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History of Dersingham · Historic England
7 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Dersingham’s built-up area, 15 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. We have photos of 3 of its listed buildings and 1 old view of the town. 15% of its homes were built before 1919. Dersingham grades C for history: #30 of 51 in Norfolk.
Listed buildings
7
15 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
15%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Dersingham
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed, and the town before 1950. 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.
Through time
Dersingham in old photos
1 old photo or postcard, in date order. All public domain, made before 1950.
c. 1815Public 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 Dersingham’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.
7 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 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 I
The Grade I listed building in Dersingham
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
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.
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 16% of Dersingham
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Dershingham 201325 ha
25 hain conservation areas, of 161 ha inside the built-up area.
6 of the 7 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.
History Grade
Dersingham grades C for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (11 points, 23 per 10,000 residents)More than 36% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (15%)More than 46% 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.
Towns its size
Dersingham has the 85th most Grade I buildings of 957 towns its size
Places of 3,000–8,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Dersingham1
#662 of 957for listed buildings per resident (15 per 10,000). Sandwich, Tenby and Arundel lead.
84 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Dersingham
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dersingham | 4,753 | 7 | 1 | C |
| Snettisham | 2,709 | 21 | 0 | B+ |
| Heacham | 3,978 | 23 | 0 | B− |
| Hunstanton | 4,230 | 9 | 0 | B− |
| King's Lynn | 47,604 | 316 | 13 | A− |
| Gayton | 1,522 | 8 | 1 | B− |
| Clenchwarton | 2,020 | 3 | 0 | C− |
| West Winch | 2,828 | 3 | 0 | D |
In brief
Dersingham in brief
Dersingham has 7 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I, including Church of St Nicholas. Only 84 of the 957 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 2013. The rest is about typical: per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; Arthur Bryant (1899) was born here before 1900; and the list grew between 1953 and 2018.
Questions about Dersingham’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Dersingham?
Historic England lists 7 buildings inside Dersingham’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 6 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Dersingham?
One: Church of St Nicholas.
Are there scheduled monuments in Dersingham?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Tithe barn near church.
How many conservation areas are there in Dersingham?
1, covering about 25 hectares of the town. The largest is Dershingham.
Are there old photos of Dersingham?
Yes: 1 public-domain photo or postcard from 1815 to 1815, all on this page.
How old are the homes in Dersingham?
15% of homes were built before 1919 and 22% 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 · Historic England conservation areas (supplied by local planning authorities; October 2026). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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