IChurch · listed 1966St Peter and St Paul ChurchOn the list as Church of Saint Peter and Saint PaulPhoto: Jules & Jenny from Lincoln, UK · CC BY 2.0
Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul · Photo: Jules & Jenny from Lincoln, UK · CC BY 2.0AHistory Grade
History of Caistor · Historic England
55 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Caistor’s built-up area, 241 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 2 scheduled monuments. 20% of its homes were built before 1919. Caistor grades A for history.
Listed buildings
55
241 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
2
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
2
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
20%
typical UK town 15%
The map
Where Caistor’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IScheduled monument
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
55 listed buildings by grade
2 Grade I0 Grade II*53 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 2 Grade I listed buildings in Caistor
Buildings of exceptional interest, about 2.5% of all listed buildings. 1 is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
Walls & gates · listed 1966Roman Wall
What’s protected
Most of Caistor’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas40
Public & civic buildings4
Inns, shops & warehouses4
Churches, chapels & priories3
Walls, gates & bridges2
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
Street furniture1
40 entries (73%) are houses, terraces and villas. 3 are churches, chapels and priories, including 1 of the 2 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
53 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 53 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Caistor Grammar School Old BuildingCaistor House No 19Caistor Methodist ChapelCaistor Primary School and School HouseCaistor School LibraryCaistor War MemorialFleece InnFormer Red LionFormer Trustee Savings BankHouse and Garage in Garden of No 24 Holly HouseNettleton HouseNo 2 Hestcroft HouseNo 2, The White HouseNo 25 the Post OfficeNo 4 Hill HouseNos 11-13 Beauclerk HouseNumber 24 Holly House Entrance Piers and GatesNumbers 3-7, Church StreetParadise Cottage West and Paradise Cottage EastPumpRest, Hobbits Rest, Moss BankThe CausewayThe Old VicarageTower HouseTower at Mill LaneWestgate House1, Market Place1, North Kelsey Road1,5,7,9, Horsemarket10, Market Place10, South Street12, Market Place15, South Street17, South Street18, High Street2, Market Place20, Market Place22, South Street23A, South Street23B, South Street24 and 26, South Street24, Market Place28, South Street3 and 4, Market Place3 and 5, Grimsby Road30, South Street32, South Street5 and 5A, Market Place6 and 8, South Street7, Grimsby Road8 and 9, Market Place8, Plough Hill9, Church Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 11% of Caistor
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Caistor14 ha
14 hain conservation areas, of 124 ha inside the built-up area.
53 of the 55 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 Caistor’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1966
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1966 · 301985 · 20
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The first 30 entries were listed in 1966, 2 of the 2 Grade I buildings among them. Only 1 has 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.
2 scheduled monuments
Nationally important archaeological sites and monuments, protected by law; work on them needs consent from the Secretary of State, advised by Historic England.
History Grade
Caistor 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 (63 points, 276 per 10,000 residents)More than 85% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (20%)More than 60% 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.
Born here
7 notable people born in Caistor before 1900
Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Marmaduke Dixon
Bill Appleyard
Alfred Morgan
Tom Morris
Harry Chantry
Tom Coulbeck
Fred Atkin
1800182518501875190019251950
BA
Bill Appleyard1878–1958 · English footballer (1878-1958)
FA
Fred Atkin1886–1964 · English association football player (1887-1964)
HC
Harry Chantry1885–1971 · Association football player (1885-1971)
TC
Tom Coulbeck1885–1955 · Association football player (1885-1955)
TM
Tom Morris1884–1918 · English footballer, born 1884
MD
Marmaduke Dixon1828–1895 · New Zealand farmer
AM
Alfred Morgan1879– · Association football player
Everyone born in Caistor → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Towns its size
Caistor has the 36th most Grade I buildings of 1,400 towns its size
Places of 1,000–4,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Caistor2
#160 of 1,400for listed buildings per resident (241 per 10,000). Burford, Painswick and Chipping Campden lead.
35 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Caistor
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caistor | 2,284 | 55 | 2 | A |
| Keelby | 2,098 | 9 | 2 | B− |
| Barnetby le Wold | 1,841 | 6 | 1 | B |
| Laceby | 3,284 | 6 | 1 | C− |
| Wrawby | 1,194 | 3 | 1 | C+ |
| Market Rasen | 4,959 | 51 | 0 | A |
| Brigg | 5,637 | 72 | 1 | A− |
| Stallingborough | 1,190 | 5 | 0 | C |
In brief
Caistor in brief
Per resident, Caistor has more listed heritage than 85% of UK towns. In all there are 55 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade I. Only 35 of the 1,400 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. South Street alone has 11 listed buildings.
A conservation area protects part of it. Of the whole list, 73% are houses, terraces and villas. Bill Appleyard (1878), Fred Atkin (1886) and Harry Chantry (1885) are among the 7 people born here before 1900. The rest is about typical: it also has 2 scheduled monuments; and 20% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Caistor’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Caistor?
Historic England lists 55 buildings inside Caistor’s built-up area: 2 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 53 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Caistor?
2, including Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul and Roman Wall.
Are there scheduled monuments in Caistor?
Yes, 2 scheduled monuments, including Caistor Roman town and Medieval fishponds 380m south east of Nursery Lodge.
How many conservation areas are there in Caistor?
1, covering about 14 hectares of the town. The largest is Caistor.
When were Caistor’s buildings listed?
The first in 1966; the most, 30, in 1966.
Who was born in Caistor?
Among people born before 1900: Bill Appleyard (1878), Fred Atkin (1886), Harry Chantry (1885), Tom Coulbeck (1885) and Tom Morris (1884).
How old are the homes in Caistor?
20% of homes were built before 1919 and 25% 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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