II*Church · listed 1960Church of St John the BaptistPhoto: Cj1340 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Photo: Cj1340 · CC BY-SA 3.0B+History Grade
History of Blisworth · Historic England
33 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade II*
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Blisworth’s built-up area, 206 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. 15% of its homes were built before 1919. Blisworth grades B+ for history.
Listed buildings
33
206 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
15%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Blisworth
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 Blisworth’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.
33 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I2 Grade II*31 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 2 Grade II* listed buildings in Blisworth
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
II*House · listed 1951StoneacrePhoto: Andrew Abbott · CC BY-SA 2.0
What’s protected
Most of Blisworth’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas21
Churches, chapels & priories6
Inns, shops & warehouses3
Public & civic buildings1
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
Street furniture1
21 entries (64%) are houses, terraces and villas. 6 are churches, chapels and priories.
Buildings are sorted by words in each entry’s name (church, gate, inn, memorial…): the list’s open data has no building type. An entry named only by its address counts as a house.
Grade II
31 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 31 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Barn at North End of the Village on East Side of the RoadBlisworth HouseBlisworth Mill, Including Engine Room and OfficeBlisworth War MemorialChest Tomb Approximately 14 Metres North of North Porch of Church of St John the BaptistChest Tomb Approximately 22 Metres North of North Porch of Church of St John the BaptistChest Tomb Approximately 9 Metres North of North Porch of Church of St John the BaptistChurch HouseCliff Hill FarmhouseCrieff HouseElmtree HouseGrafton HouseGroup of 3 Chest Tombs Approximately 4 Metres East of Church of St John the BaptistK6 Telephone Kiosk, High StreetNumbers 16 and 18 (Rose Cottage)Peverel CottageThackstone CottageThe Old RectoryThe Royal Oak TavernThe Sun, Moon and Stars Public HouseWarehouse Adjoining North of Blisworth Mill1 and 3, Courteenhall Road12 and 14, High Street16/18 and 20, Stoke Road2, High Street22, Stoke Road26 and 28, Stoke Road31, Stoke Road40 and 42, High Street50, High Street9, High Street
Conservation areas
2 conservation areas cover 24% of Blisworth
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Blisworth 19919 ha
Grand Union Canal 20143 ha
12 hain conservation areas, of 49 ha inside the built-up area.
The first, Blisworth, was designated in 1991; the newest, Grand Union Canal, in 2014. 33 of the 33 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 Blisworth’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1988
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1988 · 23
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The first 3 entries were listed in 1951. 23 came in 1988, 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.
History Grade
Blisworth grades B+ for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (37 points, 231 per 10,000 residents)More than 78% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (15%)More than 46% of UK towns
Two measures, each ranked against every UK town of 1,000 or more, with protected heritage counting twice as much as the age of homes. Protected heritage counts each listed building by its grade (Grade I three points, II* two, II one), each scheduled monument and battlefield two, and each registered park or garden by its grade; it is ranked both per 10,000 residents and as a total, so a village with one fine church doesn’t outrank a historic city. The second measure is the share of homes built before 1919, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records. History is a character grade: it describes the town and isn’t part of the overall grade.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Blisworth
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blisworth | 1,603 | 33 | 0 | B+ |
| Collingtree and Milton Malsor | 1,514 | 45 | 0 | A− |
| Roade | 3,571 | 21 | 0 | C+ |
| Pattishall and Astcote | 1,081 | 8 | 0 | B− |
| Towcester | 11,333 | 90 | 2 | B |
| Bugbrooke | 3,040 | 31 | 0 | B− |
| Hartwell | 1,493 | 9 | 0 | C |
| Greens Norton | 1,525 | 23 | 1 | B+ |
In brief
Blisworth in brief
Measured per resident, Blisworth has more listed heritage than 78% of UK towns. All told, the list holds 33 listed buildings. Its older streets lie in 2 conservation areas, the first designated in 1991.
Most entries on the list, 64%, are houses, terraces and villas. The big year was 1988, when 23 of the 33 went on the list. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building; it also has a scheduled monument; and 15% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Blisworth’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Blisworth?
Historic England lists 33 buildings inside Blisworth’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 31 Grade II.
Are there scheduled monuments in Blisworth?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Churchyard cross base in St John the Baptist's churchyard.
How many conservation areas are there in Blisworth?
2, covering about 12 hectares of the town. The largest are Blisworth and Grand Union Canal.
When were Blisworth’s buildings listed?
The first in 1951; the most, 23, in 1988.
How old are the homes in Blisworth?
15% of homes were built before 1919 and 22% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
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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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