II*House · listed 1955The Old HousePhoto: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Christopher Hilton · CC BY-SA 2.0A+History Grade
History of Newnham · Historic England
Newnham: 45% of homes built before 1919
Against 15% in the typical town, Newnham has 3 times the share. Historic England lists 92 buildings inside Newnham’s built-up area, 873 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. Newnham grades A+ for history.
Listed buildings
92
873 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
45%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Newnham
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 Newnham’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade II*Scheduled monument
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
92 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I1 Grade II*91 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 II*
The Grade II* listed building in Newnham
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
What’s protected
Most of Newnham’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas55
Churches, chapels & priories24
Public & civic buildings5
Inns, shops & warehouses4
Walls, gates & bridges3
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
55 entries (60%) are houses, terraces and villas. 24 are churches, chapels and priories.
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
91 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 91 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Allen HouseAnselm Jones Memorial Approximately 15 Metres North of North Tower Church of St PeterAshley HouseBaileys StoresBank HouseBarnard Memorial 8 1/2 Metres North of North Porch Church of St PeterBentley HouseCaervilleCattle PoundChinn Memorial Approximately 15 Metres North of North Tower Church of St PeterChurch HouseChurch of St PeterClifford HouseClock House NodfaClock TowerClumber House Post OfficeCounty LibraryDenewood Old Bear BuildingsDobbs Memorial 3 1/2 Metres North of North Transept Chapel, Church of St PeterFish HouseGate Piers and Boundary Walls to North East of the Old HouseGates, Piers and Flanking Quadrant Walls at Newnham HouseGraystonesHill CottageHook Memorial Approximately 20 Metres South West of West Door Church of St PeterIngleside Way and InglesideJames Memorial, Approximately 14 Metres South of South Aisle, Church of St PeterJones Memorial Approximately 15 Metres North of Tower of Church of St PeterKingston HouseLucas Memorial Approximately 23 Metres North West of West Door Church of St PeterManor House and AnnexManor VillaMariners Cottage the Wee House TremainsMemorial FountainMiddle Watch HouseMontefiore Memorial, Approximately 8 Metres South of South East Corner of South Aisle, Church of St PeterMorgan Memorial, approximately 10 metres west of south-west corner of Church of St PeterMorris Memorial Approximately 10 Metres West of South West Corner of Church of St PeterNewnham HouseOlde Bank HouseOlde Court HousePaddocks CottagePick Memorial Approximately 15 Metres North of Tower, Church of St PeterPowell Memorial Approximately 17 Metres South West of West Door Church of St PeterQuay HouseQuay WarehousesRed Lion HouseSevernside PressSheen and the BakeryShips Cottage the Ship InnSmith Memorial 29 1/2 Metres North of Tower Church of St PeterSmith Memorial, Approximately 20 Metres North West of West Door, Church of St PeterSparkfield HouseStrode Memorial, Approximately 15 Metres South South West of West Door Church of St PeterTaylor Memorial Approximately 19 Metres South West of West Door, Church of St PeterThe Castle HouseThe ClubThe Gables and Britannia HouseThe Gables, Lamb House and Tower CottageThe LimesThe Little PeopleThe Mansion HouseThe Mertons Upper Merton HouseThe Old VicarageThe PaddocksThe PharmacyThe Red HouseThe SanctuaryThomson Memorial 1 Metre North of North Transept Chapel Church of St PeterUnidentified Baroque Chest Tomb Dated 1743 Approximately 13 1/2 Metres West of West Door Church of St PeterUnidentified Baroque Chest Tomb, Approximately 23 Metres South of West Door Church of St PeterUnidentified Chest Tomb with Scroll Ends 5 Metres West from North Porch Doors Church of St PeterUnidentified Pedestal Tomb with Ogee Crown Approximately 20 Metres North West of West Door Church of St PeterUnion CottageUnlawater HouseVelindraVictoria HotelVictoria HouseVillage HallWall to West of and Adjoining Number 4Webb, Newsagent Ye Olde Tea RoomsWhite HouseWilcox HouseWisteria HouseYe Old King's Head1 Mornington Terrace1 and 2 Victoria Villas2 and 3 Mornington Terrace2 and 4, Severn Street4, 5 and 6 Mornington Terrace7 and 8 Mornington Terrace
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 48% of Newnham
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Newnham 198021 ha
21 hain conservation areas, of 44 ha inside the built-up area.
92 of the 92 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 Newnham’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1985
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1985 · 731955 · 12
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 12 entries were listed in 1955. 73 came in 1985, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
Monuments & landscapes
Monuments, parks and gardens
Designations that overlap the town by a tenth of their area or half a hectare.
1 scheduled monument
Nationally important archaeological sites and monuments, protected by law; work on them needs consent from the Secretary of State, advised by Historic England.
History Grade
Newnham 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 (95 points, 901 per 10,000 residents)More than 92% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (45%)More than 96% 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.
Homes by age
45% of Newnham’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
43%
Before 1900
1.1%
1900–18
1.1%
1919–29
2.2%
1930s
3.5%
1945–54
10%
1955–64
4.6%
1965–72
1.1%
1973–82
4.6%
1983–92
8%
1993–99
3.5%
2000–08
4.6%
2009–15
13%
2016–25
NewnhamEngland & Wales
43% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 2016–25, which added 13% 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 (19 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Newnham
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newnham | 1,054 | 92 | 0 | A+ |
| Ruspidge | 2,431 | 1 | 0 | C |
| Cinderford | 8,778 | 11 | 0 | B− |
| Blakeney | 1,303 | 44 | 0 | A+ |
| Frampton on Severn | 1,069 | 66 | 3 | A+ |
| Drybrook | 2,572 | 3 | 0 | C+ |
| Mitcheldean | 2,163 | 15 | 1 | B |
| Yorkley and Whitecroft | 2,678 | 0 | 0 | C− |
In brief
Newnham in brief
For its size, Newnham has more listed heritage than 92% of UK towns. All told, the list holds 92 listed buildings. Of its homes, 45% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1980.
Most entries on the list, 60%, are houses, terraces and villas. The big year was 1985, when 73 of the 92 went on the list. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building; Gilbert Barling (1855) and Hugh Patrick Guarin Maule (1873) were born here before 1900; and it also has a scheduled monument.
Questions about Newnham’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Newnham?
Historic England lists 92 buildings inside Newnham’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 91 Grade II.
Are there scheduled monuments in Newnham?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Medieval ringwork castle and associated Civil War earthwork defence.
How many conservation areas are there in Newnham?
1, covering about 21 hectares of the town. The largest is Newnham.
When were Newnham’s buildings listed?
The first in 1955; the most, 73, in 1985.
How old are the homes in Newnham?
45% of homes were built before 1919 and 49% 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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