IChurch · listed 1954All Saints' ChurchOn the list as Church of All SaintsPhoto: Simon Burchell · CC BY-SA 4.0
Church of All Saints · Photo: Simon Burchell · CC BY-SA 4.0C+History Grade
History of Brixworth · Historic England
16 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Brixworth’s built-up area, 28 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. We have photos of 5 of its listed buildings and 1 old view of the town. 10% of its homes were built before 1919. Brixworth grades C+ for history: #26 of 31 in Northamptonshire.
Listed buildings
16
28 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
10%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Brixworth in 7 photos and old views
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed, and the town before 1950. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Brixworth market crossScheduled monument
The George InnGrade II listed
The GranaryGrade II listed
The Old VicarageGrade II listed
Brixworth War MemorialGrade II listed+2See all photosPhotos 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.
Through time
Brixworth in old photos
1 old photo or postcard, in date order. All public domain, made before 1950.
c. 1800Public domain, from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server. Each credit opens the image’s page with its full description and history.
The map
Where Brixworth’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IScheduled monument
0 of 4neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes; in the oldest, 29% were built before 1919.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
16 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*15 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 Brixworth
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
15 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 15 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 11% of Brixworth
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Brixworth 197317 ha
17 hain conservation areas, of 164 ha inside the built-up area.
16 of the 16 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
8 of Brixworth’s 16 listed buildings were added in 1954
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1954 · 81984 · 6
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 8 entries were listed in 1954, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 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
Brixworth grades C+ for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (20 points, 35 per 10,000 residents)More than 49% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (10%)More than 25% 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.
Towns its size
Brixworth has the 90th most Grade I buildings of 913 towns its size
Places of 3,000–9,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Brixworth1
#469 of 913for listed buildings per resident (28 per 10,000). Sandwich, Tenby and Brecon lead.
89 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Brixworth
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brixworth | 5,769 | 16 | 1 | C+ |
| Spratton | 1,288 | 9 | 1 | B |
| Moulton | 4,953 | 40 | 1 | B− |
| Sywell and Overstone | 1,636 | 20 | 0 | B |
| Mawsley Village | 2,487 | 0 | 0 | D− |
| Northampton | 243,527 | 413 | 15 | B |
| Broughton | 1,982 | 8 | 0 | C+ |
| Harpole | 1,349 | 25 | 0 | B |
In brief
Brixworth in brief
Brixworth has 16 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I, including All Saints' Church. Only 89 of the 913 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1973. Beyond that, per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; it also has a scheduled monument; and 10% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Brixworth’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Brixworth?
Historic England lists 16 buildings inside Brixworth’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 15 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Brixworth?
One: Church of All Saints.
Are there scheduled monuments in Brixworth?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Brixworth market cross.
How many conservation areas are there in Brixworth?
1, covering about 17 hectares of the town. The largest is Brixworth.
When were Brixworth’s buildings listed?
The first in 1954; the most, 8, in 1954.
Are there old photos of Brixworth?
Yes: 1 public-domain photo or postcard from 1800 to 1800, all on this page.
How old are the homes in Brixworth?
10% of homes were built before 1919 and 17% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
© 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 · Historic England conservation areas (supplied by local planning authorities; October 2026). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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