IChurch · listed 1959Church of St AndrewPhoto: Evelyn Simak · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Evelyn Simak · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Trowse Newton · Historic England
6 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Trowse Newton’s built-up area, 68 for every 10,000 residents. 5 of Trowse Newton’s listed buildings are Grade II. 32% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
6
68 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
1 registered park or garden
Homes built before 1919
32%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Trowse Newton
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 Trowse Newton’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IPark or garden
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
6 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*5 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 Trowse Newton
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
5 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 5 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 64% of Trowse Newton
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Trowse with Newton 197820 ha
20 hain conservation areas, of 32 ha inside the built-up area.
6 of the 6 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.
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
Crown PointGrade II
Homes by age
32% of Trowse Newton’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
1.2%
1919–29
1.2%
1930s
5.7%
1945–54
7%
1955–64
7%
1965–72
2.2%
1973–82
2.2%
1983–92
3.5%
1993–99
16%
2000–08
0%
2009–15
22%
2016–25
Trowse NewtonEngland & Wales
30% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 2016–25, which added 22% 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 (0 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Trowse Newton
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trowse Newton | 883 | 6 | 1 | — |
| Norwich | 200,744 | 1,100 | 63 | A− |
| Poringland | 7,105 | 12 | 1 | C− |
| Stoke Holy Cross | 1,237 | 6 | 0 | C+ |
| Thorpe End | 1,173 | 0 | 0 | D− |
| Cringleford | 4,686 | 12 | 0 | C− |
| Rackheath | 1,761 | 0 | 0 | D− |
| Little Plumstead | 1,915 | 8 | 0 | C |
In brief
Trowse Newton in brief
Old houses are part of Trowse Newton’s character: 32% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 6 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1978. Beyond that, the list grew between 1959 and 2015.
Questions about Trowse Newton’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Trowse Newton?
Historic England lists 6 buildings inside Trowse Newton’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 5 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Trowse Newton?
One: Church of St Andrew.
How many conservation areas are there in Trowse Newton?
1, covering about 20 hectares of the town. The largest is Trowse with Newton.
How old are the homes in Trowse Newton?
32% of homes were built before 1919 and 35% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Trowse Newton 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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