II*Church · listed 1953Church of St Mary the VirginPhoto: David from Colorado Springs, United States · CC BY 2.0
Church of St Mary the Virgin · Photo: David from Colorado Springs, United States · CC BY 2.0–Not graded
History of Docking · Historic England
15 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade II*
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Docking’s built-up area, 185 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 14 of Docking’s listed buildings. 28% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
15
185 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
28%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Docking
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. 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 Docking’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade II*
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
15 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I1 Grade II*14 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 II*
The Grade II* listed building in Docking
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
Grade II
14 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 14 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
A pair of Tett TurretsCageDocking Hall Including Service Court Attached to EastDocking War MemorialFormer Gateway to Docking Hall 10 Metres to West of Gardener's Cottage.H E Marsh HardwareHolland HouseHorseshoe CottageLychgate 15 Metres South East of Church of St Mary the VirginManor CottageManor FarmhouseStocks Attached to the Hare Public HouseThe Hare Public HouseThe Lodge and the Coracle
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 43% of Docking
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Docking 197830 ha
30 hain conservation areas, of 70 ha inside the built-up area.
14 of the 15 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
More than half of Docking’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1985
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1985 · 12
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The first 1 entry was listed in 1953. 12 came in 1985, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 2 have been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
28% of Docking’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
23%
Before 1900
5%
1900–18
3.3%
1919–29
9.2%
1930s
8.3%
1945–54
5%
1955–64
1.7%
1965–72
7.6%
1973–82
5.9%
1983–92
5%
1993–99
6.6%
2000–08
2.6%
2009–15
17%
2016–25
DockingEngland & Wales
23% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 2016–25, which added 17% 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 (14 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Born here
3 notable people born in Docking before 1900
Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Henry Walpole
Richard Woodget
John Hare
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Henry Walpole1558–1595 · English saint
RW
Richard Woodget1845–1928 · English sea captain (1845–1928)
JH
John Hare1857–1935 · English cricketer and educator (1857-1935)
Everyone born in Docking → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Docking
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Docking | 810 | 15 | 0 | — |
| Snettisham | 2,709 | 21 | 0 | B+ |
| Heacham | 3,978 | 23 | 0 | B− |
| Hunstanton | 4,230 | 9 | 0 | B− |
| Dersingham | 4,753 | 7 | 1 | C |
| Wells-next-the-Sea | 2,151 | 185 | 0 | A+ |
| Fakenham | 8,390 | 94 | 1 | A− |
| Gayton | 1,522 | 8 | 1 | B− |
In brief
Docking in brief
More of Docking’s homes are old than in most places: 28% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 15 listed buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1978. Henry Walpole (1558), Richard Woodget (1845) and John Hare (1857) were all born here before 1900. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1985: 12 of 15.
Questions about Docking’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Docking?
Historic England lists 15 buildings inside Docking’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 14 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Docking?
1, covering about 30 hectares of the town. The largest is Docking.
When were Docking’s buildings listed?
The first in 1953; the most, 12, in 1985.
Who was born in Docking?
Among people born before 1900: Henry Walpole (1558), Richard Woodget (1845) and John Hare (1857).
How old are the homes in Docking?
28% of homes were built before 1919 and 41% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Docking 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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