IChurch · listed 1954All Saints' ChurchOn the list as Church of All SaintsPhoto: Kokai · CC BY-SA 2.0
Earls Barton motte castle · Photo: Hannah Forey · CC BY-SA 4.0B+History Grade
History of Earls Barton · Historic England
36 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Earls Barton’s built-up area, 59 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. We have photos of 4 of its listed buildings. 19% of its homes were built before 1919. Earls Barton grades B+ for history: #6 of 31 in Northamptonshire.
Listed buildings
36
59 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
19%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Earls Barton in 5 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Church of All SaintsGrade I listed
Stags Head Public HouseGrade II listed
36, The SquareGrade II listed
Parish Church HallGrade II listed+1See 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.
The map
Where Earls Barton’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, 27% were built before 1919.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
36 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*35 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 Earls Barton
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.
What’s protected
Most of Earls Barton’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas21
Churches, chapels & priories5
Walls, gates & bridges4
Inns, shops & warehouses3
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
Street furniture1
Public & civic buildings1
21 entries (58%) are houses, terraces and villas. 5 are churches, chapels and priories, including 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings.
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
35 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 35 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Barn Approximately 50 Metres South West of Number 39Chest Tomb Approximately 10 Metres South East of South Aisle of Church of All SaintsChest Tomb Approximately 18 Metres South of Chancel of Church of All SaintsEarls Barton War MemorialK6 Telephone KioskL Green and SonsLondon End FarmNo 17 and Attached OutbuildingsNumber 40 and M and J Greatorex ShopNumbers 2 (Rose Cottage) and 4Numbers 5 and 7 and 9 (Chapel Gardens)Parish Church HallStags Head Public HouseThe CottageThe LeysThe Manor HouseThe Old Swan Public HouseThe PrioryWall Approximatley 20 Metres East of Number 24 (Not Included) and Number 26Wall and Gatepier Approximately 15 Metres North East of the Manor HouseWall and Gatepier Approximately 15 Metres North West of the Manor HouseWall, Gates, Gatepiers and Railings Approximately 40 Metres South and West of Church of All Saints10, London End20-22, West Street26, Park Street28, West Street, NN6 0EW and 9 and 10, Campbell Square3 and 7, Sunnyside31 and 31A, West Street33, West Street33A and 35 WEST STREET34 and 36, West Street36, The Square39 The Square39, West Street41-43, West Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 8% of Earls Barton
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Earls Barton12 ha
12 hain conservation areas, of 157 ha inside the built-up area.
28 of the 36 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 Earls Barton’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1972
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1972 · 201986 · 13
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The first 1 entry was listed in 1954, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 20 came in 1972, 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
Earls Barton 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 (40 points, 66 per 10,000 residents)More than 65% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (19%)More than 57% 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
Earls Barton has the 88th most Grade I buildings of 880 towns its size
Places of 4,000–10,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Earls Barton1
#280 of 880for listed buildings per resident (59 per 10,000). Sandwich, Tenby and Brecon lead.
87 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Earls Barton
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earls Barton | 6,067 | 36 | 1 | B+ |
| Great Doddington | 1,147 | 19 | 1 | B |
| Cogenhoe | 1,475 | 17 | 0 | B |
| Sywell and Overstone | 1,636 | 20 | 0 | B |
| Wellingborough | 54,421 | 101 | 3 | B |
| Wollaston | 3,564 | 39 | 0 | A− |
| Bozeat | 2,166 | 16 | 1 | B+ |
| Moulton | 4,953 | 40 | 1 | B− |
In brief
Earls Barton in brief
The official list counts 36 listed buildings in Earls Barton, 1 of them Grade I, including All Saints' Church. Only 87 of the 880 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. A conservation area protects part of it.
Of the whole list, 58% are houses, terraces and villas. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1972: 20 of 36. Beyond that, per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; Charles James (1880) and Ambrose Barker (1859) were born here before 1900; and it also has a scheduled monument.
Questions about Earls Barton’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Earls Barton?
Historic England lists 36 buildings inside Earls Barton’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 35 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Earls Barton?
One: Church of All Saints.
Are there scheduled monuments in Earls Barton?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Earls Barton motte castle.
How many conservation areas are there in Earls Barton?
1, covering about 12 hectares of the town. The largest is Earls Barton.
When were Earls Barton’s buildings listed?
The first in 1954; the most, 20, in 1972.
How old are the homes in Earls Barton?
19% of homes were built before 1919 and 24% 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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