IChurch · listed 1951Church of St WendredaPhoto: Rog Frost · CC BY-SA 2.0
Ye Olde Griffin Hotel · Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0B−History Grade
History of March · Historic England
49 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside March’s built-up area, 23 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. We have photos of 6 of its listed buildings. 13% of its homes were built before 1919. March grades B− for history: #31 of 50 in Cambridgeshire.
Listed buildings
49
23 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
13%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
March in 6 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Church of St WendredaGrade I listed
March East Junction Signal BoxGrade II listed
War MemorialGrade II listed
March and District MuseumGrade II listed
Audmoor 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 March’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.
Grade IGrade II*Scheduled monument
Homes built before 1919, by neighbourhoodunder 10%10–25%25–50%50%+
0 of 12neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes; in the oldest, 33% were built before 1919.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
49 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I2 Grade II*46 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. Neighbourhood dots: the population-weighted centre of each Census 2021 output area, coloured by its neighbourhood’s (LSOA’s) share of homes built before 1919 (Valuation Office Agency, March 2025).
Grade I
The Grade I listed building in March
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 March
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest.
House · listed 1985Norland House
House · listed 195138, West End
What’s protected
Most of March’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas26
Churches, chapels & priories11
Inns, shops & warehouses5
Memorials, crosses & tombs3
Walls, gates & bridges2
Public & civic buildings2
26 entries (53%) are houses, terraces and villas. 11 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
46 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 46 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Audmoor HouseBarn, Rear of Numbers 29 and 31British LegionCemetery Chapel and MortuaryChest Tomb About 20 Yards North of North Aisle, At St Wendreda ChurchChest Tomb, About 15 Yards North of North Aisle of Church of St WendredaChest Tomb, About 20 Yards South of Church of St Wendreda in ChurchyardChest Tomb, About Ten Yards South of South Aisle, At Church of St WendredaChurch HouseChurch of St JohnChurch of St MaryChurch of St PeterCoach House and Stable and Garden Wall, At Number 110 (Norland House)Coronation FountainElwyn HouseGate Piers, Gates and Adjoining Wall, At Entrance to the CemeteryHatchwoodsJenyns HouseLloyds BankLodge, At Entry to CemeteryMarch East Junction Signal BoxMarch and District MuseumMavronMorgan HouseOld Bank HouseSwans HoltThe Chequers Public HouseThe MazeThe Ship InnTown HallTwo Chest Tombs, 25 Yards East of St Wendreda's ChurchWar MemorialWayside CrossYe Olde Griffin Hotel11, Church Street125, West End126, West End25, West End3,3A and 3B, West End36, High Street38, High Street52,53,54,55, West End62, West End81 and 83, High Street86, High Street93, Nene Parade
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 2.5% of March
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
March16 ha
16 hain conservation areas, of 657 ha inside the built-up area.
27 of the 49 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 March’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1985
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1985 · 371951 · 6
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 6 entries were listed in 1951, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 37 came in 1985, 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
March 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 (55 points, 26 per 10,000 residents)More than 58% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (13%)More than 38% 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
March has the 102nd most Grade I buildings of 458 towns its size
Places of 13,000–34,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
March1
#206 of 458for listed buildings per resident (23 per 10,000). Lewes, Tewkesbury and Llandudno lead.
101 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around March
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March | 21,345 | 49 | 1 | B− |
| Doddington and Wimblington | 4,279 | 25 | 0 | B− |
| Manea | 2,638 | 1 | 0 | D |
| Friday Bridge | 1,411 | 6 | 0 | C+ |
| Benwick | 1,145 | 1 | 0 | D |
| Upwell and Outwell | 3,664 | 47 | 2 | A |
| Chatteris | 11,022 | 109 | 1 | B+ |
| Wisbech St Mary | 1,069 | 5 | 0 | C+ |
In brief
March in brief
The official list counts 49 listed buildings in March, 1 of them Grade I, including Church of St Wendreda. Only 101 of the 458 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. A conservation area protects part of it.
Most entries on the list, 53%, are houses, terraces and villas. The big year was 1985, when 37 of the 49 went on the list. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; 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 March’s history
How many listed buildings are there in March?
Historic England lists 49 buildings inside March’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 46 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in March?
One: Church of St Wendreda.
Are there scheduled monuments in March?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including The March Sconce: a Civil War fieldwork, 250m south west of Eastwood Burial Ground.
How many conservation areas are there in March?
1, covering about 16 hectares of the town. The largest is March.
When were March’s buildings listed?
The first in 1951; the most, 37, in 1985.
How old are the homes in March?
13% of homes were built before 1919 and 28% 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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