II*Public · listed 1967Hinxton HallOn the list as Hinxton Hall (Tube Investment Limited)Photo: temporalata · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: John Sutton · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Hinxton · Historic England
28 listed buildings, 4 of them Grade II*
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Hinxton’s built-up area, 848 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 24 of Hinxton’s listed buildings. 27% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 4 of its listed buildings.
Listed buildings
28
848 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
4
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
27%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Hinxton
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Hinxton Hall (Tube Investment Limited)Grade II* listed
Parish Church of St Mary and St John the EvangelistGrade II* listed
The Oak HouseGrade II* listed
The Old Manor HouseGrade II* listedPhotos 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 Hinxton’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade II*
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
28 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I4 Grade II*24 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 II*
The 4 Grade II* listed buildings in Hinxton
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
II*Church · listed 1967Parish Church of St Mary and St John the EvangelistPhoto: mym · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*House · listed 1967The Oak HousePhoto: Magnus Manske · CC BY-SA 3.0
II*House · listed 1967The Old Manor HousePhoto: Magnus Manske · CC BY-SA 3.0
What’s protected
Most of Hinxton’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas16
Public & civic buildings5
Churches, chapels & priories3
Inns, shops & warehouses2
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
Street furniture1
16 entries (57%) are houses, terraces and villas. 3 are churches, chapels and priories.
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
24 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 24 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Blacksmith's Shop,Coach House and Stables to North East of Lordship FarmhouseChurch Green CottageGame Larder South of Hinxton HallGranary to South East of Lordship FarmhouseHall FarmhouseHinxton War MemorialHinxton Watermill and Millers' CottageK6 Telephone KioskLordship FarmhouseNorth LodgePettitts Barn and The Old ByrePump to East of Number 58 (Hall Farmhouse)Red Lion InnSparrows CottageStables to South West of Hinxton HallThe Corner HouseVillage Pump at Corner with Church Green and High Street125,127 and 129, High Street31, High Street42, High Street47, High Street50 and 52, High Street82 and 84, High Street93 and 95, High Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 68% of Hinxton
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Hinxton 197620 ha
20 hain conservation areas, of 30 ha inside the built-up area.
28 of the 28 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
14 of Hinxton’s 28 listed buildings were added in 1986
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1986 · 141967 · 8
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 8 entries were listed in 1967. 14 came in 1986, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
27% of Hinxton’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
25%
Before 1900
1.5%
1900–18
2.5%
1919–29
11%
1930s
2.5%
1945–54
2.5%
1955–64
11%
1965–72
4.1%
1973–82
2.5%
1983–92
2.5%
1993–99
2.5%
2000–08
1.5%
2009–15
31%
2016–25
HinxtonEngland & Wales
25% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 2016–25, which added 31% 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 (2 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Hinxton
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hinxton | 330 | 28 | 0 | — |
| Duxford | 2,216 | 37 | 2 | A− |
| Great Chesterford | 1,775 | 68 | 1 | A |
| Whittlesford | 1,608 | 29 | 1 | A− |
| Sawston | 7,270 | 43 | 2 | B− |
| Fowlmere | 1,295 | 33 | 1 | B+ |
| Linton | 4,452 | 116 | 1 | A− |
| Great Shelford and Stapleford | 6,159 | 40 | 1 | B |
In brief
Hinxton in brief
More of Hinxton’s homes are old than in most places: 27% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 28 listed buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1976. Of the whole list, 57% are houses, terraces and villas. The rest is about typical: Charles Graham (1839) was born here before 1900.
Questions about Hinxton’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Hinxton?
Historic England lists 28 buildings inside Hinxton’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 4 Grade II* and 24 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Hinxton?
1, covering about 20 hectares of the town. The largest is Hinxton.
When were Hinxton’s buildings listed?
The first in 1967; the most, 14, in 1986.
How old are the homes in Hinxton?
27% of homes were built before 1919 and 40% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Hinxton has no History Grade.
© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The National Heritage List for England is the official, up-to-date register of all nationally protected historic buildings and sites in England; check an entry on Historic England’s website before relying on it.
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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