IChurch · listed 1967Church of St Mary and All SaintsPhoto: Cruccone · CC BY 3.0
Church of St Mary and All Saints · Photo: Cruccone · CC BY 3.0–Not graded
History of Debden · Historic England
22 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Debden’s built-up area, 688 for every 10,000 residents. Of the listed buildings in Debden, 21 are Grade II. 29% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
22
688 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
29%
typical UK town 15%
The map
Where Debden’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.
22 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*21 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 Debden
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 Debden’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas16
Inns, shops & warehouses3
Public & civic buildings2
Churches, chapels & priories1
16 entries (73%) 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
21 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 21 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Beauly FirthCauseway CottageDeynes FarmhouseFrancis StoresHortonsKellys CottageL-shaped range of houses including Rogers Cottage and Shirley CottageLime Tree CottageMill FarmhouseMiller's FarmhouseMount HebronOld CottageOld Ship CottagesOutbuilding in Debden ParkRaymonds CottageThe ForgeVillage Pump to South East of White Hart InnVillage SchoolWater HallWest ViewWhite Hart Inn
How the list grew
More than half of Debden’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1980
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1980 · 17
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The first 2 entries were listed in 1967, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 17 came in 1980, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
29% of Debden’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
0.7%
1900–18
0.7%
1919–29
3%
1930s
5.2%
1945–54
5.2%
1955–64
26%
1965–72
2.2%
1973–82
9.7%
1983–92
3%
1993–99
3%
2000–08
3%
2009–15
10%
2016–25
DebdenEngland & Wales
28% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1965–72, which added 26% 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 (3 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Debden
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debden | 320 | 22 | 1 | — |
| Newport | 2,945 | 78 | 1 | A− |
| Saffron Walden | 16,609 | 321 | 6 | A |
| Henham | 1,046 | 58 | 1 | A |
| Thaxted | 3,111 | 151 | 7 | A |
| Elsenham | 3,414 | 28 | 0 | B− |
| Stansted Mountfitchet | 8,629 | 109 | 0 | A |
| Great Chesterford | 1,775 | 68 | 1 | A |
In brief
Debden in brief
More of Debden’s homes are old than in most places: 29% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 22 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. Of the whole list, 73% are houses, terraces and villas. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1980: 17 of 22. Beyond that, Henry Vane the Younger (1613) was born here before 1900.
Questions about Debden’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Debden?
Historic England lists 22 buildings inside Debden’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 21 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Debden?
One: Church of St Mary and All Saints.
When were Debden’s buildings listed?
The first in 1967; the most, 17, in 1980.
How old are the homes in Debden?
29% of homes were built before 1919 and 33% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Debden 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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