IChurch · listed 1967Church of St LeonardPhoto: Colin · CC BY-SA 4.0
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History of Flamstead · Historic England
30 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Flamstead’s built-up area, 284 for every 10,000 residents. 28 of Flamstead’s listed buildings are Grade II. 27% of its homes were built before 1919. Flamstead grades A for history.
Listed buildings
30
284 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
27%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Flamstead
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 Flamstead’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.
30 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I1 Grade II*28 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 Flamstead
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 Flamstead
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*Public · listed 1952Saunders AlmshousesPhoto: Robin Webster · CC BY-SA 2.0
What’s protected
Most of Flamstead’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas21
Public & civic buildings3
Inns, shops & warehouses3
Churches, chapels & priories1
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
Walls, gates & bridges1
21 entries (70%) 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
28 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 28 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Bell HouseBlacksmith Cottage, And Lavender CottageC Merritt ButcherCollege FarmFlamstead HouseFlintstone CottageHoneysuckle CottageLichfield and Post OfficeMortons Place and Morton HouseNumbers 9, 11 (Vine Cottage), 13 (Swift Cottage), And 15Pound FarmPye CornerRiver Hill CottageRose and Crown Public HouseShangri laSouthernwoodSt Leonard's CottageStuart CottageThe Little HouseThe Old LodgeThe Spotted Dog Public HouseThe Three Blackbirds Public HouseTomb Chest in Flamstead Churchyard (40 Metres to North East of Chancel)Trowley Bottom FarmhouseVerlam CottageWar Memorial Set on Churchyard WallWestfield House14 and 16, High Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 15% of Flamstead
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Flamsted 19696 ha
6 hain conservation areas, of 39 ha inside the built-up area.
27 of the 30 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 Flamstead’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1987
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1987 · 24
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The first 1 entry was listed in 1952. 24 came in 1987, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Flamstead 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 (33 points, 313 per 10,000 residents)More than 79% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (27%)More than 78% 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
27% of Flamstead’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
25%
Before 1900
1.6%
1900–18
1.4%
1919–29
9.6%
1930s
9.2%
1945–54
8.9%
1955–64
20%
1965–72
8.5%
1973–82
2.6%
1983–92
1.9%
1993–99
4%
2000–08
0.7%
2009–15
6.1%
2016–25
FlamsteadEngland & Wales
25% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1965–72, which added 20% 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 (8 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Towns its size
Flamstead has the 84th most Grade I buildings of 2,081 towns its size
Places of 1,000–2,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Flamstead1
#402 of 2,081for listed buildings per resident (284 per 10,000). Aberaeron, Beaumaris and Burford lead.
83 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Flamstead
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flamstead | 1,055 | 30 | 1 | A |
| Markyate | 3,174 | 45 | 0 | A− |
| Redbourn | 5,188 | 87 | 1 | A− |
| Slip End | 1,410 | 0 | 0 | C− |
| Caddington | 3,288 | 2 | 0 | D |
| Kensworth | 1,517 | 5 | 0 | C |
| Harpenden | 30,964 | 62 | 1 | B− |
| Hemel Hempstead | 95,995 | 170 | 2 | C+ |
In brief
Flamstead in brief
More of Flamstead’s homes are old than in most places: 27% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 30 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. For its size, it has more listed heritage than 79% of UK towns. Only 83 of the 2,081 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings.
A conservation area has protected part of it since 1969. Most entries on the list, 70%, are houses, terraces and villas. The big year was 1987, when 24 of the 30 went on the list.
Questions about Flamstead’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Flamstead?
Historic England lists 30 buildings inside Flamstead’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 28 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Flamstead?
One: Church of St Leonard.
How many conservation areas are there in Flamstead?
1, covering about 6 hectares of the town. The largest is Flamsted.
When were Flamstead’s buildings listed?
The first in 1952; the most, 24, in 1987.
How old are the homes in Flamstead?
27% of homes were built before 1919 and 38% 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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