II*Church · listed 1960Church of St MartinOn the list as Church of St. MartinPhoto: Stavros1 · Public domain
Photo: Stephen McKay · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Overstrand · Historic England
13 listed buildings, 6 of them Grade II*
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Overstrand’s built-up area, 130 for every 10,000 residents. 7 of Overstrand’s listed buildings are Grade II. 29% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 5 of its listed buildings.
Listed buildings
13
130 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
6
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
1 registered park or garden
Homes built before 1919
29%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Overstrand in 5 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Church of St. MartinGrade II* listed
Clock Tower, Loggias, Towers, And Associated Buildings at the PleasaunceGrade II* listed
Gateway at the PleasaunceGrade II* listed
Gazebo at the PleasaunceGrade II* listed
The PleasaunceGrade II* listedPhotos 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 Overstrand’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade II*Park or garden
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
13 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I6 Grade II*7 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 II*
The 6 Grade II* listed buildings in Overstrand
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 5 are photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
II*House · listed 1988Clock Tower, Loggias, Towers, And Associated Buildings at the PleasauncePhoto: Unknown photographer · CC BY-SA 4.0
II*House · listed 1988Gateway at the PleasauncePhoto: Jim Osley · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*House · listed 1972Gazebo at the PleasauncePhoto: Unknown photographer · CC BY-SA 4.0
II*House · listed 1972The PleasauncePhoto: Jim Osley · CC BY-SA 2.0
House · listed 1972Covered Walk at the Pleasaunce
Grade II
7 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 58% of Overstrand
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Overstrand 197841 ha
41 hain conservation areas, of 70 ha inside the built-up area.
13 of the 13 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
6 of Overstrand’s 13 listed buildings were added in 1972
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1972 · 6
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 1 entry was listed in 1960. 6 came in 1972, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 2 have been added in the last 15 years.
Monuments & landscapes
Monuments, parks and gardens
Designations that overlap the town by a tenth of their area or half a hectare.
1 registered park or garden
The Pleasaunce, OverstrandGrade II
Homes by age
29% of Overstrand’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
20%
Before 1900
8.3%
1900–18
3.8%
1919–29
6%
1930s
3.8%
1945–54
12%
1955–64
14%
1965–72
5.6%
1973–82
5.1%
1983–92
2.5%
1993–99
8.2%
2000–08
2.7%
2009–15
8.2%
2016–25
OverstrandEngland & Wales
20% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1965–72, which added 14% 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 (8 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Overstrand
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overstrand | 997 | 13 | 0 | — |
| Cromer | 7,522 | 85 | 1 | A |
| Mundesley | 2,777 | 5 | 0 | C |
| West Runton and Beeston Regis | 1,463 | 3 | 1 | B |
| Sheringham | 7,087 | 4 | 0 | C |
| North Walsham | 12,829 | 93 | 2 | B+ |
| Aylsham | 7,183 | 148 | 1 | A |
| Holt | 4,014 | 112 | 0 | A− |
In brief
Overstrand in brief
More of Overstrand’s homes are old than in most places: 29% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 13 listed buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1978.
Questions about Overstrand’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Overstrand?
Historic England lists 13 buildings inside Overstrand’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 6 Grade II* and 7 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Overstrand?
1, covering about 41 hectares of the town. The largest is Overstrand.
When were Overstrand’s buildings listed?
The first in 1960; the most, 6, in 1972.
How old are the homes in Overstrand?
29% of homes were built before 1919 and 38% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Overstrand 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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