IChurch · listed 1955Church of St BotolphPhoto: Unknown photographer · CC BY-SA 4.0
Church of St Botolph · Photo: Unknown photographer · CC BY-SA 4.0–Not graded
History of Trunch · Historic England
14 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Trunch’s built-up area, 156 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 12 of Trunch’s listed buildings. 25% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
14
156 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
25%
typical UK town 15%
The map
Where Trunch’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IGrade II*
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
14 listed buildings by grade
1 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 I
The Grade I listed building in Trunch
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*
The Grade II* listed building in Trunch
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest.
Public · listed 1955Hall Farmhouse
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.
All 12 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 27% of Trunch
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Trunch 197414 ha
14 hain conservation areas, of 52 ha inside the built-up area.
13 of the 14 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 Trunch’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1955
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1955 · 10
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The first 10 entries were listed in 1955, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
25% of Trunch’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
24%
Before 1900
0.9%
1900–18
3.4%
1919–29
5.3%
1930s
5.3%
1945–54
6%
1955–64
18%
1965–72
13%
1973–82
6.9%
1983–92
4.4%
1993–99
4.4%
2000–08
2.5%
2009–15
5.3%
2016–25
TrunchEngland & Wales
24% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1965–72, which added 18% 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 (7 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Trunch
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trunch | 900 | 14 | 1 | — |
| Mundesley | 2,777 | 5 | 0 | C |
| North Walsham | 12,829 | 93 | 2 | B+ |
| Cromer | 7,522 | 85 | 1 | A |
| Badersfield | 1,490 | 1 | 0 | D |
| Aylsham | 7,183 | 148 | 1 | A |
| Stalham | 3,383 | 12 | 0 | C |
| West Runton and Beeston Regis | 1,463 | 3 | 1 | B |
In brief
Trunch in brief
Old houses are part of Trunch’s character: 25% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 14 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1974. The big year was 1955, when 10 of the 14 went on the list.
Questions about Trunch’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Trunch?
Historic England lists 14 buildings inside Trunch’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 12 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Trunch?
One: Church of St Botolph.
How many conservation areas are there in Trunch?
1, covering about 14 hectares of the town. The largest is Trunch.
When were Trunch’s buildings listed?
The first in 1955; the most, 10, in 1955.
How old are the homes in Trunch?
25% of homes were built before 1919 and 34% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Trunch 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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