II*Church · listed 1968Church of All SaintsPhoto: Michael Garlick · CC BY-SA 2.0
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History of Harpole · Historic England
25 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade II*
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Harpole’s built-up area, 185 for every 10,000 residents. 24 of Harpole’s listed buildings are Grade II. 12% of its homes were built before 1919. Harpole grades B for history.
Listed buildings
25
185 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
12%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Harpole
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 Harpole’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade II*
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
25 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I1 Grade II*24 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 II*
The Grade II* listed building in Harpole
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
What’s protected
Most of Harpole’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas19
Churches, chapels & priories4
Public & civic buildings1
Walls, gates & bridges1
19 entries (76%) are houses, terraces and villas. 4 are churches, chapels and priories.
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
24 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 24 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Cedar CottageChest Tomb Approximately 5 Metres North West of North West Corner of West Tower of Church of All SaintsChurch FarmhouseElmhurstGrange FarmhouseHarpole HallHeadstone Approximately 5 Metres South of South Aisle of Church of All SaintsKingsley HouseSundial CottageSwan HouseThe Old DairyThe Old Rectory and Attached Wall and Stable Block1, Glassthorpe Lane2, Larkhall Lane23 and 25, High Street23, Park Lane5, Larkhall Lane53, High Street54, Upper High Street56, Upper High Street6, Park Lane64, High Street70, High Street72, High Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 25% of Harpole
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Harpole12 ha
12 hain conservation areas, of 47 ha inside the built-up area.
24 of the 25 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 Harpole’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1987
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1987 · 21
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The first 4 entries were listed in 1968. 21 came in 1987, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Harpole 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 (26 points, 193 per 10,000 residents)More than 72% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (12%)More than 31% 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.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Harpole
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harpole | 1,349 | 25 | 0 | B |
| Kislingbury | 1,323 | 27 | 1 | B+ |
| Bugbrooke | 3,040 | 31 | 0 | B− |
| Nether Heyford | 1,504 | 21 | 0 | B |
| Flore | 1,452 | 45 | 0 | A |
| Weedon Bec | 2,856 | 49 | 0 | A |
| Collingtree and Milton Malsor | 1,514 | 45 | 0 | A− |
| Northampton | 243,527 | 413 | 15 | B |
In brief
Harpole in brief
The official list counts 25 listed buildings in Harpole. A conservation area protects part of it. Most entries on the list, 76%, are houses, terraces and villas. The big year was 1987, when 21 of the 25 went on the list. The rest is about typical: like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building; per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and 12% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Harpole’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Harpole?
Historic England lists 25 buildings inside Harpole’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 24 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Harpole?
1, covering about 12 hectares of the town. The largest is Harpole.
When were Harpole’s buildings listed?
The first in 1968; the most, 21, in 1987.
How old are the homes in Harpole?
12% of homes were built before 1919 and 22% 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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