IChurch · listed 1950Church of St Mary the VirginPhoto: Jugglinbob · Public domain
Church of St Mary the Virgin · Photo: Jugglinbob · Public domainA−History Grade
History of Finedon · Historic England
47 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Finedon’s built-up area, 103 for every 10,000 residents. 44 of Finedon’s listed buildings are Grade II. We have photos of 6 of its listed buildings. 18% of its homes were built before 1919. Finedon grades A− for history: #4 of 31 in Northamptonshire.
Listed buildings
47
103 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
18%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Finedon in 6 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Town HallGrade II listed
The Bell Inn Public HouseGrade II listed
Pytchley RowGrade II listed
John Drage Chapel of Rest and Attached WallsGrade II listed
Finedon 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 Finedon’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.
47 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I2 Grade II*44 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 Finedon
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 2 Grade II* listed buildings in Finedon
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest.
Walls & gates · listed 1950Charity House and Attached Walls
Church · listed 1950Vicarage, Chantry House, Bede House and Attached Carriage House
What’s protected
The largest group of Finedon’s listed buildings is walls, gates and bridges
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Walls, gates & bridges18
Houses, terraces & villas16
Public & civic buildings5
Inns, shops & warehouses4
Churches, chapels & priories2
Memorials, crosses & tombs2
16 entries (34%) 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
44 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 44 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Barn Approximately 30 Metres North of Oldways (Stanford Stanley and Company)Barn Attached to South of Bell Inn Public House and Abutting Bell HillBell Hill Cottage and Attached BarnBerry Green Cottage Norton Antique ShopBridge in the Grove Approximately 100 Metres South of Finedon HallChurchyard Wall and Gatepiers Approximately 40 Metres South and 5 Metres West of Church of St Mary the VirginCrow End CottageFinedon HallFinedon War MemorialGarden Wall to South East of Number 26 (Harlock House)GlenheathGrove CottageHampton CellHarlock HouseIce House TowerJohn Drage Chapel of Rest and Attached WallsLych Gate and Attached Walls Approximately 30 Metres East of Church of St Mary the VirginMulso Arms Public House and Barns Attached to North West and South WestMulso Cottage and Attached WallMuseum Tower, Bell Tower and Attached Outbuildings and Wall and the Old Chapel, Finedon Hall, And Attached WallNos. 8-13, MACKWORTH GREEN AND WALL ATTACHED TO NORTH OF NUMBER 13Obelisk at Junction of Thrapston Road and Irthlingborough RoadOldways and Attached WallsOrchard HousePytchley RowQuaker Lodge and Quaker Lodge Antiques and Attached WallsSchool HouseStar Hall (Former Church Institute)Star Hall HouseThe Bell Inn Public HouseThe GatehouseThe LimesThingdon Cottage and Attached WallTown HallTudor Gate HotelVicarage Farmhouse and Attached Wall to NorthWall Attached to South East of Thingdon Cottage and Abutting Stocks HillWalls Approximately 50 Metres North East and West of the Vicarage Walls Approximately 50 Metres North East and West of VicarageWalls Approximately 50 Metres North, South and East of the Museum Tower at Finedon HallWater TowerWhitsundale Farmhouse1-6, Mackworth Green14-18, Mackworth Green55, High Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 10% of Finedon
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Finedon12 ha
12 hain conservation areas, of 112 ha inside the built-up area.
37 of the 47 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 Finedon’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1970
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1970 · 281950 · 91986 · 7
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 9 entries were listed in 1950, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 28 came in 1970, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Finedon grades A− for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (51 points, 112 per 10,000 residents)More than 74% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (18%)More than 56% 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
Finedon has the 91st most Grade I buildings of 976 towns its size
Places of 3,000–7,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Finedon1
#216 of 976for listed buildings per resident (103 per 10,000). Sandwich, Tenby and Arundel lead.
90 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Finedon
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finedon | 4,554 | 47 | 1 | A− |
| Irthlingborough | 9,308 | 16 | 2 | C+ |
| Burton Latimer | 10,440 | 34 | 2 | B− |
| Higham Ferrers | 8,825 | 50 | 7 | B+ |
| Wellingborough | 54,421 | 101 | 3 | B |
| Stanwick | 1,891 | 9 | 1 | B |
| Irchester | 4,543 | 13 | 1 | C+ |
| Rushden | 31,689 | 17 | 1 | C |
In brief
Finedon in brief
Finedon has 47 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I, including Church of St Mary the Virgin. Only 90 of the 976 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. A conservation area protects part of it. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1970: 28 of 47. Beyond that, per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and 18% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Finedon’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Finedon?
Historic England lists 47 buildings inside Finedon’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 44 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Finedon?
One: Church of St Mary the Virgin.
How many conservation areas are there in Finedon?
1, covering about 12 hectares of the town. The largest is Finedon.
When were Finedon’s buildings listed?
The first in 1950; the most, 28, in 1970.
How old are the homes in Finedon?
18% of homes were built before 1919 and 32% 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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