IChurch · listed 1967Church of St SwithinPhoto: Geoff Pick · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: JThomas · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Bicker · Historic England
8 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Bicker’s built-up area, 114 for every 10,000 residents. 7 of Bicker’s listed buildings are Grade II. 20% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
8
114 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
20%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Bicker
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 Bicker’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade I
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
8 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*7 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 Bicker
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
7 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.
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 13% of Bicker
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Bicker 19706 ha
6 hain conservation areas, of 47 ha inside the built-up area.
7 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.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Bicker
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bicker | 703 | 8 | 1 | — |
| Donington | 3,192 | 22 | 1 | B− |
| Swineshead | 2,653 | 12 | 1 | B− |
| Gosberton | 1,455 | 17 | 1 | B |
| Sutterton | 1,068 | 10 | 2 | B |
| Kirton | 5,576 | 23 | 1 | B− |
| Surfleet | 1,042 | 3 | 1 | C+ |
| Heckington | 3,316 | 25 | 2 | B |
In brief
Bicker in brief
Bicker has 8 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1970. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: the list grew between 1967 and 2017; and 20% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Bicker’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Bicker?
Historic England lists 8 buildings inside Bicker’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 7 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Bicker?
One: Church of St Swithin.
How many conservation areas are there in Bicker?
1, covering about 6 hectares of the town. The largest is Bicker.
How old are the homes in Bicker?
20% of homes were built before 1919 and 32% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Bicker 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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