II*Walls & gates · listed 1980Crosskeys BridgeOn the list as Cross Keys Bridge (Formerly Including Hydraulic Engine House)Photo: Madlyn · Public domain
Church of St Matthew · Photo: Peter Wood · CC BY-SA 2.0B−History Grade
History of Sutton Bridge · Historic England
8 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade II*
Historic England counts them inside Sutton Bridge’s built-up area, 20 for every 10,000 residents. Of the listed buildings in Sutton Bridge, 6 are Grade II. 24% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 4 of its listed buildings and 1 old view of the town. Sutton Bridge grades B− for history: #34 of 61 in Lincolnshire.
Listed buildings
8
20 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
24%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Sutton Bridge in 5 photos and old views
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed, and the town before 1950. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Cross Keys Bridge (Formerly Including Hydraulic Engine House)Grade II* listed
New InnGrade II listed
Hydraulic Engine HouseGrade II* listed+2See 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.
Through time
Sutton Bridge in old photos
1 old photo or postcard, in date order. All public domain, made before 1950.
1920sPublic domain, from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server. Each credit opens the image’s page with its full description and history.
The map
Where Sutton Bridge’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade II*
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
8 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I2 Grade II*6 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 II*
The 2 Grade II* listed buildings in Sutton Bridge
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
II*House · listed 1980Hydraulic Engine HousePhoto: Chris Allen · CC BY-SA 2.0
Grade II
6 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 6 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
History Grade
Sutton Bridge 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 (10 points, 26 per 10,000 residents)More than 36% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (24%)More than 70% 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
24% of Sutton Bridge’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
22%
Before 1900
1.6%
1900–18
5%
1919–29
6.2%
1930s
9.8%
1945–54
7.2%
1955–64
1.9%
1965–72
5.3%
1973–82
14%
1983–92
11%
1993–99
14%
2000–08
1.2%
2009–15
0%
2016–25
Sutton BridgeEngland & Wales
22% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 2000–08, which added 14% 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 (78 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Sutton Bridge
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sutton Bridge | 3,912 | 8 | 0 | B− |
| Long Sutton | 5,377 | 42 | 2 | B+ |
| Walpole St Peter and Walpole St Andrew | 1,574 | 17 | 2 | B+ |
| Terrington St Clement | 2,792 | 14 | 2 | B |
| Sutton St James | 1,027 | 3 | 0 | C+ |
| Fleet Hargate | 1,270 | 7 | 0 | C |
| Tilney St Lawrence | 1,504 | 0 | 0 | D |
| Leverington | 1,694 | 10 | 2 | C+ |
In brief
Sutton Bridge in brief
Old houses are part of Sutton Bridge’s character: 24% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 8 listed buildings, including Crosskeys Bridge. The rest is about typical: like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building; per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and the list grew between 1966 and 1987.
Questions about Sutton Bridge’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Sutton Bridge?
Historic England lists 8 buildings inside Sutton Bridge’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 6 Grade II.
Are there old photos of Sutton Bridge?
Yes: 1 public-domain photo or postcard from 1920 to 1920, all on this page.
How old are the homes in Sutton Bridge?
24% of homes were built before 1919 and 34% 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. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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