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History of Thompson · Historic England

9 listed buildings

Historic England counts them inside Thompson’s built-up area, 245 for every 10,000 residents. Every listed building in Thompson is Grade II. 31% of its homes were built before 1919.

Listed buildings
9
245 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
31%
typical UK town 15%
The map

Where Thompson’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.

9 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I0 Grade II*9 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

9 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 9 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Homes by age

31% of Thompson’s homes were built before 1919

Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).

30%
Before 1900
1.2%
1900–18
1.7%
1919–29
2.9%
1930s
4.7%
1945–54
3.5%
1955–64
8.1%
1965–72
13%
1973–82
6.4%
1983–92
3.5%
1993–99
5.8%
2000–08
4.7%
2009–15
15%
2016–25
ThompsonEngland & Wales

30% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 2016–25, which added 15% 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 Thompson

TownPeopleListedGrade IHistory
Thompson36890—
Griston1,36141C−
Watton11,549320C+
Saham Toney1,28761B−
Ashill1,25221C
Shipdham2,459161B−
Hingham2,304831A
Mundford1,56370C+
In brief

Thompson in brief

Old houses are part of Thompson’s character: 31% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 9 listed buildings. The rest is about typical: the list grew between 1978 and 1983.

Questions about Thompson’s history

How many listed buildings are there in Thompson?

Historic England lists 9 buildings inside Thompson’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 9 Grade II.

How old are the homes in Thompson?

31% of homes were built before 1919 and 35% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).

Thompson has no History Grade.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The National Heritage List for England is the official, up-to-date register of all nationally protected historic buildings and sites in England; check an entry on Historic England’s website before relying on it.

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.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.