IChurch · listed 1961Church of All SaintsPhoto: John Salmon · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Geographer · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Marsham · Historic England
9 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Marsham’s built-up area, 153 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 8 of Marsham’s listed buildings. 25% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
9
153 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
25%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Marsham
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 Marsham’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.
9 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*8 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 Marsham
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
8 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 8 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Homes by age
25% of Marsham’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
24%
Before 1900
1.5%
1900–18
2.7%
1919–29
1.5%
1930s
4.2%
1945–54
6.8%
1955–64
17%
1965–72
8.4%
1973–82
16%
1983–92
5.7%
1993–99
5.7%
2000–08
1.5%
2009–15
5.7%
2016–25
MarshamEngland & Wales
24% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1965–72, 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 (7 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Marsham
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marsham | 588 | 9 | 1 | — |
| Aylsham | 7,183 | 148 | 1 | A |
| Hevingham | 1,039 | 1 | 0 | C− |
| Cawston | 1,114 | 15 | 1 | A− |
| Badersfield | 1,490 | 1 | 0 | D |
| Horsford | 4,396 | 7 | 0 | D |
| Coltishall and Horstead | 2,255 | 41 | 1 | A |
| Horsham St Faith | 1,051 | 16 | 2 | B+ |
In brief
Marsham in brief
More of Marsham’s homes are old than in most places: 25% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 9 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: George Edwards (1850) was born here before 1900; and the list grew between 1952 and 2019.
Questions about Marsham’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Marsham?
Historic England lists 9 buildings inside Marsham’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 8 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Marsham?
One: Church of All Saints.
How old are the homes in Marsham?
25% of homes were built before 1919 and 29% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Marsham 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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