IChurch · listed 1967Parish Church of St MaryPhoto: Steven Duhig · CC BY-SA 2.0
Parish Church of St Mary · Photo: Steven Duhig · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of High Easter · Historic England
20 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside High Easter’s built-up area, 278 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 17 of High Easter’s listed buildings. 27% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
20
278 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
27%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of High Easter
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 High Easter’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IGrade II*
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
20 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I2 Grade II*17 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 High Easter
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 High Easter
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 1 is photographed.
II*House · listed 1952Cock and BellPhoto: Phil Gaskin · CC BY-SA 2.0
House · listed 1985High Easterbury
What’s protected
Most of High Easter’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas17
Public & civic buildings2
Churches, chapels & priories1
17 entries (85%) 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
17 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 17 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Anvil HouseBarn 50 Metres North East of the Parsonage FarmhouseCherry Cottage Chestnut CottageCottage 40 Metres North West of the Parsonage FarmhouseCottons CottageLanternsLittle PenvitesPenvitesRandallsSchool View and Sa PheonarThatched CottageThe CottageThe Old Post OfficeThe Parsonage FarmhouseThe Punch BowlTye CottageWild Oaks
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 38% of High Easter
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
High Easter 19918 ha
8 hain conservation areas, of 22 ha inside the built-up area.
18 of the 20 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 High Easter’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1985
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1985 · 12
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The first 3 entries were listed in 1952. 12 came in 1985, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
27% of High Easter’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
24%
Before 1900
3.1%
1900–18
1.4%
1919–29
5.9%
1930s
11%
1945–54
3.1%
1955–64
18%
1965–72
15%
1973–82
4.5%
1983–92
5.9%
1993–99
4.5%
2000–08
0%
2009–15
3.1%
2016–25
High EasterEngland & Wales
24% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1965–72, which added 18% 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 (5 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around High Easter
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Easter | 720 | 20 | 1 | — |
| Great Dunmow | 10,395 | 199 | 2 | A− |
| Little Dunmow | 2,644 | 0 | 0 | D− |
| Felsted | 1,233 | 59 | 2 | A |
| Takeley and Little Canfield | 5,553 | 29 | 0 | C+ |
| Little Waltham | 1,038 | 34 | 0 | B+ |
| Broomfield | 3,491 | 26 | 0 | C+ |
| Writtle | 4,703 | 44 | 1 | B+ |
In brief
High Easter in brief
Old houses are part of High Easter’s character: 27% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 20 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1991. Most entries on the list, 85%, are houses, terraces and villas. The big year was 1985, when 12 of the 20 went on the list.
Questions about High Easter’s history
How many listed buildings are there in High Easter?
Historic England lists 20 buildings inside High Easter’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 17 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in High Easter?
One: Parish Church of St Mary.
How many conservation areas are there in High Easter?
1, covering about 8 hectares of the town. The largest is High Easter.
When were High Easter’s buildings listed?
The first in 1952; the most, 12, in 1985.
How old are the homes in High Easter?
27% of homes were built before 1919 and 34% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
High Easter 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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