IChurch · listed 1959Church of St PeterPhoto: Bernd Jatzwauk Pommes104 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Photo: John Salmon · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Needham · Historic England
21 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Needham’s built-up area, 671 for every 10,000 residents. 20 of Needham’s listed buildings are Grade II. 42% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
21
671 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
42%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Needham
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 Needham’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.
21 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 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 Grade I listed building in Needham
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.
What’s protected
Most of Needham’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas16
Churches, chapels & priories2
Inns, shops & warehouses2
Walls, gates & bridges1
16 entries (76%) are houses, terraces and villas. 2 are churches, chapels and priories, including 1 of the 1 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
Boundary Wall to Churchyard South of Church of St PeterChurch FarmhouseFairview CottageIvy FarmhouseMaylandMiles HouseNutshillOld Fishmongers ArmsShingle CottageShingle FarmhouseThe CottageThe Red Lion Public HouseThe VicarageWhite CottageWhitehouse Farmhouse (North)Yewtree Cottage111, High Road145 and 147, High Road82 and 84, High Road99, High Road
How the list grew
More than half of Needham’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1981
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1981 · 18
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The first 2 entries were listed in 1959, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 18 came in 1981, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
42% of Needham’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
42%
Before 1900
1.5%
1900–18
3.7%
1919–29
3.7%
1930s
3.7%
1945–54
5.2%
1955–64
5.2%
1965–72
12%
1973–82
5.2%
1983–92
9%
1993–99
9%
2000–08
0%
2009–15
0%
2016–25
NeedhamEngland & Wales
42% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1973–82, which added 12% 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 (3 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Needham
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Needham | 313 | 21 | 1 | — |
| Harleston | 5,077 | 131 | 0 | A− |
| Dickleburgh | 1,166 | 35 | 1 | A |
| Stradbroke | 1,190 | 41 | 0 | A |
| Scole | 1,037 | 17 | 1 | B+ |
| Diss | 9,599 | 160 | 1 | A− |
| Eye | 2,211 | 140 | 3 | A+ |
| Laxfield | 1,004 | 29 | 1 | A |
In brief
Needham in brief
Old houses are part of Needham’s character: 42% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 21 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. Most entries on the list, 76%, are houses, terraces and villas. The big year was 1981, when 18 of the 21 went on the list.
Questions about Needham’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Needham?
Historic England lists 21 buildings inside Needham’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 20 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Needham?
One: Church of St Peter.
When were Needham’s buildings listed?
The first in 1959; the most, 18, in 1981.
How old are the homes in Needham?
42% of homes were built before 1919 and 48% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Needham 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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