II*Church · listed 1962Church of All SaintsPhoto: Evelyn Simak · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: John Salmon · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Filby · Historic England
8 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade II*
Historic England counts them inside Filby’s built-up area, 90 for every 10,000 residents. Of the listed buildings in Filby, 7 are Grade II. 22% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
8
90 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
22%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Filby
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 Filby’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.
8 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I1 Grade II*7 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 Filby
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
Grade II
7 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 7 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Homes by age
22% of Filby’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
18%
Before 1900
3.1%
1900–18
1.5%
1919–29
3.1%
1930s
3.1%
1945–54
4.6%
1955–64
12%
1965–72
14%
1973–82
7.7%
1983–92
4.6%
1993–99
6.2%
2000–08
11%
2009–15
11%
2016–25
FilbyEngland & Wales
18% 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 (6 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Filby
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Filby | 893 | 8 | 0 | — |
| Ormesby St Margaret | 2,741 | 6 | 0 | C− |
| Caister-on-Sea | 9,095 | 7 | 0 | C− |
| Hemsby | 5,724 | 13 | 1 | C |
| Martham | 3,633 | 11 | 1 | C |
| Great Yarmouth | 28,979 | 225 | 7 | A+ |
| Acle | 2,268 | 11 | 1 | C |
| Bradwell | 11,632 | 1 | 0 | D− |
In brief
Filby in brief
Old houses are part of Filby’s character: 22% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 8 listed buildings. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: the list grew between 1947 and 2017.
Questions about Filby’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Filby?
Historic England lists 8 buildings inside Filby’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 7 Grade II.
How old are the homes in Filby?
22% of homes were built before 1919 and 27% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Filby 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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