Photo: Tim Drury from Cambridge, Cambridgeshire · CC BY-SA 3.01 listed building
On the Historic England list, it stands inside Gressenhall’s built-up area, 11 for every 10,000 residents. In Gressenhall, the listed building is Grade II. 15% of its homes were built before 1919.
Where Gressenhall’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
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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.
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
Listed buildings in the places around Gressenhall
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gressenhall | 920 | 1 | 0 | — |
| North Elmham | 1,172 | 15 | 2 | A− |
| Dereham | 20,788 | 105 | 1 | B |
| Swanton Morley | 2,175 | 7 | 1 | C+ |
| Shipdham | 2,459 | 16 | 1 | B− |
| Foulsham | 1,025 | 28 | 1 | A |
| Mattishall | 2,203 | 23 | 2 | B |
| Necton | 1,742 | 6 | 1 | C |
Gressenhall in brief
Gressenhall has 1 listed building. Beyond that, its only entry went on the list in 1985; and 15% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Gressenhall’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Gressenhall?
Historic England lists 1 building inside Gressenhall’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 1 Grade II.
How old are the homes in Gressenhall?
15% of homes were built before 1919 and 18% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Gressenhall 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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