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History of Harleston · Historic England

131 listed buildings, 4 of them Grade II*

Historic England counts them inside Harleston’s built-up area, 258 for every 10,000 residents. 127 of Harleston’s listed buildings are Grade II. We have photos of 5 of its listed buildings. 15% of its homes were built before 1919. Harleston grades A− for history: #5 of 51 in Norfolk.

4Grade II*19on The Thoroughfare
Listed buildings
131
258 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
4
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
15%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures

Harleston in 5 photos

Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.

Swan HotelSwan HotelGrade II* listedCorn ExchangeCorn ExchangeGrade II listedChurch of St John the BaptistChurch of St John the BaptistGrade II listedCardinal's Hat InnCardinal's Hat InnGrade II listed+1See all photos

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 Harleston’s history is

Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.

Candler's House, Grade II*Reydon House, Grade II*Swan Hotel, Grade II*16 and 18, Old Market Place, Grade II*
Grade II*

Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.

131 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I4 Grade II*127 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 4 Grade II* listed buildings in Harleston

Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 1 is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.

Inns & shops · listed 1951Swan HotelPhoto: Christopher Hilton · CC BY-SA 2.0
Historic streets

The Thoroughfare has the most listed buildings

Streets by the listed entries with an address on them. One entry can be a whole terrace, so long rows count once.

The Thoroughfare19 listed
Broad Street13 listed
London Road11 listed
Old Market Place9 listed · 1 II*
Redenhall Road9 listed
Church Street6 listed

Of the 131 entries, 82 are named by a street address; the rest are named buildings such as churches, halls and bridges.

What’s protected

Most of Harleston’s listed buildings are homes

Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.

Houses, terraces & villas117
Inns, shops & warehouses5
Public & civic buildings5
Walls, gates & bridges2
Churches, chapels & priories1
Memorials, crosses & tombs1

117 entries (89%) are houses, terraces and villas. 1 are churches, chapels and priories.

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

127 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 127 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Ancient HouseBuilding Adjoining and Immediately East of No 1CaltoftsCardinal's Hat InnChurch of St John the BaptistChurchyard Wall in Front and West of Church of St JohnCorn ExchangeDove House and Southgate HouseDovecote North-West of Dove HouseFactory CloseG Denny and SonsGarden wall east of Dove House and Southgate HouseGazebo in Garden and to West of Reydon HouseGothic CottageGriffonsHanlith House Woodrow HouseHarleston United Reformed Church and church hallHarleston War MemorialIlford CottageLaburnham HouseLantern CottageMagpie Hotel and Stables Adjoining EastMarket HouseMill HouseNo 2 and Adjoining House to SouthOld Bank HouseOulton HouseOutbuilding at Rear of No 17Pair of K6 Telephone KiosksPhilomelPleasure FarmhousePost OfficePublic Conveniences Immediately West of Corn ExchangeRichmond HouseSelbourne HouseSt George's HouseStables Immediately South of the Old HouseStables North of Dove HouseThe BeechesThe ChestnutsThe Delft HouseThe Flat (Haddiscoe Lodge)The MalthouseThe Old HouseThe Pound HouseTower House1 and 3, Mendham Lane1, 3 and 5, Market Place1, Briar Walk1, Keeley's Yard1, London Road10 Market Place10 and 12, London Road10 and 12, Old Market Place10, Church Street11, Broad Street11, Old Market Place12, The Thoroughfare14, 16 and 18, Broad Street14, Old Market Place14, The Thoroughfare15 and 17, Broad Street15, London Road16 and 18, London Road16, The Thoroughfare17, London Road17, Old Market Place17, The Thoroughfare18, Redenhall Road18, The Thoroughfare19, Broad Street2 and 4 Old Chapel Yard2 and 4, The Thoroughfare2, Redenhall Road2, Wilsons Square20, 22 and 24, Broad Street20, 22 and 24, London Road20, 22 and 24, Old Market Place20, 22 and 24, The Thoroughfare21, Broad Street21, The Thoroughfare23, Broad Street25, Broad Street25, The Thoroughfare26 and 28, Broad Street26, The Common26, The Thoroughfare27 and 29, Broad Street28 and 30 The Thoroughfare28, Redenhall Road29, The Thoroughfare3 and 5, Broad Street3 and 5, Old Market Place3 and 5, Union Street3, 5 and 7, The Thoroughfare3, London Road3, Redenhall Road30 and 32, Broad Street32, Redenhall Road33, The Thoroughfare34, Redenhall Road34, The Thoroughfare35, The Thoroughfare37, Station Road37, The Thoroughfare4 and 6, Old Market Place4, 6 and 8, London Road42 and 44, Redenhall Road5, Church Street5, London Road5, Redenhall Road58 and 60, London Road6 and 8, Exchange Street6 and 8, Old Chapel Yard6 and 8, The Thoroughfare6, Church Street7 and 9, Old Market Place7, 8 and 9, Shipps Close7, Church Street8 and 10, Redenhall Road8, Church Street9 11 15, The Thoroughfare9, Broad Street9, Church Street9, Exchange Street9, London Road9, Union Street
Conservation areas

1 conservation area covers 10% of Harleston

Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.

Harleston16 ha
16 hain conservation areas, of 153 ha inside the built-up area.

120 of the 131 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 Harleston’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1976

The year each building now on the list was first listed.

1976 · 116
19501960197019801990200020102020

The first 5 entries were listed in 1951. 116 came in 1976, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 2 have been added in the last 15 years.

History Grade

Harleston 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 (135 points, 266 per 10,000 residents)More than 90% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (15%)More than 44% 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.

Neighbours

Listed buildings in the places around Harleston

TownPeopleListedGrade IHistory
Harleston5,0771310A−
Dickleburgh1,166351A
Stradbroke1,190410A
Scole1,037171B+
Long Stratton5,218461B
Bungay5,0121854A+
Laxfield1,004291A
Ditchingham1,997100B+
In brief

Harleston in brief

For its size, Harleston has more listed heritage than 90% of UK towns. In all there are 131 listed buildings, including Swan Hotel. A conservation area protects part of it.

Most entries on the list, 89%, are houses, terraces and villas. The big year was 1976, when 116 of the 131 went on the list. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building; Henry Ward (1823) was born here before 1900; and 15% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.

Questions about Harleston’s history

How many listed buildings are there in Harleston?

Historic England lists 131 buildings inside Harleston’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 4 Grade II* and 127 Grade II.

Which street in Harleston has the most listed buildings?

The Thoroughfare (19), Broad Street (13) and London Road (11) have the most listed entries named by an address. One entry can be a whole terrace.

How many conservation areas are there in Harleston?

1, covering about 16 hectares of the town. The largest is Harleston.

When were Harleston’s buildings listed?

The first in 1951; the most, 116, in 1976.

How old are the homes in Harleston?

15% of homes were built before 1919 and 17% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).

© 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 · Historic England conservation areas (supplied by local planning authorities; October 2026). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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