Photo: Tony Bennett · CC BY-SA 2.010 listed buildings
Historic England counts them inside Parson Drove’s built-up area, 84 for every 10,000 residents. Parson Drove’s listed buildings are all Grade II. 13% of its homes were built before 1919. Parson Drove grades C+ for history.
Where Parson Drove’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
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.
10 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.
1 conservation area covers 17% of Parson Drove
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
9 of the 10 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.
More than half of Parson Drove’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1983
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
The first 9 entries were listed in 1983. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
Parson Drove grades C+ for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all 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.
Listed buildings in the places around Parson Drove
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parson Drove | 1,197 | 10 | 0 | C+ |
| Wisbech St Mary | 1,069 | 5 | 0 | C+ |
| Gorefield | 1,070 | 3 | 0 | C |
| Leverington | 1,694 | 10 | 2 | C+ |
| Wisbech | 26,800 | 273 | 4 | A− |
| Thorney | 1,655 | 41 | 2 | A |
| Friday Bridge | 1,411 | 6 | 0 | C+ |
| Sutton St James | 1,027 | 3 | 0 | C+ |
Parson Drove in brief
The official list counts 10 listed buildings in Parson Drove. A conservation area protects part of it. The big year was 1983, when 9 of the 10 went on the list. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and 13% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Parson Drove’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Parson Drove?
Historic England lists 10 buildings inside Parson Drove’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 10 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Parson Drove?
1, covering about 8 hectares of the town. The largest is Parson Drove.
When were Parson Drove’s buildings listed?
The first in 1983; the most, 9, in 1983.
How old are the homes in Parson Drove?
13% of homes were built before 1919 and 21% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
© 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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