IChurch · listed 1967Parish Church of St Mary MagdalenePhoto: mym · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Marathon · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Wethersfield · Historic England
40 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Wethersfield’s built-up area, 565 for every 10,000 residents. Of the listed buildings in Wethersfield, 37 are Grade II. 36% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
40
565 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
36%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Wethersfield
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 Wethersfield’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.
40 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I2 Grade II*37 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 Wethersfield
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 Wethersfield
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest.
House · listed 1967Simms FarmhouseOn the list as Numbers 1-4 Simm's Farmhouse
House · listed 1967St George's House
What’s protected
Most of Wethersfield’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas29
Churches, chapels & priories6
Public & civic buildings3
Street furniture2
29 entries (73%) are houses, terraces and villas. 6 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
37 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 37 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Ancillary Building Approximately 6 Metres South of Russell's FarmhouseBarn 35 Metres North North West of Number 1 Upper BarnsBarn Approximately 12 Metres South West of Russell's FarmhouseBarn Approximately 8 Metres South of Russell's FarmhouseBlenheim HouseBriar CottageBrick House and LysveanBrook FarmhouseBrookside CottageCastle House (The Spinning Wheel)Chapel CottageChase HouseChurch Hill HouseCottage Approximately 30 Metres North North West of LysveanHouse on the Corner of the Green and Silver StreetIvanhoe HouseK6 Telephone Kiosk to North of Ivanhoe HouseMausoleum Approximately 20 Metres East of United Reformed ChurchNumber 1 Sim's CottageNumbers 1 and 2 (Sparrows), Post Office CottagesNumbers 3 and 4 (Churchyard Cottage), Post Office CottagesRailings Approximately 37 Metres South South East of United Reformed ChurchRailings and Gateway Approximately 7 Metres South of the ManseRudi's RestaurantRussell's FarmhouseSmithy CottageStable Block Approximately 9 Metres South East of Russell's FarmhouseStables CottageThe Bakery and Burleigh CottageThe CottageThe GablesThe HoodsThe ManseTrodd's Garage (John Pease Motors)United Reformed ChurchVirgina House and the StoresWethersfield Place (Six Apples)
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 49% of Wethersfield
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Wethersfield 197313 ha
13 hain conservation areas, of 27 ha inside the built-up area.
39 of the 40 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
18 of Wethersfield’s 40 listed buildings were added in 1967
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1967 · 181986 · 17
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 18 entries were listed in 1967, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
36% of Wethersfield’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
38%
Before 1900
0%
1900–18
1.7%
1919–29
5.3%
1930s
13%
1945–54
8.9%
1955–64
16%
1965–72
3.6%
1973–82
5.3%
1983–92
1.7%
1993–99
1.7%
2000–08
0%
2009–15
5.3%
2016–25
WethersfieldEngland & Wales
38% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1965–72, which added 16% 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 (0 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Wethersfield
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wethersfield | 708 | 40 | 1 | — |
| Great Bardfield | 1,372 | 75 | 1 | A+ |
| Sible Hedingham | 4,261 | 83 | 0 | A− |
| Gosfield | 1,453 | 34 | 1 | A− |
| Castle Hedingham | 1,045 | 105 | 1 | A+ |
| Great Yeldham | 1,824 | 28 | 1 | B+ |
| Stebbing | 1,061 | 86 | 1 | A+ |
| Rayne | 2,169 | 51 | 1 | A− |
In brief
Wethersfield in brief
Old houses are part of Wethersfield’s character: 36% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 40 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1973. Most entries on the list, 73%, are houses, terraces and villas.
Questions about Wethersfield’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Wethersfield?
Historic England lists 40 buildings inside Wethersfield’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 37 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Wethersfield?
One: Parish Church of St Mary Magdalene.
How many conservation areas are there in Wethersfield?
1, covering about 13 hectares of the town. The largest is Wethersfield.
When were Wethersfield’s buildings listed?
The first in 1967; the most, 18, in 1967.
How old are the homes in Wethersfield?
36% of homes were built before 1919 and 43% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Wethersfield 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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