Photo: David Howard · CC BY-SA 2.022 listed buildings
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Chrishall’s built-up area, 645 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. 38% of its homes were built before 1919.
Where Chrishall’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.
Most of Chrishall’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
16 entries (73%) are houses, terraces and villas.
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.
22 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 22 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
More than half of Chrishall’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1980
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
The first 1 entry was listed in 1978. 17 came in 1980, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
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.
38% of Chrishall’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
36% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1955–64, which added 12% 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.
Listed buildings in the places around Chrishall
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrishall | 341 | 22 | 0 | — |
| Fowlmere | 1,295 | 33 | 1 | B+ |
| Great Chesterford | 1,775 | 68 | 1 | A |
| Duxford | 2,216 | 37 | 2 | A− |
| Melbourn | 4,907 | 75 | 0 | B+ |
| Royston | 17,443 | 115 | 4 | B |
| Newport | 2,945 | 78 | 1 | A− |
| Whittlesford | 1,608 | 29 | 1 | A− |
Chrishall in brief
More of Chrishall’s homes are old than in most places: 38% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 22 listed buildings. Most entries on the list, 73%, are houses, terraces and villas. The big year was 1980, when 17 of the 22 went on the list. The rest is about typical: it also has a scheduled monument.
Questions about Chrishall’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Chrishall?
Historic England lists 22 buildings inside Chrishall’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 22 Grade II.
Are there scheduled monuments in Chrishall?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Moated site at Parsonage Farm.
When were Chrishall’s buildings listed?
The first in 1978; the most, 17, in 1980.
How old are the homes in Chrishall?
38% of homes were built before 1919 and 44% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Chrishall 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. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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