IChurch · listed 1966Church of All SaintsPhoto: Richard Croft · CC BY-SA 2.0
The Plough Inn · Photo: Gerald England · CC BY-SA 2.0B−History Grade
History of Nettleham · Historic England
22 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Nettleham’s built-up area, 64 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. 9.1% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 6 of its listed buildings. Nettleham grades B− for history: #32 of 61 in Lincolnshire.
Listed buildings
22
64 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
9.1%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Nettleham in 6 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Church of All SaintsGrade I listed
Old School and School HouseGrade II listed
Walnut Farm House Barn and StablesGrade II listed
The CottageGrade II listed
Beck HouseGrade II listed+1See all photosPhotos 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 Nettleham’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.
22 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*21 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 Nettleham
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.
What’s protected
Most of Nettleham’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas16
Churches, chapels & priories3
Inns, shops & warehouses2
Public & civic buildings1
16 entries (73%) are houses, terraces and villas. 3 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
21 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 21 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Ash Tree FarmhouseBarn Waggon Hovel and Pigeoncote at Ash Tree FarmBarn at Beck HouseBeck HouseCoffin on South Side of Church of All Saints 5 Paces from PorchGravestone at Church of All Saints 29 Paces from South West Corner of TowerHillsteadOld School and School HouseStable Range at Beck HouseThe CottageThe Old VicarageThe Plough InnWalnut Farm House Barn and StablesWashhouse at No 11White Hart Inn1, Church Street10, Church Street18, The Cressent19, High Street2, The Green5, Beckside
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 8.1% of Nettleham
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Nettleham13 ha
13 hain conservation areas, of 162 ha inside the built-up area.
22 of the 22 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 Nettleham’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1985
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1985 · 20
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 2 entries were listed in 1966, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 20 came in 1985, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have 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.
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.
History Grade
Nettleham 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 (26 points, 76 per 10,000 residents)More than 61% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (9.1%)More than 22% 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.
Homes by age
9.1% of Nettleham’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
9.2%
Before 1900
0%
1900–18
1.5%
1919–29
5.2%
1930s
3.8%
1945–54
20%
1955–64
17%
1965–72
9.4%
1973–82
3.2%
1983–92
12%
1993–99
3.3%
2000–08
2.6%
2009–15
12%
2016–25
NettlehamEngland & Wales
9.2% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1955–64, which added 20% 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 (1 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Towns its size
Nettleham has the 95th most Grade I buildings of 1,149 towns its size
Places of 2,000–5,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Nettleham1
#456 of 1,149for listed buildings per resident (64 per 10,000). Sandwich, Chipping Campden and Wells-next-the-Sea lead.
94 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Nettleham
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nettleham | 3,418 | 22 | 1 | B− |
| Sudbrooke | 1,737 | 5 | 0 | C− |
| Cherry Willingham | 3,446 | 3 | 1 | D |
| Dunholme | 1,869 | 3 | 1 | C− |
| Welton | 4,586 | 12 | 0 | C− |
| Fiskerton | 1,202 | 3 | 1 | C+ |
| Washingborough and Heighington | 6,386 | 39 | 0 | B− |
| Lincoln | 104,553 | 414 | 43 | A− |
In brief
Nettleham in brief
The official list counts 22 listed buildings in Nettleham, 1 of them Grade I, including Church of All Saints. Only 94 of the 1,149 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. A conservation area protects part of it. Most entries on the list, 73%, are houses, terraces and villas.
Its homes are mostly newer: 9.1% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. The big year was 1985, when 20 of the 22 went on the list. Beyond that, per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and it also has a scheduled monument.
Questions about Nettleham’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Nettleham?
Historic England lists 22 buildings inside Nettleham’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 21 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Nettleham?
One: Church of All Saints.
Are there scheduled monuments in Nettleham?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Bishop's Manor: the remains of a medieval bishop's palace.
How many conservation areas are there in Nettleham?
1, covering about 13 hectares of the town. The largest is Nettleham.
When were Nettleham’s buildings listed?
The first in 1966; the most, 20, in 1985.
How old are the homes in Nettleham?
9.1% of homes were built before 1919 and 16% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
© 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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