IChurch · listed 1955Church of St NicholasPhoto: Bernd Jatzwauk Pommes104 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Photo: Bernd Jatzwauk Pommes104 · CC BY-SA 3.0–Not graded
History of Potter Heigham · Historic England
7 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Potter Heigham’s built-up area, 85 for every 10,000 residents. Of the listed buildings in Potter Heigham, 6 are Grade II. 18% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
7
85 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
18%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Potter Heigham
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 Potter Heigham’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.
7 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*6 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 Potter Heigham
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.
Grade II
6 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 6 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 10% of Potter Heigham
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Potter Heigham 19854 ha
4 hain conservation areas, of 41 ha inside the built-up area.
5 of the 7 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.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Potter Heigham
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Potter Heigham | 821 | 7 | 1 | — |
| Martham | 3,633 | 11 | 1 | C |
| Sutton | 1,026 | 1 | 0 | D |
| Stalham | 3,383 | 12 | 0 | C |
| Hemsby | 5,724 | 13 | 1 | C |
| Acle | 2,268 | 11 | 1 | C |
| Ormesby St Margaret | 2,741 | 6 | 0 | C− |
| Hoveton and Wroxham | 3,620 | 13 | 1 | B− |
In brief
Potter Heigham in brief
Potter Heigham has 7 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1985. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: the list grew between 1955 and 2018; and 18% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Potter Heigham’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Potter Heigham?
Historic England lists 7 buildings inside Potter Heigham’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 6 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Potter Heigham?
One: Church of St Nicholas.
How many conservation areas are there in Potter Heigham?
1, covering about 4 hectares of the town. The largest is Potter Heigham.
How old are the homes in Potter Heigham?
18% of homes were built before 1919 and 30% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Potter Heigham 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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