Photo: Richard Humphrey · CC BY-SA 2.014 listed buildings
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Old Hunstanton’s built-up area, 809 for every 10,000 residents. Every listed building in Old Hunstanton is Grade II. 20% of its homes were built before 1919.
Where Old Hunstanton’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
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.
14 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 14 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
1 conservation area covers 20% of Old Hunstanton
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
13 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.
7 of Old Hunstanton’s 14 listed buildings were added in 1972
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
The first 1 entry was listed in 1951. 7 came in 1972, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
Listed buildings in the places around Old Hunstanton
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old Hunstanton | 173 | 14 | 0 | — |
| Hunstanton | 4,230 | 9 | 0 | B− |
| Heacham | 3,978 | 23 | 0 | B− |
| Snettisham | 2,709 | 21 | 0 | B+ |
| Dersingham | 4,753 | 7 | 1 | C |
Old Hunstanton in brief
Old Hunstanton has 14 listed buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1977. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: 20% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Old Hunstanton’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Old Hunstanton?
Historic England lists 14 buildings inside Old Hunstanton’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 14 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Old Hunstanton?
1, covering about 7 hectares of the town. The largest is Old Hunstanton.
When were Old Hunstanton’s buildings listed?
The first in 1951; the most, 7, in 1972.
How old are the homes in Old Hunstanton?
20% of homes were built before 1919 and 31% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Old Hunstanton 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 · Historic England conservation areas (supplied by local planning authorities; October 2026). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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