IChurch · listed 1968St. Andrew's ChurchOn the list as Church of St. AndrewPhoto: Lofty · Public domain
Church of St. Andrew · Photo: Lofty · Public domain–Not graded
History of Folkingham · Historic England
45 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Folkingham’s built-up area, 576 for every 10,000 residents. 42 of Folkingham’s listed buildings are Grade II. 26% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 3 of its listed buildings.
Listed buildings
45
576 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
26%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Folkingham
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 Folkingham’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.
45 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I2 Grade II*42 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 Folkingham
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 Folkingham
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*House · listed 1952Greyhound Antique ShopOn the list as The GreyhoundPhoto: Rtic · Public domain
II*House · listed 1968Folkingham Manor HouseOn the list as The Manor HousePhoto: Richard Croft · CC BY-SA 2.0
What’s protected
Most of Folkingham’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas38
Inns, shops & warehouses3
Churches, chapels & priories1
Walls, gates & bridges1
Street furniture1
Public & civic buildings1
38 entries (84%) 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
42 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 42 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Barn Opposite Spring FarmhouseGateway and Flanking Walls to the Manor HouseGreyhound House and Greyhound CottageHandpump in the Stable Yard of the LodgeK6 Telephone KioskLow FarmhouseOld Tannery to Rear of Vintage BazaarOuthouse at Greyhound CottagesQuaintways Tea ShopSpring FarmhouseStableblock to Greyhound Inn Antique ShopThe LodgeThe New InnThe Old BakehouseThe Old School HouseThe Old WorkhouseThe RectoryWoodlands House1, The Market Place10 and 12, Chapel Lane10 and 12, Market Place13, Market Place14, Market Place16, Market Place21, Market Place22, Market Place23, Market Place25, Market Place27 Market Place28, Market Place29, Market Place3 and 5, The Market Place30, Market Place31, Market Place32 and 34, Market Place33, Market Place35A (The Old Reading Room) and 35 Market Place36, Market Place38, Market Place4 and 6, Market Place7-11, The Market Place8, Chapel Lane
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 32% of Folkingham
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Folkingham 196810 ha
10 hain conservation areas, of 32 ha inside the built-up area.
42 of the 45 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 Folkingham’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1987
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1987 · 281968 · 14
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The first 1 entry was listed in 1952. 28 came in 1987, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
26% of Folkingham’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
23%
Before 1900
3.4%
1900–18
1.7%
1919–29
4.3%
1930s
8.6%
1945–54
6%
1955–64
8.6%
1965–72
2.6%
1973–82
3.4%
1983–92
11%
1993–99
23%
2000–08
2.6%
2009–15
1.7%
2016–25
FolkinghamEngland & Wales
23% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 2000–08, which added 23% 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 (17 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Folkingham
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Folkingham | 781 | 45 | 1 | — |
| Billingborough | 1,390 | 17 | 1 | A− |
| Morton | 2,180 | 21 | 1 | B− |
| Greylees | 1,989 | 0 | 0 | D− |
| Corby Glen | 1,006 | 31 | 2 | A |
| Sleaford | 18,028 | 177 | 1 | A− |
| Heckington | 3,316 | 25 | 2 | B |
| Bourne | 17,495 | 62 | 1 | B− |
In brief
Folkingham in brief
More of Folkingham’s homes are old than in most places: 26% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 45 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. On Market Place alone there are 18 listed buildings.
A conservation area has protected part of it since 1968. Of the whole list, 84% are houses, terraces and villas. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1987: 28 of 45.
Questions about Folkingham’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Folkingham?
Historic England lists 45 buildings inside Folkingham’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 42 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Folkingham?
One: Church of St. Andrew.
How many conservation areas are there in Folkingham?
1, covering about 10 hectares of the town. The largest is Folkingham.
When were Folkingham’s buildings listed?
The first in 1952; the most, 28, in 1987.
How old are the homes in Folkingham?
26% of homes were built before 1919 and 32% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Folkingham has no History Grade.
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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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