IChurch · listed 1954Church of St Mary MagdalenePhoto: Richard Croft · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Philip Jeffrey · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Ecton · Historic England
37 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Ecton’s built-up area, 758 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 33 of Ecton’s listed buildings. 26% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 3 of its listed buildings.
Listed buildings
37
758 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
3
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
26%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Ecton
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 Ecton’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IGrade II*
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
37 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I3 Grade II*33 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 Ecton
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*
The 3 Grade II* listed buildings in Ecton
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 2 are photographed.
II*Public · listed 1954Ecton HallPhoto: Stephen Richards · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*House · listed 1954Ecton HousePhoto: Richard Croft · CC BY-SA 2.0
House · listed 1954The Manor House
What’s protected
Most of Ecton’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas20
Public & civic buildings6
Walls, gates & bridges6
Churches, chapels & priories2
Inns, shops & warehouses2
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
20 entries (54%) are houses, terraces and villas. 2 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
33 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 33 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Barn Approximately 50 Metres North East of Number 63 (Not Included)Coach House Approximately 25 Metres North West of Ecton HallEcton GrangeEcton Post Office and Cooperative Shop Stone CottageEcton War Memorial ShrineLaundry and Game Larder Approximately 30 Metres North West of Ecton HallMaholaOutbuilding Approximately 15 Metres North West of the Manor HousePair of Headstones Approximately 3 Metres North of North Aisle of Church of St Mary MagdalenePear Tree CottageRectory Farmhouse and Attached BarnStables Approximately 65 Metres North West of Ecton HallThe LaurelsThe Old BakehouseThe Old Post OfficeThree Horseshoes Public HouseWall Approximately 20 Metres North and East of the Manor HouseWall Approximately 5 and 10 Metres West and South of Ecton Grange Wall Approximately 5 Metres and 10 Metres West and South of Number 1 (Ecton Grange)Wall and Gatepiers Approximately 20 Metres South of Ecton HouseWall and Gatepiers Approximately 30 Metres South West of Ecton HouseWall and Gatepiers Approximately 50 Metres South West of Ecton HallWall and Gatepiers Approximately 55 Metres South West of Ecton HallWorlds End Public House and Attached Barn to East17, High Street18-24, High Street26, High Street44, High Street57, High Street66, High Street70, High Street76, High Street78, High Street80-86, High Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 62% of Ecton
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Ecton13 ha
13 hain conservation areas, of 20 ha inside the built-up area.
37 of the 37 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
15 of Ecton’s 37 listed buildings were added in 1972
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1972 · 151986 · 111954 · 10
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 10 entries were listed in 1954, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 15 came in 1972, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
26% of Ecton’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
26%
Before 1900
0%
1900–18
1%
1919–29
4.5%
1930s
7.1%
1945–54
18%
1955–64
12%
1965–72
2.5%
1973–82
13%
1983–92
3.5%
1993–99
3.5%
2000–08
6.1%
2009–15
2.5%
2016–25
EctonEngland & Wales
26% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1955–64, which added 18% 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 (3 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Ecton
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ecton | 488 | 37 | 1 | — |
| Earls Barton | 6,067 | 36 | 1 | B+ |
| Cogenhoe | 1,475 | 17 | 0 | B |
| Sywell and Overstone | 1,636 | 20 | 0 | B |
| Great Doddington | 1,147 | 19 | 1 | B |
| Moulton | 4,953 | 40 | 1 | B− |
| Northampton | 243,527 | 413 | 15 | B |
| Wellingborough | 54,421 | 101 | 3 | B |
In brief
Ecton in brief
Old houses are part of Ecton’s character: 26% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 37 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. On High Street alone there are 10 listed buildings.
A conservation area protects part of it. Most entries on the list, 54%, are houses, terraces and villas. Beyond that, Josiah Franklin (1657) was born here before 1900.
Questions about Ecton’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Ecton?
Historic England lists 37 buildings inside Ecton’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 3 Grade II* and 33 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Ecton?
One: Church of St Mary Magdalene.
How many conservation areas are there in Ecton?
1, covering about 13 hectares of the town. The largest is Ecton.
When were Ecton’s buildings listed?
The first in 1954; the most, 15, in 1972.
How old are the homes in Ecton?
26% of homes were built before 1919 and 31% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Ecton 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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