IChurch · listed 1958Church of St Mary the VirginPhoto: Evelyn Simak · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Geographer · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Banham · Historic England
21 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Banham’s built-up area, 229 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 19 of Banham’s listed buildings. 29% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
21
229 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
29%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Banham
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 Banham’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.
21 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I1 Grade II*19 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 Banham
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 Grade II* listed building in Banham
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest.
House · listed 1984Kings Head Cottage
What’s protected
Most of Banham’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas14
Churches, chapels & priories3
Public & civic buildings2
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
Inns, shops & warehouses1
14 entries (67%) 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
19 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 19 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Alexandra HouseBaileys CottageBanham War MemorialBarn 50 Metres South West of the PrioriesChurch FarmhouseGrove CottagesHill FarmhouseHillcrestHome FarmNorfolk HouseOld Grammar SchoolRed Lion Public HouseRow of 4 Cottages at 0681 8846 About 30 Metres South South East of Police HouseStinton LodgeThe Old GuildhallThe Priory, Priory Cottage and Priory EndWash FarmhouseWhite House East and West14, Crown Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 19% of Banham
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Banham 197516 ha
16 hain conservation areas, of 82 ha inside the built-up area.
14 of the 21 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
8 of Banham’s 21 listed buildings were added in 1984
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1984 · 8
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The first 2 entries were listed in 1951. 8 came in 1984, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
29% of Banham’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
1%
1900–18
1%
1919–29
3.3%
1930s
3.3%
1945–54
4.3%
1955–64
5.3%
1965–72
13%
1973–82
9.5%
1983–92
12%
1993–99
8.3%
2000–08
2%
2009–15
9.5%
2016–25
BanhamEngland & Wales
28% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1973–82, which added 13% 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 (21 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Banham
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banham | 919 | 21 | 1 | — |
| Attleborough | 11,236 | 21 | 1 | C |
| East Harling | 2,490 | 26 | 1 | B+ |
| Besthorpe | 1,007 | 2 | 0 | D |
| Roydon (South Norfolk) | 1,117 | 10 | 1 | C+ |
| Diss | 9,599 | 160 | 1 | A− |
| Dickleburgh | 1,166 | 35 | 1 | A |
| Scole | 1,037 | 17 | 1 | B+ |
In brief
Banham in brief
More of Banham’s homes are old than in most places: 29% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 21 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1975. Of the whole list, 67% are houses, terraces and villas. Beyond that, Emily Taylor (1795) and Edgar Taylor (1793) were born here before 1900.
Questions about Banham’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Banham?
Historic England lists 21 buildings inside Banham’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 19 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Banham?
One: Church of St Mary the Virgin.
How many conservation areas are there in Banham?
1, covering about 16 hectares of the town. The largest is Banham.
When were Banham’s buildings listed?
The first in 1951; the most, 8, in 1984.
How old are the homes in Banham?
29% of homes were built before 1919 and 33% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Banham 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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