IChurch · listed 1964Church of St HelenPhoto: Richard Croft · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0BHistory Grade
History of Lea · Historic England
12 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Lea’s built-up area, 119 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 11 of Lea’s listed buildings. 17% of its homes were built before 1919. Lea grades B for history.
Listed buildings
12
119 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
17%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Lea
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 Lea’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.
12 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*11 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 Lea
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
11 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 11 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Carthouse and Stables at the Old RectoryGate Piers at the Old RectoryGazebo at the Old RectoryHolly HouseMellow Cottage and Old Post OfficeOuthouse Adjacent to and South of Carthouse and Stables at the Old RectoryRectory FarmhouseThe CottageThe Old RectoryThe Village Farmhouse1 and 3, Willingham Road
How the list grew
More than half of Lea’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1985
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1985 · 11
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The first 1 entry was listed in 1964, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 11 came in 1985, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Lea 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 (14 points, 139 per 10,000 residents)More than 60% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (17%)More than 52% 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.
Towns its size
Lea has the 87th most Grade I buildings of 2,129 towns its size
Places of 1,000–2,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Lea1
#988 of 2,129for listed buildings per resident (119 per 10,000). Aberaeron, Beaumaris and Burford lead.
86 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Lea
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lea | 1,006 | 12 | 1 | B |
| Gainsborough | 21,899 | 94 | 2 | A− |
| Beckingham | 1,207 | 14 | 0 | B+ |
| North Leverton with Habblesthorpe | 1,079 | 18 | 1 | B+ |
| Sturton by Stow | 1,485 | 4 | 0 | C+ |
| Misterton | 2,191 | 17 | 1 | B+ |
| Clarborough | 1,220 | 14 | 2 | A− |
| Saxilby | 4,432 | 6 | 1 | C− |
In brief
Lea in brief
Lea has 12 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. Only 86 of the 2,129 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1985: 11 of 12. The rest is about typical: per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; Robert Smith (1689) was born here before 1900; and 17% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Lea’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Lea?
Historic England lists 12 buildings inside Lea’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 11 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Lea?
One: Church of St Helen.
When were Lea’s buildings listed?
The first in 1964; the most, 11, in 1985.
How old are the homes in Lea?
17% of homes were built before 1919 and 31% 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. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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