IInns & shops · listed 1955House MillOn the list as Tide Mill (Known As the House Mill)Photo: Gordon Joly · CC BY-SA 2.5
Tide Mill (Known As the House Mill) · Photo: Gordon Joly · CC BY-SA 2.5B+History Grade
History of Newham · Historic England
117 listed buildings, 4 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Newham’s built-up area, 3.3 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 2 scheduled monuments. 37% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 13 of its listed buildings. Newham grades B+ for history: #19 of 33 in London.
Listed buildings
117
3.3 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
4
exceptional interest
Grade II*
6
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
2
1 registered park or garden
Homes built before 1919
37%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Newham in 15 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Church of St Mary MagdaleneGrade I listed
The Theatre RoyalGrade II* listed
Former Fire StationGrade II listed
King Edward VII Public HouseGrade II listed
Twelvetrees Crescent BridgeGrade II listed+10See 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 Newham’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.
Grade IGrade II*Scheduled monumentPark or garden
Homes built before 1919, by neighbourhoodunder 10%10–25%25–50%50%+
82 of 185neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes; in the oldest, 100% were built before 1919.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
117 listed buildings by grade
4 Grade I6 Grade II*107 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. Neighbourhood dots: the population-weighted centre of each Census 2021 output area, coloured by its neighbourhood’s (LSOA’s) share of homes built before 1919 (Valuation Office Agency, March 2025).
Grade I
The 4 Grade I listed buildings in Newham
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.
IChurch · listed 1982St Mary Magdalene's ChurchOn the list as Church of St Mary MagdalenePhoto: Nigel Cox · CC BY-SA 2.0
IChurch · listed 1984Church of All SaintsPhoto: Kathy Taylor · CC BY-SA 2.0
IChurch · listed 1980St Mary's Church, Little IlfordOn the list as Church of St Mary the VirginPhoto: John Salmon · CC BY-SA 2.0
Grade II*
The 6 Grade II* listed buildings in Newham
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*Public · listed 1972Theatre Royal Stratford EastOn the list as The Theatre RoyalPhoto: No Swan So Fine · CC BY-SA 4.0
II*Public · listed 1974Abbey Mills Pumping StationPhoto: Simon from London, United Kingdom · CC BY 2.0
II*Public · listed 1971Brick Lane Music HallOn the list as Former St Mark's Church (Brick Lane Music Hall)Photo: Danny Robinson · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Inns & shops · listed 1998Gallions HotelPhoto: Kleon3 · CC BY-SA 4.0
II*House · listed 1973East Ham Town HallOn the list as Newham Council OfficesPhoto: David Nicholls · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*House · listed 1984University HouseOn the list as University House, University of East London (West Ham Precinct)Photo: Pedleysd · Public domain
What’s protected
The largest group of Newham’s listed buildings is homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas31
Public & civic buildings25
Inns, shops & warehouses19
Churches, chapels & priories16
Memorials, crosses & tombs14
Walls, gates & bridges11
Street furniture1
31 entries (26%) are houses, terraces and villas. 16 are churches, chapels and priories, including 3 of the 4 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
107 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 107 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
'The Preacher', Forest Gate Methodist ChurchB Station at Abbey Mills Pumping StationBases of Pair Former Chimney Stacks at Abbey Mills to North West and South East of Pumping StationBoleyn Public HouseBrentford Gas Company War Memorial PlaqueBuildings Ancillary to Church of St AndrewC Station, With Associated Valve House, Abbey Mills Pumping StationCentral Buffet at Custom HouseCentral Park War Memorial, East HamChapel of St George and St Helena at former Dockland Settlement No. 1Chimney to Beckton Sewage WorksChurch of St AndrewChurch of St Antony and MonasteryChurch of St BarnabasChurch of St John the EvangelistChurch of St LukeClock MillCoach and Horses Public HouseCoronation Cinema Now Snooker HallCrockett's Leathercloth Works War MemorialDenmark Arms Public HouseDock Manager's OfficesDuke of Fife Public HouseDukes Head Public HouseEarl of Essex Public HouseEast Ham Underground StationEast London Cemetery Company War MemorialEducation OfficesEmmanuel ChurchEngine House at West Ham Pumping StationEntrance to Woolwich Pedestrian TunnelEssex LodgeFairbairn HallFellowship HouseFormer Congregational Church (Azhar Academy Girl's School)Former East Ham Police StationFormer Fire StationFormer public hall and library, Canning TownGas Light and Coke Company War Memorial LampGas Light and Coke Company War Memorial RotundaGasholder No 1, former Bromley-by-Bow gasworksGasholder No 2, former Bromley-by-Bow gasworksGasholder No 4, former Bromley-by-Bow gasworksGasholder No 6, former Bromley-by-Bow gasworksGasholder No 7, former Bromley-by-Bow gasworksGasholder No 8, former Bromley-by-Bow gasworksGasholder No 9, former Bromley-by-Bow gasworksGate Lodge at Abbey MillsGates and Gatepiers at Entrance to Abbey Mills Pumping StationGrave marker for 15 infants from Upper North Street School (Poplar) in the East London CemeteryGurney Memorial Drinking FountainKing Edward VII Public HouseMartyrs' MemorialMemorial Baptist ChurchNational Westminster BankNo. 224 Romford Road including boundary walls and carriage houseNorth Woolwich Station Including Turntable and Platform Lamp Standards.Northern Outfall Sewer Bridge over Channelsea RiverNorthern block and courtyard walls of Alice Billings HouseNumber 42 and Attached RailingsOffices (Former Superintendents House) at Abbey MillsOffices Opposite Clock MillParish Boundary Marker Between Numbers 231 and 233Passmore Edwards LibraryPassmore Edwards LibraryPaved Roadway Extending from West Side of House Mill to Wall and Gate on East Side of Clock MillPublic LibraryPublic LibraryRailings to Church of St John the EvangelistRed HouseRoman Catholic Chapel of St MargaretRoman Catholic Church of St Nicholas and boundary wallRoyal Oak Public HouseShop Adjoining Number 43Silo DSilvertown War MemorialSt Andrew's VicarageSt John's HouseStatue in Garden of William Shakespeare at West Ham Precinct of the University of East LondonStatue of Sir Corbet WoodhallStores Building at Abbey Mills to West of Pumping StationStothert and Pitt Cranes on North and South Sides of the Royal Victoria DockTechnical CollegeThe Connaught TavernThe Earl of Derby Public HouseThe Ironmongers' Stone in Leather Gardens to the East of Abbey RoadThe John Travers Cornwell VC Memorial and Family Grave MarkerThe Log Cabin, Formerly the Yorkshire GreyThe Manor HouseThe Spotted Dog Public HouseTramway Workers War MemorialTwelvetrees Crescent BridgeWall to East Ham Town Hall, Technical College and Library Turning Corner Down High Street South to the Council OfficesWar memorial at former St Mark's Church (Brick Lane Music Hall)Warehouse KWarehouse WWest Ham Court HouseWillow CottageWorld War II Commemorative Monument at Manor Park Cemetery116-130, Abbey Lane E153 K6 Telephone Kiosks Outside Stratford Town Hall30, Romford Road E1554 and 56, Romford Road E1560 and 62, Romford Road E1566-88, Romford Road E1582, Romford Road E1589, Dames Road E7
Conservation areas
10 conservation areas cover 2.7% of Newham
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Woodgrange Estate, Forest Gate 197630 ha
Three Mills23 ha
Stratford, St John's8 ha
Forest Gate Town Centre 19998 ha
Durham Road, Manor Park 19847 ha
East Ham Town Centre6 ha
University Area5 ha
Sugar House Lane4 ha
Romford Road 19930 ha
Three Mills0 ha
92 hain conservation areas, of 3,402 ha inside the built-up area.
The first, Woodgrange Estate, Forest Gate, was designated in 1976; the newest, Forest Gate Town Centre, in 1999. 38 of the 117 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
38 of Newham’s 117 listed buildings were added in 1984
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1984 · 38
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 2 entries were listed in 1955, 1 of the 4 Grade I buildings among them. 38 came in 1984, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 15 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.
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.
1 registered park or garden
West Ham ParkGrade II
History Grade
Newham 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 (136 points, 4 per 10,000 residents)More than 49% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (37%)More than 92% 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
37% of Newham’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
28%
Before 1900
9.1%
1900–18
3%
1919–29
2%
1930s
2.6%
1945–54
6.7%
1955–64
5.4%
1965–72
4.9%
1973–82
4.9%
1983–92
4.4%
1993–99
6.2%
2000–08
6.6%
2009–15
16%
2016–25
NewhamEngland & Wales
28% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 2016–25, which added 16% 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 (850 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Born here
80 notable people born in Newham before 1900
The 20 best known on one timeline, earliest first.
George Edwards
John Eliot Howard
Joseph Lister
Gerard Manley Hopkins
Anna Kingsford
Joseph Green
Rickman Godlee
Percy Buck
Herbert Roper Barrett
Fred Corbett
Fred Connelly
Geraldine Beamish
Charles Bugbee
Bertha Lewis
Alfred Barnes
Desmond FitzGerald
Billy Herbert
Patrick Barrow
Percy Allen
Fred Ewer
1650170017501800185019001950
JL
Joseph Lister1827–1912 · British surgeon and antiseptic pioneer (1827–1912)
Gerard Manley Hopkins1844–1889 · English poet (1844–1889)
Anna Kingsford1846–1888 · English physician and social reformer (1846–1888)
George Edwards1693–1773 · English naturalist and ornithologist (1694 – 1773)
Geraldine Beamish1883–1972 · English tennis player
Herbert Roper Barrett1873–1943 · English tennis player (1873-1943)
CB
Charles Bugbee1887–1959 · British water polo player
Desmond FitzGerald1888–1947 · Irish revolutionary, poet, publicist and politician (1888-1947)
Everyone born in Newham → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Newham
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newham | 351,065 | 117 | 4 | B+ |
| Tower Hamlets | 311,072 | 923 | 21 | B |
| Redbridge | 309,509 | 133 | 1 | B |
| Greenwich | 288,117 | 524 | 24 | B+ |
| Barking and Dagenham | 218,236 | 39 | 3 | C− |
| Waltham Forest | 278,129 | 113 | 0 | B+ |
| Hackney | 258,464 | 543 | 8 | A− |
| City of London | 7,820 | 587 | 83 | A+ |
In brief
Newham in brief
More of Newham’s homes are old than in most places: 37% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 117 listed buildings, 4 of them Grade I, including House Mill. Its older streets lie in 10 conservation areas, the first designated in 1976. Of the 80 people born here before 1900, the best known include Joseph Lister (1827), Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844) and Anna Kingsford (1846). Otherwise the figures are ordinary: per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and it also has 2 scheduled monuments.
Questions about Newham’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Newham?
Historic England lists 117 buildings inside Newham’s built-up area: 4 Grade I, 6 Grade II* and 107 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Newham?
4, including Church of All Saints, Church of St Mary Magdalene, Church of St Mary the Virgin and Tide Mill (Known As the House Mill).
Are there scheduled monuments in Newham?
Yes, 2 scheduled monuments, including Second World War anti-aircraft gun emplacements, Beckton and Stratford Langthorne Abbey (part of area within precincts), Baker's Row, West Ham.
How many conservation areas are there in Newham?
10, covering about 92 hectares of the town. The largest are Woodgrange Estate, Forest Gate and Three Mills.
When were Newham’s buildings listed?
The first in 1955; the most, 38, in 1984.
Who was born in Newham?
Among people born before 1900: Joseph Lister (1827), Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844), Anna Kingsford (1846), George Edwards (1693) and Geraldine Beamish (1883).
How old are the homes in Newham?
37% of homes were built before 1919 and 42% 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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