IChurch · listed 1951Church of St EdmundPhoto: John Salmon · CC BY-SA 2.0
Emneth War Memorial · Photo: Adrian S Pye · CC BY-SA 2.0B+History Grade
History of Elm and Emneth · Historic England
37 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Elm and Emneth’s built-up area, 81 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 34 of Elm and Emneth’s listed buildings. We have photos of 5 of its listed buildings. 17% of its homes were built before 1919. Elm and Emneth grades B+ for history: #11 of 51 in Norfolk.
Listed buildings
37
81 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
2
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
17%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Elm and Emneth in 5 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Church of St EdmundGrade I listed
Church of All SaintsGrade I listed
White HouseGrade II listed
Sportsman Public HouseGrade II listed+1See all photosPhotos 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 Elm and Emneth’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IGrade II*
0 of 4neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
37 listed buildings by grade
2 Grade I1 Grade II*34 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 2 Grade I listed buildings in Elm and Emneth
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.
IChurch · listed 1952Church of All SaintsPhoto: mym · CC BY-SA 2.0
Grade II*
The Grade II* listed building in Elm and Emneth
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest.
House · listed 1952Elm House
What’s protected
The largest group of Elm and Emneth’s listed buildings is churches and chapels
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Churches, chapels & priories17
Houses, terraces & villas13
Walls, gates & bridges3
Memorials, crosses & tombs2
Public & civic buildings1
Inns, shops & warehouses1
13 entries (35%) are houses, terraces and villas. 17 are churches, chapels and priories, including 2 of the 2 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
34 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 34 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Banyer HallBlack Horse CottageChurch FarmhouseCorner CottageDovecote 320 Metres East of Church of St EdmundEastern Gate Pier and Forecourt Wall to Number 8 (Hagbeach House)Elm Fire Engine House and attached shedEmneth War MemorialHagbeach HouseHalfpenny HouseMemorial 2 Metres West of Tower of Church of St EdmundMemorial 2 Metres West of Tower of Church of St EdmundMemorial 4 Metres South of Nave of Church of St EdmundMemorial 6 Metres South of Nave of Church of St EdmundMemorial 7 Metres South of Nave of Church of St EdmundMemorial to Bernard Welste 20 Metres South East of Chancel of Church of St EdmundMemorial to Mary, Wife of Edward, 6 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St EdmundNewfields FarmhouseRow Memorial Stones Between 16 and 17 Metres South East of Chancel of Church of St EdmundRow of Memorial Stones Between 1 and 3 Metres South of Nave of Church of St EdmundRow of Memorial Stones Between 3 and 5 Metres South of Nave of Church of St EdmundRow of Nine Headstones East of Pathway on North Side of ChurchSix Table Tombs, Abutting West Wall of ChurchyardSportsman Public HouseTable Tomb 3 Metres South of Nave of Church of St EdmundThe LimesTwo Chest Tombs, West of Pathway on North Side of ChurchWar MemorialWestern Gate Pier and Forecourt Wall to Number 8 (Hagbeach House)White House2 Memorial Stones 15 Metres South of Nave of Church of St Edmund2 Memorial Stones to Samuel Rolling and Wife 12 Metres South of Nave of Church of St Edmund2 Memorials 9 Metres West of Tower of Church of St Edmund3 Memorial Stones 8 Metres South of Nave of Church of St Edmund
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 4% of Elm and Emneth
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Elm 19769 ha
9 hain conservation areas, of 215 ha inside the built-up area.
13 of the 37 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
18 of Elm and Emneth’s 37 listed buildings were added in 1986
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1986 · 181983 · 7
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 4 entries were listed in 1951, 1 of the 2 Grade I buildings among them. 18 came in 1986, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 2 have been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Elm and Emneth grades B+ for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (42 points, 92 per 10,000 residents)More than 69% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (17%)More than 50% 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
Elm and Emneth has the 44th most Grade I buildings of 976 towns its size
Places of 3,000–7,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Elm and Emneth2
#279 of 976for listed buildings per resident (81 per 10,000). Sandwich, Tenby and Arundel lead.
43 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Elm and Emneth
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elm and Emneth | 4,555 | 37 | 2 | B+ |
| Friday Bridge | 1,411 | 6 | 0 | C+ |
| Wisbech | 26,800 | 273 | 4 | A− |
| Marshland St James | 1,025 | 1 | 0 | C− |
| Upwell and Outwell | 3,664 | 47 | 2 | A |
| Leverington | 1,694 | 10 | 2 | C+ |
| Wisbech St Mary | 1,069 | 5 | 0 | C+ |
| Gorefield | 1,070 | 3 | 0 | C |
In brief
Elm and Emneth in brief
Elm and Emneth has 37 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade I, including Church of St Edmund. Only 43 of the 976 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1976. Beyond that, per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and 17% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Elm and Emneth’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Elm and Emneth?
Historic England lists 37 buildings inside Elm and Emneth’s built-up area: 2 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 34 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Elm and Emneth?
2, including Church of All Saints and Church of St Edmund.
How many conservation areas are there in Elm and Emneth?
1, covering about 9 hectares of the town. The largest is Elm.
When were Elm and Emneth’s buildings listed?
The first in 1951; the most, 18, in 1986.
How old are the homes in Elm and Emneth?
17% of homes were built before 1919 and 25% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
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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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