IChurch · listed 1967Church of Holy TrinityPhoto: mym · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: David Howard · CC BY-SA 2.0B+History Grade
History of Meldreth · Historic England
36 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Meldreth’s built-up area, 197 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 35 of Meldreth’s listed buildings. 12% of its homes were built before 1919. Meldreth grades B+ for history.
Listed buildings
36
197 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
12%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Meldreth
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 Meldreth’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade I
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
36 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*35 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 Meldreth
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
Most of Meldreth’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas27
Inns, shops & warehouses4
Public & civic buildings3
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
Churches, chapels & priories1
27 entries (75%) are houses, terraces and villas. 1 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
35 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 35 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
ApplecoteBase of CrossBritish Queen Public HouseChiswick FarmhouseChiswick HouseDormersFieldgate CottageFieldgate FarmhouseGranary at Number 10 Chiswick FarmHomelandKeys CottageManor House at Meldreth Manor SchoolMantings HouseMeldreth ThatchMill HouseOld Town HousePost OfficeStocks and Whipping PostTemple HouseThe CottageThe CourtThe Dumb FleaThe HomesteadThe LaurelsTopcliffe Mill at Number 36 Mill HouseWater Pump near Mill CottageWillow Way Cottages104, 106, High Street12, 14, Chiswick End27, Whitecroft Road30, Whitecroft Road32, Whitecroft Road33, North End41, Whitecroft Road55 and 57, High Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 16% of Meldreth
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Meldreth 197516 ha
16 hain conservation areas, of 99 ha inside the built-up area.
17 of the 36 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 Meldreth’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1985
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1985 · 32
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The first 2 entries were listed in 1967, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 32 came in 1985, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Meldreth 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 (38 points, 208 per 10,000 residents)More than 78% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (12%)More than 34% 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
Meldreth has the 90th most Grade I buildings of 1,589 towns its size
Places of 1,000–3,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Meldreth
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meldreth | 1,823 | 36 | 1 | B+ |
| Melbourn | 4,907 | 75 | 0 | B+ |
| Barrington | 1,184 | 48 | 1 | A− |
| Orwell | 1,147 | 51 | 1 | A− |
| Bassingbourn | 2,353 | 51 | 1 | B+ |
| Foxton | 1,275 | 27 | 1 | B+ |
| Fowlmere | 1,295 | 33 | 1 | B+ |
| Royston | 17,443 | 115 | 4 | B |
In brief
Meldreth in brief
Measured per resident, Meldreth has more listed heritage than 78% of UK towns. In all there are 36 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. Only 89 of the 1,589 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1975.
Of the whole list, 75% are houses, terraces and villas. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1985: 32 of 36. Beyond that, 12% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Meldreth’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Meldreth?
Historic England lists 36 buildings inside Meldreth’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 35 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Meldreth?
One: Church of Holy Trinity.
How many conservation areas are there in Meldreth?
1, covering about 16 hectares of the town. The largest is Meldreth.
When were Meldreth’s buildings listed?
The first in 1967; the most, 32, in 1985.
How old are the homes in Meldreth?
12% of homes were built before 1919 and 18% 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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