IChurch · listed 1967Church of St Mary and St ClementPhoto: Libby norman · CC BY-SA 3.0
Church of St Mary and St Clement · Photo: Libby norman · CC BY-SA 3.0–Not graded
History of Clavering · Historic England
42 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Clavering’s built-up area, 442 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. 29% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
42
442 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
3
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
29%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Clavering
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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 Clavering’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.
42 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I3 Grade II*38 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 Clavering
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 3 Grade II* listed buildings in Clavering
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 1 is photographed.
II*House · listed 19671-5, Church WalkPhoto: Robert Edwards · CC BY-SA 2.0
House · listed 1951The Bury
Public · listed 1951The Old Hall
What’s protected
Most of Clavering’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas34
Churches, chapels & priories2
Public & civic buildings2
Walls, gates & bridges1
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
Inns, shops & warehouses1
Street furniture1
34 entries (81%) are houses, terraces and villas. 2 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
38 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 38 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Annexe to West of Chestnut CottageApple Tree CottageBakersBlacksmith's CottageBlacksmith's Forge Immediately East of Blacksmith's CottageBower CottageBridge CottageBury CottagesChurch End Cottage (Includes Range of Cottgaes to South West)Clatterbury HouseClavering War MemorialCopthallDanceysFox and Hounds InnHill CottageHill Green CottageHome Farm CottageHome FarmhouseIvy CottageJasmine Cottage, Yew Tree Cottage and Home CottageK6 KioskLantern ThatchLeatside Stort CottageOld Forge CottageOld HomePeacocksPiercewebsSaddlersSunnysideSwan CottageThe CricketersThe DruceThe Old Post OfficeThe Small HouseThe WheelhouseTudor CottageWakefaresWillow Thatch
Conservation areas
2 conservation areas cover 23% of Clavering
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Clavering 196912 ha
Hill Green 20074 ha
16 hain conservation areas, of 70 ha inside the built-up area.
The first, Clavering, was designated in 1969; the newest, Hill Green, in 2007. 35 of the 42 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 Clavering’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1980
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1980 · 271967 · 8
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The first 2 entries were listed in 1951. 27 came in 1980, 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.
Homes by age
29% of Clavering’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
28%
Before 1900
1.4%
1900–18
2.9%
1919–29
5.8%
1930s
7.2%
1945–54
8.7%
1955–64
5.8%
1965–72
8.7%
1973–82
4.3%
1983–92
4.3%
1993–99
4.3%
2000–08
7.2%
2009–15
12%
2016–25
ClaveringEngland & Wales
28% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 2016–25, 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 (12 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Clavering
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clavering | 951 | 42 | 1 | — |
| Newport | 2,945 | 78 | 1 | A− |
| Elsenham | 3,414 | 28 | 0 | B− |
| Stansted Mountfitchet | 8,629 | 109 | 0 | A |
| Henham | 1,046 | 58 | 1 | A |
| Saffron Walden | 16,609 | 321 | 6 | A |
| Bishop's Stortford | 40,916 | 108 | 1 | B− |
| Great Chesterford | 1,775 | 68 | 1 | A |
In brief
Clavering in brief
Old houses are part of Clavering’s character: 29% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 42 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. Its older streets lie in 2 conservation areas, the first designated in 1969.
Most entries on the list, 81%, are houses, terraces and villas. The big year was 1980, when 27 of the 42 went on the list. Beyond that, it also has a scheduled monument.
Questions about Clavering’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Clavering?
Historic England lists 42 buildings inside Clavering’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 3 Grade II* and 38 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Clavering?
One: Church of St Mary and St Clement.
Are there scheduled monuments in Clavering?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Clavering Castle: a ringwork with associated earthworks north of the church of St Mary and St Clement.
How many conservation areas are there in Clavering?
2, covering about 16 hectares of the town. The largest are Clavering and Hill Green.
When were Clavering’s buildings listed?
The first in 1951; the most, 27, in 1980.
How old are the homes in Clavering?
29% of homes were built before 1919 and 38% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Clavering 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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