IChurch · listed 1961Church of Holy InnocentsPhoto: John Salmon · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Hugh Venables · CC BY-SA 2.0AHistory Grade
History of Foulsham · Historic England
28 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Foulsham’s built-up area, 273 for every 10,000 residents. Of the listed buildings in Foulsham, 25 are Grade II. 37% of its homes were built before 1919. Foulsham grades A for history.
Listed buildings
28
273 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
37%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Foulsham
Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Church of Holy InnocentsGrade I listed
Table Tomb to the North-East of the West Door of the Church of the Holy InnocentsGrade II* listedPhotos 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 Foulsham’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IGrade II*
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
28 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I2 Grade II*25 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 Foulsham
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*
The 2 Grade II* listed buildings in Foulsham
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 1 is photographed.
II*Church · listed 1983Table Tomb to the North-East of the West Door of the Church of the Holy InnocentsPhoto: Evelyn Simak · CC BY-SA 2.0
Public · listed 1952Old Hall Farm House
What’s protected
The largest group of Foulsham’s listed buildings is homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas12
Churches, chapels & priories6
Public & civic buildings4
Walls, gates & bridges3
Inns, shops & warehouses2
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
12 entries (43%) are houses, terraces and villas. 6 are churches, chapels and priories, including 1 of the 1 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
25 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 25 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Bank House Market StoresBaptist ChurchBethany Cottage Falgate CottageBracken BraeBramblings Jasmine CottageChurch Farm HouseChurch HouseChurchyard Wall to the South of Church of the Holy InnocentsChurchyard Wall to the West of Church of the Holy InnocentsDial HouseFoulsham HouseFoulsham War MemorialGarden Wall of Ivy Farm HouseGlenmore House Glenmore CottageHill HouseIvy HouseLondon House and Church ViewMarket HouseMill HouseParish Rooms, Engine House and Barn to Old RectoryRose VillaStation FarmhouseThe Old Kings ArmsThe Old RectoryVirginia House
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 34% of Foulsham
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Foulsham 197715 ha
15 hain conservation areas, of 46 ha inside the built-up area.
28 of the 28 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 Foulsham’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1983
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1983 · 20
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The first 4 entries were listed in 1952. 20 came in 1983, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Foulsham grades A for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (32 points, 312 per 10,000 residents)More than 78% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (37%)More than 91% 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.
Homes by age
37% of Foulsham’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
38%
Before 1900
0%
1900–18
3.1%
1919–29
3.1%
1930s
7.8%
1945–54
4.7%
1955–64
1.6%
1965–72
7.8%
1973–82
13%
1983–92
7.8%
1993–99
6.2%
2000–08
6.2%
2009–15
1.6%
2016–25
FoulshamEngland & Wales
38% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1983–92, which added 13% 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 (15 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Towns its size
Foulsham has the 85th most Grade I buildings of 2,095 towns its size
Places of 1,000–2,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Foulsham1
#447 of 2,095for listed buildings per resident (273 per 10,000). Aberaeron, Beaumaris and Burford lead.
84 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Foulsham
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foulsham | 1,025 | 28 | 1 | A |
| North Elmham | 1,172 | 15 | 2 | A− |
| Reepham | 2,317 | 52 | 1 | A |
| Swanton Morley | 2,175 | 7 | 1 | C+ |
| Briston | 1,983 | 10 | 0 | B− |
| Melton Constable | 1,176 | 3 | 0 | B− |
| Cawston | 1,114 | 15 | 1 | A− |
| Fakenham | 8,390 | 94 | 1 | A− |
In brief
Foulsham in brief
Old houses are part of Foulsham’s character: 37% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 28 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. Per resident, it has more listed heritage than 78% of UK towns.
Only 84 of the 2,095 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1977. The big year was 1983, when 20 of the 28 went on the list.
Questions about Foulsham’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Foulsham?
Historic England lists 28 buildings inside Foulsham’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 25 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Foulsham?
One: Church of Holy Innocents.
How many conservation areas are there in Foulsham?
1, covering about 15 hectares of the town. The largest is Foulsham.
When were Foulsham’s buildings listed?
The first in 1952; the most, 20, in 1983.
How old are the homes in Foulsham?
37% of homes were built before 1919 and 43% 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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