House · listed 1951The Lordship
Photo: Philip Jeffrey · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Cottered · Historic England
41 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Cottered’s built-up area, 1,030 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 39 of Cottered’s listed buildings. 26% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
41
1,030 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
1 registered park or garden
Homes built before 1919
26%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Cottered
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 Cottered’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IGrade II*Park or garden
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
41 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I1 Grade II*39 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 Cottered
Buildings of exceptional interest, about 2.5% of all listed buildings. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
Grade II*
The Grade II* listed building in Cottered
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*Church · listed 1967Parish Church of St John the BaptistOn the list as Parish Church of St John the Baptist (Church of England)Photo: John Salmon · CC BY-SA 2.0
What’s protected
Most of Cottered’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas32
Walls, gates & bridges6
Inns, shops & warehouses2
Churches, chapels & priories1
32 entries (78%) are houses, terraces and villas. 1 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
39 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 39 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Architectural Fragment in Japanese Garden at Garden House 10 Meters to West-North-West of HouseArchitectural Fragments in Italian Garden at Garden House 80 Meters to South South East of HouseBarn at Cheynes Farm 20 Metres to North of HouseBarn at Childs Farm 15 Meters to South-West of HouseBowling Green FarmhouseEntrance Gate with Side Screen Into Japanese Garden at Garden House 45 Meters to East-South-East of HouseFan-Shaped Shelter in Japanese Garden at Garden House 40 Meters to East-South-East of HouseFarmhouse at Cheynes FarmFarmhouse at Childs FarmFarriers Cottage and Thatch CottageFlint CottageGreen Arch in Japanese Garden at Garden House, 50 Meters to South-South-West of HouseGreen GatesGroup Embracing All Stone Lanterns in Japanese Garden at Garden HouseHome Close CottagesHummerstonsJapanese House in Japanese Garden at Garden House 30 Meters to South-South-West of HouseLilac CottagesLower FarmMininature Bridge in Japanese Garden at Garden House, 40 Meters to South of HouseNorton Cottage, And Hearts CottageNottinghamsOld Bowling ForgePaddocks WellsRed Arch (Torii) in Japanese Garden at Garden House 40 Meters to South-East of HouseResting House in Japanese Garden at Garden House 70 Meters to Sout-South-East of HouseRosemary CottageShinto Shrine in Japanese Garden at Garden House 20 Meters to West-South-West of HouseShipwrights, And Shipwrights CottageSmall Resting House in Japanese Garden at Garden House 30 Meters to South-South-East of HouseSpirit Bridge in Japanese Garden at Garden House 20 Meters to South-East of HouseStable at the Lordship 40 Meters to North-West of HouseStrawberry CottageTea House in Japanese Garden at Garden House 50 Meters to South-South-East of HouseThe Bell Public HouseThe Bull Public HouseThe Old ForgeThe Town HouseWayside Cottage
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 54% of Cottered
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Cottered 196823 ha
23 hain conservation areas, of 43 ha inside the built-up area.
39 of the 41 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 Cottered’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1984
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1984 · 35
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 1 entry was listed in 1951, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 35 came in 1984, 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 registered park or garden
The Garden House, CotteredGrade II*
Homes by age
26% of Cottered’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
22%
Before 1900
2.8%
1900–18
2.8%
1919–29
11%
1930s
5.6%
1945–54
2.8%
1955–64
6.8%
1965–72
5.6%
1973–82
1.1%
1983–92
5.6%
1993–99
2.8%
2000–08
2.8%
2009–15
28%
2016–25
CotteredEngland & Wales
22% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 2016–25, which added 28% 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 Cottered
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cottered | 398 | 41 | 1 | — |
| Buntingford | 7,877 | 97 | 1 | B+ |
| Walkern | 1,367 | 37 | 1 | A− |
| Stevenage | 94,462 | 132 | 2 | C+ |
| Baldock | 10,613 | 102 | 1 | B |
| Puckeridge and Standon | 3,861 | 76 | 1 | A− |
| Watton at Stone | 2,614 | 32 | 1 | B |
| Letchworth | 33,993 | 108 | 0 | B |
In brief
Cottered in brief
Old houses are part of Cottered’s character: 26% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 41 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1968. Most entries on the list, 78%, are houses, terraces and villas. The big year was 1984, when 35 of the 41 went on the list.
Questions about Cottered’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Cottered?
Historic England lists 41 buildings inside Cottered’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 39 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Cottered?
One: The Lordship.
How many conservation areas are there in Cottered?
1, covering about 23 hectares of the town. The largest is Cottered.
When were Cottered’s buildings listed?
The first in 1951; the most, 35, in 1984.
How old are the homes in Cottered?
26% of homes were built before 1919 and 40% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Cottered 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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