II*Church · listed 1959Church of St RemigiusPhoto: John Salmon · CC BY-SA 2.0
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History of Hethersett · Historic England
20 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade II*
Historic England counts them inside Hethersett’s built-up area, 28 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 19 of Hethersett’s listed buildings. 5.4% of its homes were built before 1919. Hethersett grades C for history: #35 of 51 in Norfolk.
Listed buildings
20
28 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
5.4%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Hethersett
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 Hethersett’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.
Grade II*
Homes built before 1919, by neighbourhoodunder 10%10–25%25–50%50%+
0 of 4neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
20 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I1 Grade II*19 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. Neighbourhood dots: the population-weighted centre of each Census 2021 output area, coloured by its neighbourhood’s (LSOA’s) share of homes built before 1919 (Valuation Office Agency, March 2025).
Grade II*
The Grade II* listed building in Hethersett
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
What’s protected
Most of Hethersett’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas10
Churches, chapels & priories4
Public & civic buildings2
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
Inns, shops & warehouses1
Street furniture1
Walls, gates & bridges1
10 entries (50%) are houses, terraces and villas. 4 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
19 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 19 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Barn Immediately North-East of Hethersett Old HallBeech CottageBuilding at Church Farm C.180M North East of Church of St Remigius Q.V. 5/45Cedar GrangeHethersett Old HallHethersett War MemorialHill FarmhouseKings Head Public HouseMilestone No 6 at Tg 1526 0425Myrtle CottageThe HolliesThe Manor House and Manor House CottageThe PrioryThe SmithyThe Thatched CottageWaterpump at Tg 1590 0491 C.200M South-West of Church of St RemigiusWhitegatesWhitehouse FarmhouseWood Hall and Attached Garden Wall
How the list grew
More than half of Hethersett’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1987
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1987 · 12
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The first 1 entry was listed in 1951. 12 came in 1987, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Hethersett grades C for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (21 points, 30 per 10,000 residents)More than 48% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (5.4%)More than 11% 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
5.4% of Hethersett’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
4.6%
Before 1900
0.9%
1900–18
1.4%
1919–29
2.6%
1930s
0.9%
1945–54
5%
1955–64
17%
1965–72
12%
1973–82
12%
1983–92
12%
1993–99
4.7%
2000–08
3.2%
2009–15
24%
2016–25
HethersettEngland & Wales
4.6% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 2016–25, which added 24% 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 (0 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Hethersett
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hethersett | 7,018 | 20 | 0 | C |
| Little Melton | 1,049 | 3 | 0 | D |
| Cringleford | 4,686 | 12 | 0 | C− |
| Wymondham | 16,334 | 145 | 3 | B |
| Easton | 1,436 | 2 | 1 | D |
| Mulbarton | 3,807 | 10 | 0 | C− |
| Costessey | 2,608 | 30 | 1 | B |
| Queen's Hills | 4,465 | 1 | 0 | D− |
In brief
Hethersett in brief
The official list counts 20 listed buildings in Hethersett, including Church of St Remigius. Most entries on the list, 50%, are houses, terraces and villas. Its homes are mostly newer: 5.4% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. The big year was 1987, when 12 of the 20 went on the list. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building; per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and Russell Sidney Reeve (1895) was born here before 1900.
Questions about Hethersett’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Hethersett?
Historic England lists 20 buildings inside Hethersett’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 19 Grade II.
When were Hethersett’s buildings listed?
The first in 1951; the most, 12, in 1987.
How old are the homes in Hethersett?
5.4% of homes were built before 1919 and 9.5% 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. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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