IChurch · listed 1955Church of St MaryPhoto: Ben Charlton · CC BY-SA 2.0
Town Hall · Photo: Ian Rob · CC BY-SA 2.0B−History Grade
History of Lutterworth · Historic England
51 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Lutterworth’s built-up area, 48 for every 10,000 residents. 5.6% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 6 of its listed buildings. Lutterworth grades B− for history: #16 of 50 in Leicestershire.
Listed buildings
51
48 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
5.6%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Lutterworth in 6 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Church of St MaryGrade I listed
The Greyhound Coaching InnGrade II listed
Lutterworth War Memorial Cross, Walls and ShelterGrade II listed
The Shambles Public HouseGrade II listed
United Reform ChurchGrade II listed+1See all photosPhotos 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 Lutterworth’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.
Grade IGrade II*
Homes built before 1919, by neighbourhoodunder 10%10–25%25–50%50%+
0 of 5neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
51 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I2 Grade II*48 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. Neighbourhood dots: the population-weighted centre of each Census 2021 output area, coloured by its neighbourhood’s (LSOA’s) share of homes built before 1919 (Valuation Office Agency, March 2025).
Grade I
The Grade I listed building in Lutterworth
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 Lutterworth
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest.
Historic streets
Woodmarket has the most listed buildings
Streets by the listed entries with an address on them. One entry can be a whole terrace, so long rows count once.
Woodmarket6 listed
Church Street5 listed
High Street4 listed
Market Street3 listed
Of the 51 entries, 26 are named by a street address; the rest are named buildings such as churches, halls and bridges.
What’s protected
Most of Lutterworth’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas38
Inns, shops & warehouses5
Churches, chapels & priories3
Public & civic buildings3
Walls, gates & bridges1
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
38 entries (75%) are houses, terraces and villas. 3 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
48 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 48 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Candlemas CottageDevonshire HouseFarmfieldFormer Denbigh Arms HotelFormer RectoryFormer Valaska RestaurantHind HotelHythe HouseLutterworth HallLutterworth War Memorial Cross, Walls and ShelterMagistrates Court Police Station Superintendents HouseThe Greyhound Coaching InnThe Greyhound Coaching InnThe ManseThe Shambles Public HouseThe SpringsThe TerraceTomb Chest and Railings 20 Metres East of Church of St MaryTown HallUnited Reform ChurchWestern HouseWycliffe Memorial13-17, High Street14, Bank Street2 and 4, Bitteswell Road2, Church Street21, Church Street22, High Street23 and 25, Market Street25 Regent Street25 and 27, George Street29, George Street31 and 33, High Street31, Market Street31, Woodmarket33 and 35, Woodmarket35-39, Church Street36 and 38, Church Street37, Station Road38 and 40, Woodmarket4 and 6, High Street4-10, Church Street43, Baker Street44, Market Street58-62, Woodmarket6, Bitteswell Road66, Woodmarket70, Woodmarket
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 3.6% of Lutterworth
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Lutterworth 197221 ha
21 hain conservation areas, of 596 ha inside the built-up area.
49 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
24 of Lutterworth’s 51 listed buildings were added in 1993
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1993 · 241955 · 81970 · 5
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The first 8 entries were listed in 1955, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 24 came in 1993. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Lutterworth grades B− for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (55 points, 52 per 10,000 residents)More than 66% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (5.6%)More than 11% 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
5.6% of Lutterworth’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
3.6%
Before 1900
2.1%
1900–18
2.1%
1919–29
3.2%
1930s
7.1%
1945–54
5.5%
1955–64
16%
1965–72
12%
1973–82
10%
1983–92
8.2%
1993–99
11%
2000–08
4%
2009–15
15%
2016–25
LutterworthEngland & Wales
3.6% 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 (19 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Born here
5 notable people born in Lutterworth before 1900
Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
William Green
Pleasance Pendred
James King
John King
Percy Lawrie
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John King1871–1946 · English cricketer for Leicestershire (1871-1946)
PP
Pleasance Pendred1865–1948 · UK suffragette
JK
James King1869–1948 · English cricketer (Staffordshire, Leicestershire) (1869-1948)
WG
William Green1784–1881 · British Army rifleman and author (1784-1881)
PL
Percy Lawrie1888–1956 · Rugby player
Everyone born in Lutterworth → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Towns its size
Lutterworth has the 108th most Grade I buildings of 668 towns its size
Places of 6,000–17,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Lutterworth1
#212 of 668for listed buildings per resident (48 per 10,000). Brecon, Malmesbury and Ludlow lead.
107 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Lutterworth
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lutterworth | 10,519 | 51 | 1 | B− |
| Ullesthorpe | 1,162 | 5 | 0 | C+ |
| Gilmorton | 1,239 | 18 | 0 | A− |
| Broughton Astley | 9,649 | 5 | 0 | D |
| Clifton upon Dunsmore | 1,216 | 6 | 0 | B− |
| Sharnford | 1,066 | 7 | 0 | C+ |
| Sapcote | 3,266 | 10 | 0 | C |
| Rugby | 78,130 | 133 | 3 | B |
In brief
Lutterworth in brief
The official list counts 51 listed buildings in Lutterworth, 1 of them Grade I, including Church of St Mary. Only 107 of the 668 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1972. Of the whole list, 75% are houses, terraces and villas.
John King (1871), Pleasance Pendred (1865) and James King (1869) are among the 5 people born here before 1900. Its homes are mostly newer: 5.6% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns.
Questions about Lutterworth’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Lutterworth?
Historic England lists 51 buildings inside Lutterworth’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 48 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Lutterworth?
One: Church of St Mary.
Which street in Lutterworth has the most listed buildings?
Woodmarket (6), Church Street (5) and High Street (4) have the most listed entries named by an address. One entry can be a whole terrace.
How many conservation areas are there in Lutterworth?
1, covering about 21 hectares of the town. The largest is Lutterworth.
When were Lutterworth’s buildings listed?
The first in 1955; the most, 24, in 1993.
Who was born in Lutterworth?
Among people born before 1900: John King (1871), Pleasance Pendred (1865), James King (1869), William Green (1784) and Percy Lawrie (1888).
How old are the homes in Lutterworth?
5.6% of homes were built before 1919 and 11% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The National Heritage List for England is the official, up-to-date register of all nationally protected historic buildings and sites in England; check an entry on Historic England’s website before relying on it.
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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