IChurch · listed 1953Church of St Mary the VirginOn the list as Church of St MaryPhoto: Russ Hamer · CC BY-SA 3.0
Church of St Mary · Photo: Russ Hamer · CC BY-SA 3.0–Not graded
History of Brancaster · Historic England
5 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Brancaster’s built-up area, 133 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. 31% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
5
133 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
31%
typical UK town 15%
The map
Where Brancaster’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.
5 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*4 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 Brancaster
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
4 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 4 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 53% of Brancaster
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Brancaster 199026 ha
26 hain conservation areas, of 49 ha inside the built-up area.
5 of the 5 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.
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.
Homes by age
31% of Brancaster’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
21%
Before 1900
9.5%
1900–18
1.7%
1919–29
4%
1930s
2.4%
1945–54
4%
1955–64
7.1%
1965–72
14%
1973–82
9.5%
1983–92
4.7%
1993–99
7.8%
2000–08
6.4%
2009–15
8.8%
2016–25
BrancasterEngland & Wales
21% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1973–82, 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 (3 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Brancaster
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brancaster | 377 | 5 | 1 | — |
| Hunstanton | 4,230 | 9 | 0 | B− |
| Heacham | 3,978 | 23 | 0 | B− |
| Snettisham | 2,709 | 21 | 0 | B+ |
| Wells-next-the-Sea | 2,151 | 185 | 0 | A+ |
| Dersingham | 4,753 | 7 | 1 | C |
In brief
Brancaster in brief
Old houses are part of Brancaster’s character: 31% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 5 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1990. The rest is about typical: the list grew between 1953 and 2015; and it also has a scheduled monument.
Questions about Brancaster’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Brancaster?
Historic England lists 5 buildings inside Brancaster’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 4 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Brancaster?
One: Church of St Mary.
Are there scheduled monuments in Brancaster?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Roman fort (Branodunum).
How many conservation areas are there in Brancaster?
1, covering about 26 hectares of the town. The largest is Brancaster.
How old are the homes in Brancaster?
31% of homes were built before 1919 and 36% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Brancaster 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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