IChurch · listed 1960Church of All SaintsPhoto: John Salmon · CC BY-SA 2.0
Church of St Peter · Photo: David from Colorado Springs, United States · CC BY 2.0BHistory Grade
History of Mattishall · Historic England
23 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Mattishall’s built-up area, 104 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 20 of Mattishall’s listed buildings. 13% of its homes were built before 1919. Mattishall grades B for history.
Listed buildings
23
104 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
2
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
13%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Mattishall
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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 Mattishall’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IGrade II*
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
23 listed buildings by grade
2 Grade I1 Grade II*20 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 2 Grade I listed buildings in Mattishall
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.
IChurch · listed 1960Church of St PeterPhoto: David from Colorado Springs, United States · CC BY 2.0
Grade II*
The Grade II* listed building in Mattishall
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest.
House · listed 1951Ivy Farmhouse
What’s protected
Most of Mattishall’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas16
Churches, chapels & priories4
Inns, shops & warehouses2
Public & civic buildings1
16 entries (70%) are houses, terraces and villas. 4 are churches, chapels and priories, including 2 of the 2 Grade I buildings.
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
20 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 20 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Church Cottage and Talbot HouseEthertonFormer Non-Conformist ChapelGrove FarmLondon House Including Taylor's ShopLychgate HouseMadingleyMattishall HallMoat FarmhouseQuaker HouseRookery FarmSeveral HouseStables and Barn at Ivy FarmSycamore House Including Butcher's ShopThe Almonds Including the CottageThe CottageThe Old VicarageThe PoplarsVictoria Stores2 and 4, Burgh Lane
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 8.3% of Mattishall
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Mattishall 197411 ha
11 hain conservation areas, of 129 ha inside the built-up area.
15 of the 23 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 Mattishall’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1986
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1986 · 18
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The first 2 entries were listed in 1951. 18 came in 1986, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Mattishall grades B for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (28 points, 127 per 10,000 residents)More than 68% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (13%)More than 35% 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
Mattishall has the 36th most Grade I buildings of 1,425 towns its size
Places of 1,000–4,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Mattishall2
#442 of 1,425for listed buildings per resident (104 per 10,000). Burford, Painswick and Chipping Campden lead.
35 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Mattishall
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mattishall | 2,203 | 23 | 2 | B |
| Dereham | 20,788 | 105 | 1 | B |
| Swanton Morley | 2,175 | 7 | 1 | C+ |
| Easton | 1,436 | 2 | 1 | D |
| Hingham | 2,304 | 83 | 1 | A |
| Shipdham | 2,459 | 16 | 1 | B− |
| Queen's Hills | 4,465 | 1 | 0 | D− |
| North Elmham | 1,172 | 15 | 2 | A− |
In brief
Mattishall in brief
The official list counts 23 listed buildings in Mattishall, 2 of them Grade I. Only 35 of the 1,425 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1974.
Most entries on the list, 70%, are houses, terraces and villas. The big year was 1986, when 18 of the 23 went on the list. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and 13% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Mattishall’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Mattishall?
Historic England lists 23 buildings inside Mattishall’s built-up area: 2 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 20 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Mattishall?
2, including Church of All Saints and Church of St Peter.
How many conservation areas are there in Mattishall?
1, covering about 11 hectares of the town. The largest is Mattishall.
When were Mattishall’s buildings listed?
The first in 1951; the most, 18, in 1986.
How old are the homes in Mattishall?
13% of homes were built before 1919 and 15% 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 · Historic England conservation areas (supplied by local planning authorities; October 2026). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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