IHouse · listed 1952Sutton ParkPhoto: David M Goodwin · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: DS Pugh · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Sutton-on-the-Forest · Historic England
15 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Sutton-on-the-Forest’s built-up area, 245 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 14 of Sutton-on-the-Forest’s listed buildings. 16% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
15
245 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
16%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Sutton-on-the-Forest
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 Sutton-on-the-Forest’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.
15 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*14 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 Sutton-on-the-Forest
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
14 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 14 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Blue Stone CottageChestnut House and Attached RailingsChurch of All HallowsDunelm CottageFir Tree FarmhouseFormer Stables to Sutton Park Including Numbers 1 and 2 the BungalowForrester's CottageLaurence HouseMilepost in Front of Laughton HouseNewton House FarmhouseRailings to Front of Laurence HouseSchool CottageSterne HouseThe Orchard
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 49% of Sutton-on-the-Forest
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Sutton-on-the-Forest 197116 ha
16 hain conservation areas, of 33 ha inside the built-up area.
15 of the 15 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 Sutton-on-the-Forest’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1989
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1989 · 12
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The first 1 entry was listed in 1952, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 12 came in 1989, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Sutton-on-the-Forest
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sutton-on-the-Forest | 612 | 15 | 1 | — |
| Huby (Hambleton) | 1,056 | 2 | 0 | C− |
| Wigginton | 1,422 | 0 | 0 | D− |
| Strensall | 6,060 | 7 | 0 | D |
| Haxby | 10,176 | 3 | 0 | D− |
| Easingwold | 5,036 | 46 | 0 | B |
| Skelton (York) | 1,380 | 6 | 1 | C |
| Huntington | 12,420 | 76 | 0 | B− |
In brief
Sutton-on-the-Forest in brief
The official list counts 15 listed buildings in Sutton-on-the-Forest, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1971. The big year was 1989, when 12 of the 15 went on the list. Beyond that, 16% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Sutton-on-the-Forest’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Sutton-on-the-Forest?
Historic England lists 15 buildings inside Sutton-on-the-Forest’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 14 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Sutton-on-the-Forest?
One: Sutton Park.
How many conservation areas are there in Sutton-on-the-Forest?
1, covering about 16 hectares of the town. The largest is Sutton-on-the-Forest.
When were Sutton-on-the-Forest’s buildings listed?
The first in 1952; the most, 12, in 1989.
How old are the homes in Sutton-on-the-Forest?
16% of homes were built before 1919 and 26% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Sutton-on-the-Forest 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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