IChurch · listed 1962Parish Church of St John the BaptistPhoto: Robert Edwards · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Robert Edwards · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Pebmarsh · Historic England
11 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Pebmarsh’s built-up area, 336 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 10 of Pebmarsh’s listed buildings. 35% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
11
336 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
35%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Pebmarsh
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 Pebmarsh’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.
11 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 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 Pebmarsh
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
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 29% of Pebmarsh
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Pebmarsh 198910 ha
10 hain conservation areas, of 34 ha inside the built-up area.
10 of the 11 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
4 of Pebmarsh’s 11 listed buildings were added in 1962
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 4 entries were listed in 1962, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
35% of Pebmarsh’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
34%
Before 1900
2.1%
1900–18
2.1%
1919–29
4.8%
1930s
4.8%
1945–54
2.8%
1955–64
17%
1965–72
8.3%
1973–82
8.3%
1983–92
6.2%
1993–99
4.1%
2000–08
2.8%
2009–15
2.8%
2016–25
PebmarshEngland & Wales
34% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1965–72, which added 17% 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.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Pebmarsh
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pebmarsh | 327 | 11 | 1 | — |
| Earls Colne | 3,360 | 74 | 1 | A |
| Halstead | 13,902 | 130 | 1 | A− |
| Bures | 1,183 | 54 | 1 | A+ |
| Castle Hedingham | 1,045 | 105 | 1 | A+ |
| Sible Hedingham | 4,261 | 83 | 0 | A− |
| Gosfield | 1,453 | 34 | 1 | A− |
| Sudbury | 23,922 | 255 | 8 | A− |
In brief
Pebmarsh in brief
Old houses are part of Pebmarsh’s character: 35% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 11 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1989. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: George Courtauld (1802) was born here before 1900.
Questions about Pebmarsh’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Pebmarsh?
Historic England lists 11 buildings inside Pebmarsh’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 10 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Pebmarsh?
One: Parish Church of St John the Baptist.
How many conservation areas are there in Pebmarsh?
1, covering about 10 hectares of the town. The largest is Pebmarsh.
When were Pebmarsh’s buildings listed?
The first in 1962; the most, 4, in 1962.
How old are the homes in Pebmarsh?
35% of homes were built before 1919 and 42% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Pebmarsh 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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