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History of Martham · Historic England
11 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Martham’s built-up area, 30 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 10 of Martham’s listed buildings. 12% of its homes were built before 1919. Martham grades C for history: #31 of 51 in Norfolk.
Listed buildings
11
30 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
12%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Martham
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed, and the town before 1950. 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.
Through time
Martham in old photos
1 old photo or postcard, in date order. All public domain, made before 1950.
1906Public domain, from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server. Each credit opens the image’s page with its full description and history.
The map
Where Martham’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.
11 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*10 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 Martham
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
10 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.
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 11% of Martham
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Martham 197915 ha
15 hain conservation areas, of 133 ha inside the built-up area.
8 of the 11 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
4 of Martham’s 11 listed buildings were added in 1987
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
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The first 3 entries were listed in 1952. 4 came in 1987, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Martham 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 (13 points, 36 per 10,000 residents)More than 43% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (12%)More than 31% 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.
Towns its size
Martham has the 96th most Grade I buildings of 1,104 towns its size
Places of 2,000–6,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
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#625 of 1,104for listed buildings per resident (30 per 10,000). Sandwich, Tenby and Dolgellau lead.
95 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Martham
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martham | 3,633 | 11 | 1 | C |
| Hemsby | 5,724 | 13 | 1 | C |
| Ormesby St Margaret | 2,741 | 6 | 0 | C− |
| Caister-on-Sea | 9,095 | 7 | 0 | C− |
| Acle | 2,268 | 11 | 1 | C |
| Sutton | 1,026 | 1 | 0 | D |
| Stalham | 3,383 | 12 | 0 | C |
| Great Yarmouth | 28,979 | 225 | 7 | A+ |
In brief
Martham in brief
The official list counts 11 listed buildings in Martham, 1 of them Grade I, including Church of St Mary. Only 95 of the 1,104 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1979. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and 12% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Martham’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Martham?
Historic England lists 11 buildings inside Martham’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 10 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Martham?
One: Church of St. Mary.
How many conservation areas are there in Martham?
1, covering about 15 hectares of the town. The largest is Martham.
When were Martham’s buildings listed?
The first in 1952; the most, 4, in 1987.
Are there old photos of Martham?
Yes: 1 public-domain photo or postcard from 1906 to 1906, all on this page.
How old are the homes in Martham?
12% 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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