II*Church · listed 1966Church of the Holy TrinityPhoto: Richard Croft · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Allington · Historic England
8 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade II*
Historic England counts them inside Allington’s built-up area, 136 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. 21% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
8
136 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
21%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Allington
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 Allington’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.
8 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I2 Grade II*6 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 2 Grade II* listed buildings in Allington
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
II*House · listed 1952Old Manor HousePhoto: Jo Turner · CC BY-SA 2.0
Grade II
6 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 6 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 35% of Allington
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Allington 199011 ha
11 hain conservation areas, of 30 ha inside the built-up area.
8 of the 8 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.
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.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Allington
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allington | 587 | 8 | 0 | — |
| Great Gonerby | 1,880 | 18 | 1 | B− |
| Long Bennington | 2,149 | 24 | 1 | B |
| Bottesford | 3,046 | 29 | 1 | B+ |
| Barrowby | 2,041 | 28 | 1 | B |
| Grantham | 44,906 | 203 | 7 | B+ |
| Claypole | 1,352 | 10 | 1 | B+ |
| Aslockton | 2,173 | 2 | 0 | C− |
In brief
Allington in brief
The official list counts 8 listed buildings in Allington. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1990. The rest is about typical: the list grew between 1952 and 1984; it also has a scheduled monument; and 21% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Allington’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Allington?
Historic England lists 8 buildings inside Allington’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 6 Grade II.
Are there scheduled monuments in Allington?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Allington village cross.
How many conservation areas are there in Allington?
1, covering about 11 hectares of the town. The largest is Allington.
How old are the homes in Allington?
21% of homes were built before 1919 and 23% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Allington has no History Grade.
© 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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