IChurch · listed 1953Church of St MaryPhoto: David from Colorado Springs, United States · CC BY 2.0
Church of St Mary · Photo: David from Colorado Springs, United States · CC BY 2.0–Not graded
History of Great Bircham · Historic England
2 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Great Bircham’s built-up area, 94 for every 10,000 residents. 28% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
2
94 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
28%
typical UK town 15%
The map
Where Great Bircham’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade I
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
2 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*1 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 Great Bircham
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
1 Grade II listed building
Most listed buildings are in this grade, which covers buildings of special interest. Open any building to read its official list entry.
All 1 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Homes by age
28% of Great Bircham’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
4.9%
1900–18
3.5%
1919–29
9.2%
1930s
8.5%
1945–54
4.9%
1955–64
1.4%
1965–72
7.7%
1973–82
5.6%
1983–92
4.9%
1993–99
6.3%
2000–08
2.8%
2009–15
17%
2016–25
Great BirchamEngland & 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 (4 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Great Bircham
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Bircham | 213 | 2 | 1 | — |
| Dersingham | 4,753 | 7 | 1 | C |
| Snettisham | 2,709 | 21 | 0 | B+ |
| Heacham | 3,978 | 23 | 0 | B− |
| Hunstanton | 4,230 | 9 | 0 | B− |
| Gayton | 1,522 | 8 | 1 | B− |
| Fakenham | 8,390 | 94 | 1 | A− |
| King's Lynn | 47,604 | 316 | 13 | A− |
In brief
Great Bircham in brief
More of Great Bircham’s homes are old than in most places: 28% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 2 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. The rest is about typical: the list grew between 1953 and 1985.
Questions about Great Bircham’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Great Bircham?
Historic England lists 2 buildings inside Great Bircham’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 1 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Great Bircham?
One: Church of St Mary.
How old are the homes in Great Bircham?
28% of homes were built before 1919 and 41% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Great Bircham 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. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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