Photo: Geoff Pick · CC BY-SA 2.018 listed buildings
Historic England counts them inside Bunwell’s built-up area, 336 for every 10,000 residents. Every listed building in Bunwell is Grade II. 30% of its homes were built before 1919.
Where Bunwell’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
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.
18 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 18 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
More than half of Bunwell’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1981
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
The first 18 entries were listed in 1981. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
30% of Bunwell’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
28% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1973–82, which added 12% 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 (6 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Listed buildings in the places around Bunwell
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bunwell | 536 | 18 | 0 | — |
| Besthorpe | 1,007 | 2 | 0 | D |
| Attleborough | 11,236 | 21 | 1 | C |
| Long Stratton | 5,218 | 46 | 1 | B |
| Wymondham | 16,334 | 145 | 3 | B |
| Mulbarton | 3,807 | 10 | 0 | C− |
| Newton Flotman | 1,418 | 6 | 0 | C |
| Hethersett | 7,018 | 20 | 0 | C |
Bunwell in brief
Old houses are part of Bunwell’s character: 30% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 18 listed buildings. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1981: 18 of 18. The rest is about typical: John Beals Chandler (1887) was born here before 1900.
Questions about Bunwell’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Bunwell?
Historic England lists 18 buildings inside Bunwell’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 18 Grade II.
When were Bunwell’s buildings listed?
The first in 1981; the most, 18, in 1981.
How old are the homes in Bunwell?
30% of homes were built before 1919 and 39% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Bunwell has no History Grade.
© 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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