IChurch · listed 1967Church of All SaintsPhoto: Robert Edwards · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Robert Edwards · CC BY-SA 2.0A−History Grade
History of Rayne · Historic England
51 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Rayne’s built-up area, 235 for every 10,000 residents. 49 of Rayne’s listed buildings are Grade II. 14% of its homes were built before 1919. Rayne grades A− for history.
Listed buildings
51
235 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
14%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Rayne
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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 Rayne’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.
51 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I1 Grade II*49 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 Rayne
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 Grade II* listed building in Rayne
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest.
Public · listed 1953Rayne Hall
What’s protected
Most of Rayne’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas34
Public & civic buildings8
Street furniture5
Walls, gates & bridges3
Churches, chapels & priories1
34 entries (67%) 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
49 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 49 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Barn Adjoining the Street and Approximately 20 Metres West of Haverings FarmhouseBarn Adjoining the Street and Approximately 4 Metres West of Barn 20 Metres West of Haverings FarmBarn Approximately 35 Metres South West of Rayne HallBarn Approximately 40 Metres South West of Rayne Hall and Adjoining Entrance Track to HallCartlodge Adjoining Road and Approximately 3 Metres West of Small Barn at Haverings FarmCartlodge and Stable Ranges Adjacent to South West of Barn 40 Metres South West of Rayne HallCast Iron Railings to Front Garden of Haverings Farmhouse and Attached by a Gate to Right of BarnFairy HallFarm Outbuilding to West of Havering FarmhouseFir CottageGore CottageGranary Approximately 20 Metres North West of Haverings FarmhouseHaverings FarmhouseHighwaysLavender Cottage QuinciesLittle Common CottageLock Up to Left of Mary's CottageMarchantsMary's CottageMedley CottageMedley House Pennels and Attached Forecourt RailingsNether HouseOak CottageOld School HouseOutbuilding to Rear of the Swan and Adjoining Shalford RoadPump Approximately 3 Metres from Kitchen Door of Fairy HallPump in Forecourt of MarchantsPump in Front of Farm OutbuildingsPump on Verge in Front of Quincies and Lavender CottageRayne HouseRayne Railway StationSmall Barn Adjoining Road and Approximately 10 Metres West of Barn at Haverings FarmSpinnersStables Approximately 20 Metres West of Granary at Haverings FarmStocks FarmhouseSweet BriarThatched CottageThe CauldronThe SwanTudor CottageTudor CottageTurnersTurners CottageVillage Pump in Fenced Enclosure on Green Opposite Number 13 Mary's CottageWall Enclosing Garden to East of Rayne Hall and Adjoining Church Yard25 and 27, The Street3, Shalford Road5 and 6, Gore Lane78 and 80, Shalford Road
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 7.7% of Rayne
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Rayne 19817 ha
7 hain conservation areas, of 89 ha inside the built-up area.
31 of the 51 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 Rayne’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1985
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1985 · 371967 · 6
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The first 1 entry was listed in 1953. 37 came in 1985, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Rayne grades A− for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (54 points, 249 per 10,000 residents)More than 83% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (14%)More than 41% of UK towns
Two measures, each ranked against every UK town of 1,000 or more, with protected heritage counting twice as much as the age of homes. Protected heritage counts each listed building by its grade (Grade I three points, II* two, II one), each scheduled monument and battlefield two, and each registered park or garden by its grade; it is ranked both per 10,000 residents and as a total, so a village with one fine church doesn’t outrank a historic city. The second measure is the share of homes built before 1919, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records. History is a character grade: it describes the town and isn’t part of the overall grade.
Towns its size
Rayne has the 91st most Grade I buildings of 1,427 towns its size
Places of 1,000–3,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Rayne1
#193 of 1,427for listed buildings per resident (235 per 10,000). Burford, Painswick and Chipping Campden lead.
90 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Rayne
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rayne | 2,169 | 51 | 1 | A− |
| Great Notley | 7,659 | 9 | 0 | D |
| Braintree | 43,179 | 189 | 2 | B |
| Black Notley | 1,932 | 16 | 0 | C+ |
| Felsted | 1,233 | 59 | 2 | A |
| Great Leighs | 2,968 | 17 | 0 | B− |
| Tye Green | 1,415 | 8 | 0 | C |
| Little Dunmow | 2,644 | 0 | 0 | D− |
In brief
Rayne in brief
Measured per resident, Rayne has more listed heritage than 83% of UK towns. All told, the list holds 51 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. Only 90 of the 1,427 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1981.
Most entries on the list, 67%, are houses, terraces and villas. The big year was 1985, when 37 of the 51 went on the list. The rest is about typical: 14% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Rayne’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Rayne?
Historic England lists 51 buildings inside Rayne’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 49 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Rayne?
One: Church of All Saints.
How many conservation areas are there in Rayne?
1, covering about 7 hectares of the town. The largest is Rayne.
When were Rayne’s buildings listed?
The first in 1953; the most, 37, in 1985.
How old are the homes in Rayne?
14% of homes were built before 1919 and 19% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
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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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