 1975. Most entries on the list, 71%, are houses, terraces and villas. The big year was 1982, when 31 of the 56 went on the list. Beyond that, John Clare (1793) was born here before 1900; and it also has a scheduled monument.
Questions about Helpston’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Helpston?
Historic England lists 56 buildings inside Helpston’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 53 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Helpston?
One: Church of St Botolph.
Are there scheduled monuments in Helpston?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Market cross.
How many conservation areas are there in Helpston?
1, covering about 12 hectares of the town. The largest is Helpston.
When were Helpston’s buildings listed?
The first in 1955; the most, 31, in 1982.
How old are the homes in Helpston?
25% of homes were built before 1919 and 31% 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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