II*Church · listed 1953Church of St AndrewPhoto: John Salmon · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Hugh Venables · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Ringstead · Historic England
13 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade II*
Historic England counts them inside Ringstead’s built-up area, 447 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. 20% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
13
447 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
20%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Ringstead
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 Ringstead’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade II*Scheduled monument
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
13 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I1 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 II*
The Grade II* listed building in Ringstead
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
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.
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 61% of Ringstead
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Ringstead 199015 ha
15 hain conservation areas, of 25 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
More than half of Ringstead’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1984
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1984 · 10
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 2 entries were listed in 1953. 10 came in 1984, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has 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 scheduled monument
Nationally important archaeological sites and monuments, protected by law; work on them needs consent from the Secretary of State, advised by Historic England.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Ringstead
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ringstead | 291 | 13 | 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 |
In brief
Ringstead in brief
Ringstead has 13 listed buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1990. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1984: 10 of 13. The rest is about typical: it also has a scheduled monument; and 20% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Ringstead’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Ringstead?
Historic England lists 13 buildings inside Ringstead’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 12 Grade II.
Are there scheduled monuments in Ringstead?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including St Peter's Church tower.
How many conservation areas are there in Ringstead?
1, covering about 15 hectares of the town. The largest is Ringstead.
When were Ringstead’s buildings listed?
The first in 1953; the most, 10, in 1984.
How old are the homes in Ringstead?
20% of homes were built before 1919 and 31% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Ringstead 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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