IChurch · listed 1954Church of All SaintsPhoto: Cj1340 · Public domain
Church of All Saints · Photo: Cj1340 · Public domain–Not graded
History of Cottesbrooke · Historic England
15 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Cottesbrooke’s built-up area, 1,163 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 13 of Cottesbrooke’s listed buildings. 26% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
15
1,163 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
2
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
1 registered park or garden
Homes built before 1919
26%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Cottesbrooke
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 Cottesbrooke’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.
15 listed buildings by grade
2 Grade I0 Grade II*13 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 2 Grade I listed buildings in Cottesbrooke
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.
IPublic · listed 1954Cottesbrooke HallPhoto: Cj1340 · Public domain
Grade II
13 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 13 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Cottesbrooke Hall, Bridge Approximately 300 Metres South EastCottesbrooke Hall, Gatepiers and Gates Aprroximately 40 Metres South WestCottesbrooke Hall, Outbuildings and Walls Approximately 30 Metres WestCottesbrooke Hall, Statue of Epaminondas Approximately 85 Metres South WestCottesbrooke Hall, Statue of Homerus Approximately 66 Metres South WestCottesbrooke Hall, Statue of Licurgus Approximately 100 Metres South WestCottesbrooke Hall, Statue of Socrates Approximately 44 Metres South WestLodge, Gates and Gatepiers to Cottesbrooke Hall (East)Lodge,Gates and Gatepiers to Cottesbrooke Hall (West)The Old RectoryThe Old School Cottages1 and 23 and 4
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 82% of Cottesbrooke
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Cottesbrooke228 ha
228 hain conservation areas, of 277 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 Cottesbrooke’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1984
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1984 · 101954 · 5
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The first 5 entries were listed in 1954, 2 of the 2 Grade I buildings among them. 10 came in 1984, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have 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 registered park or garden
Cottesbrooke HallGrade II
Homes by age
26% of Cottesbrooke’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
1.9%
1900–18
5.6%
1919–29
5.6%
1930s
11%
1945–54
7.4%
1955–64
19%
1965–72
5.6%
1973–82
5.6%
1983–92
3.7%
1993–99
5.6%
2000–08
1.9%
2009–15
3.7%
2016–25
CottesbrookeEngland & Wales
24% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1965–72, which added 19% 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 (1 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Cottesbrooke
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cottesbrooke | 129 | 15 | 2 | — |
| Spratton | 1,288 | 9 | 1 | B |
| Brixworth | 5,769 | 16 | 1 | C+ |
| West Haddon | 1,985 | 31 | 1 | A− |
| Welford | 1,199 | 33 | 0 | A |
| Mawsley Village | 2,487 | 0 | 0 | D− |
| Long Buckby | 3,821 | 33 | 0 | A− |
| Moulton | 4,953 | 40 | 1 | B− |
In brief
Cottesbrooke in brief
Old houses are part of Cottesbrooke’s character: 26% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 15 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade I. A conservation area protects part of it. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1984: 10 of 15.
Questions about Cottesbrooke’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Cottesbrooke?
Historic England lists 15 buildings inside Cottesbrooke’s built-up area: 2 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 13 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Cottesbrooke?
2, including Church of All Saints and Cottesbrooke Hall.
How many conservation areas are there in Cottesbrooke?
1, covering about 228 hectares of the town. The largest is Cottesbrooke.
When were Cottesbrooke’s buildings listed?
The first in 1954; the most, 10, in 1984.
How old are the homes in Cottesbrooke?
26% of homes were built before 1919 and 38% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Cottesbrooke 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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