II*Church · listed 1954Church of St PeterPhoto: Michael Patterson · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Philip Jeffrey · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Isham · Historic England
23 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade II*
Historic England counts them inside Isham’s built-up area, 278 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 22 of Isham’s listed buildings. 12% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
23
278 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 Isham
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 Isham’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.
23 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I1 Grade II*22 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 Isham
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 Isham’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas19
Churches, chapels & priories2
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
Street furniture1
19 entries (83%) are houses, terraces and villas. 2 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
22 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 22 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
All Saints House and Attached Barn and StablesChest Tomb Approximately 8 Metres South of South Porch of Church of St PeterCobweb and Attached Barn and StableDovecote Approximately 15 Metres South of Number 26 (All Saints House)Dovecote Approximately 20 Metres East of Dovecote House (Not Included)Isham War MemorialK6 Telephone KioskLangton FarmhouseLittle ThatchesManor FarmhouseManor House FarmThe Old Rectory and Attached Outbuilding1, Church Street1, Langton Place10, Church Street11, Middle Street12, Church Street12-14, Kettering Road16-18, Church Street4, Langton Place9, Middle Street9, South Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 27% of Isham
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Isham9 ha
9 hain conservation areas, of 34 ha inside the built-up area.
23 of the 23 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
10 of Isham’s 23 listed buildings were added in 1972
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1972 · 101954 · 51986 · 5
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 5 entries were listed in 1954. 10 came in 1972, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Isham
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isham | 826 | 23 | 0 | — |
| Burton Latimer | 10,440 | 34 | 2 | B− |
| Finedon | 4,554 | 47 | 1 | A− |
| Kettering | 63,149 | 58 | 3 | B |
| Broughton | 1,982 | 8 | 0 | C+ |
| Wellingborough | 54,421 | 101 | 3 | B |
| Irthlingborough | 9,308 | 16 | 2 | C+ |
| Mawsley Village | 2,487 | 0 | 0 | D− |
In brief
Isham in brief
The official list counts 23 listed buildings in Isham. A conservation area protects part of it. Most entries on the list, 83%, are houses, terraces and villas. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: 12% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Isham’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Isham?
Historic England lists 23 buildings inside Isham’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 22 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Isham?
1, covering about 9 hectares of the town. The largest is Isham.
When were Isham’s buildings listed?
The first in 1954; the most, 10, in 1972.
How old are the homes in Isham?
12% of homes were built before 1919 and 17% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Isham has no History Grade.
© 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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