IChurch · listed 1965Church of St BarnabasPhoto: Brenda Howard · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Geographer · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Chappel · Historic England
13 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Chappel’s built-up area, 596 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. 32% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 3 of its listed buildings.
Listed buildings
13
596 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
32%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Chappel
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 Chappel’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.
13 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I2 Grade II*10 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 Chappel
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 Chappel
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*House · listed 1982Old HousePhoto: Robert Edwards · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*House · listed 1982Watch HousePhoto: Ashley Dace · CC BY-SA 2.0
Grade II
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.
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 14% of Chappel
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Chappel 19695 ha
5 hain conservation areas, of 37 ha inside the built-up area.
9 of the 13 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 Chappel’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1982
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1982 · 71965 · 5
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The first 5 entries were listed in 1965, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 7 came in 1982, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have 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.
Homes by age
32% of Chappel’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
26%
Before 1900
6.3%
1900–18
6.3%
1919–29
3.1%
1930s
4.2%
1945–54
6.3%
1955–64
15%
1965–72
15%
1973–82
6.3%
1983–92
4.2%
1993–99
3.1%
2000–08
1%
2009–15
4.2%
2016–25
ChappelEngland & Wales
26% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1965–72, which added 15% 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 (0 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Chappel
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chappel | 218 | 13 | 1 | — |
| Eight Ash Green | 1,769 | 4 | 0 | C− |
| Earls Colne | 3,360 | 74 | 1 | A |
| Marks Tey | 1,817 | 11 | 1 | C+ |
| Copford | 1,794 | 20 | 0 | B |
| Bures | 1,183 | 54 | 1 | A+ |
| West Bergholt | 3,175 | 11 | 0 | C+ |
| Coggeshall | 3,767 | 197 | 3 | A+ |
In brief
Chappel in brief
Old houses are part of Chappel’s character: 32% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 13 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1969. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1982: 7 of 13. The rest is about typical: it also has a scheduled monument.
Questions about Chappel’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Chappel?
Historic England lists 13 buildings inside Chappel’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 10 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Chappel?
One: Church of St Barnabas.
Are there scheduled monuments in Chappel?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including World War II Eastern Command Line at Chappel Viaduct.
How many conservation areas are there in Chappel?
1, covering about 5 hectares of the town. The largest is Chappel.
When were Chappel’s buildings listed?
The first in 1965; the most, 7, in 1982.
How old are the homes in Chappel?
32% of homes were built before 1919 and 41% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Chappel has no History Grade.
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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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