IChurch · listed 1959Church of St GeorgePhoto: John Salmon · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Stuart Shepherd · CC BY-SA 2.0A−History Grade
History of Methwold · Historic England
14 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Methwold’s built-up area, 134 for every 10,000 residents. 12 of Methwold’s listed buildings are Grade II. 28% of its homes were built before 1919. Methwold grades A− for history.
Listed buildings
14
134 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
2
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
28%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Methwold
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 Methwold’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.
14 listed buildings by grade
2 Grade I0 Grade II*12 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 Methwold
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.
IHouse · listed 1951The Old VicaragePhoto: John Salmon · CC BY-SA 2.0
Grade II
12 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 12 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Barn 30 Metres West of Number 7 (Clough Farmhouse)Barn 70 Metres North West of Hall FarmhouseBarn 70 Metres North of Hall FarmhouseBoundary Wall to Number 7 (Clough Farm)Cartshed 30 Metres North East of Hall FarmhouseClough FarmhouseCross in Churchyard of St GeorgeGranary and Cartshed Immediately North of Lancaster ParkHall FarmhouseLancaster ParkNew HallOutbuildings 15 Metres West of Number 7 (Clough Farmhouse)
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 30% of Methwold
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Methwold 198822 ha
22 hain conservation areas, of 73 ha inside the built-up area.
14 of the 14 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
5 of Methwold’s 14 listed buildings were added in 1951
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1951 · 5
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The first 5 entries were listed in 1951, 1 of the 2 Grade I buildings among them. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Methwold 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 (18 points, 172 per 10,000 residents)More than 66% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (28%)More than 81% 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
28% of Methwold’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
26%
Before 1900
2.3%
1900–18
0.8%
1919–29
3.8%
1930s
10%
1945–54
6.1%
1955–64
6.1%
1965–72
5.3%
1973–82
6.1%
1983–92
7.6%
1993–99
6.1%
2000–08
3.1%
2009–15
17%
2016–25
MethwoldEngland & Wales
26% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 2016–25, 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 (4 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Towns its size
Methwold has the 26th most Grade I buildings of 2,085 towns its size
Places of 1,000–2,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Methwold2
#880 of 2,085for listed buildings per resident (134 per 10,000). Aberaeron, Beaumaris and Burford lead.
25 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Methwold
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Methwold | 1,044 | 14 | 2 | A− |
| Feltwell | 2,919 | 6 | 2 | C+ |
| Stoke Ferry | 1,191 | 22 | 0 | A− |
| Hockwold cum Wilton | 1,303 | 14 | 2 | B+ |
| Mundford | 1,563 | 7 | 0 | C+ |
| Weeting | 1,883 | 6 | 0 | C− |
| Brandon | 9,218 | 14 | 1 | C |
| Southery | 1,258 | 4 | 0 | C |
In brief
Methwold in brief
Old houses are part of Methwold’s character: 28% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 14 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade I. Only 25 of the 2,085 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1988. Beyond that, per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns.
Questions about Methwold’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Methwold?
Historic England lists 14 buildings inside Methwold’s built-up area: 2 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 12 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Methwold?
2, including Church of St George and The Old Vicarage.
How many conservation areas are there in Methwold?
1, covering about 22 hectares of the town. The largest is Methwold.
When were Methwold’s buildings listed?
The first in 1951; the most, 5, in 1951.
How old are the homes in Methwold?
28% of homes were built before 1919 and 33% 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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