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History of Gretton · Historic England
41 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Gretton’s built-up area, 270 for every 10,000 residents. 40 of Gretton’s listed buildings are Grade II. 25% of its homes were built before 1919. Gretton grades A for history.
Listed buildings
41
270 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
25%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Gretton
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 Gretton’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade I
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
41 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*40 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 Gretton
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 Gretton’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas33
Churches, chapels & priories3
Public & civic buildings2
Inns, shops & warehouses2
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
33 entries (80%) are houses, terraces and villas. 3 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
40 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 40 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Barn HouseChantry CottageChurchyard Cross Head Approximately 5 Metres South West of South Porch of Church of St James the GreatGlebe CottageGretton HouseHall CottageIvernia CottageManor FarmhouseNorthviewNumber 55 and Attached Outbuilding to SouthOutbuilding Approximately 10 Metres North of Barn HouseOutbuilding Approximately 3 Metres South of Number 1 (White Owl Cottage)Peartree CottageRosary FarmRose CottageStocks and Whipping Post Approximately 10 Metres North of Number 34StoneleighStonycroftThe Hatton Arms InnThe HolliesThe MaltingsThe Old FoxThe Old School HouseThe YewsVillage Farmhouse and Attached Outbuilding, Barns and Stables South and EastWar Memorial Approximately 20 Metres North of Number 30White Hart CottageWhite Owl CottageWindhovers1, Arnhill Road10, Station Road13, High Street16, Arnhill Road16, Station Road2, Station Road30, High Street4 and 6, Corby Road4 and 6, Station Road68, 70 and 72, High Street9, Maltings Road
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 39% of Gretton
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Gretton 197022 ha
22 hain conservation areas, of 57 ha inside the built-up area.
40 of the 41 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 Gretton’s 41 listed buildings were added in 1987
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1987 · 151975 · 141951 · 7
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 7 entries were listed in 1951. 15 came in 1987, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Gretton 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 (43 points, 283 per 10,000 residents)More than 81% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (25%)More than 73% 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.
Homes by age
25% of Gretton’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
23%
Before 1900
1.4%
1900–18
4.4%
1919–29
4.4%
1930s
12%
1945–54
3%
1955–64
7.2%
1965–72
16%
1973–82
4.4%
1983–92
4.4%
1993–99
5.8%
2000–08
10%
2009–15
4.4%
2016–25
GrettonEngland & Wales
23% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1973–82, which added 16% 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 (0 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Towns its size
Gretton has the 97th most Grade I buildings of 1,750 towns its size
Places of 1,000–2,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Gretton1
#262 of 1,750for listed buildings per resident (270 per 10,000). Aberaeron, Beaumaris and Burford lead.
96 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Gretton
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gretton | 1,519 | 41 | 1 | A |
| Weldon | 3,042 | 51 | 1 | B |
| Corby | 68,164 | 14 | 0 | D |
| Uppingham | 4,272 | 105 | 1 | A |
| Cottingham and Middleton | 1,365 | 26 | 1 | A− |
| Brigstock | 1,436 | 42 | 1 | A |
| King's Cliffe | 1,581 | 78 | 1 | A+ |
| Geddington | 1,525 | 46 | 2 | A+ |
In brief
Gretton in brief
Old houses are part of Gretton’s character: 25% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 41 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. For its size, it has more listed heritage than 81% of UK towns.
Only 96 of the 1,750 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1970. Most entries on the list, 80%, are houses, terraces and villas.
Questions about Gretton’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Gretton?
Historic England lists 41 buildings inside Gretton’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 40 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Gretton?
One: Church of St James the Great.
How many conservation areas are there in Gretton?
1, covering about 22 hectares of the town. The largest is Gretton.
When were Gretton’s buildings listed?
The first in 1951; the most, 15, in 1987.
How old are the homes in Gretton?
25% of homes were built before 1919 and 33% 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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