IChurch · listed 1968Church of St Michael and All AngelsPhoto: Stavros1 · Public domain
Church of St Michael and All Angels · Photo: Stavros1 · Public domain–Not graded
History of Newnham · Historic England
27 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Newnham’s built-up area, 454 for every 10,000 residents. Of the listed buildings in Newnham, 25 are Grade II. 35% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
27
454 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
35%
typical UK town 15%
The map
Where Newnham’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.
27 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I1 Grade II*25 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 Newnham
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 Grade II* listed building in Newnham
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest.
Church · listed 1987Church Farmhouse
What’s protected
Most of Newnham’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas21
Churches, chapels & priories3
Walls, gates & bridges1
Public & civic buildings1
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
21 entries (78%) 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
25 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 25 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Alcombe Calbourne Hill ViewBarn at Church FarmCrabtree FarmhouseDicks Farm, Cottage Used As Outbuilding Approximately 5 Metres to Rear of FarmhouseDicks FarmhouseDormersFiley CottageGreen GatesHill TopIvy CottageIvy LodgeManor CottageMeadow CottageMillhaven TreborNewnham HallNewnham HouseOrchard CottagePear Tree CottageStone HouseThe CottageThe CrossThe LaurelsThe LimesThe Manor HouseWoodview
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 36% of Newnham
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Newnham11 ha
11 hain conservation areas, of 31 ha inside the built-up area.
22 of the 27 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 Newnham’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1987
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1987 · 23
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The first 4 entries were listed in 1968, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 23 came in 1987, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
35% of Newnham’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
30%
Before 1900
3.5%
1900–18
3.5%
1919–29
2.3%
1930s
7.8%
1945–54
8.9%
1955–64
8.9%
1965–72
12%
1973–82
5.4%
1983–92
5.4%
1993–99
2.3%
2000–08
3.5%
2009–15
5.4%
2016–25
NewnhamEngland & Wales
30% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1973–82, which added 12% 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 (12 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Newnham
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newnham | 595 | 27 | 1 | — |
| Daventry | 27,783 | 74 | 1 | C+ |
| Weedon Bec | 2,856 | 49 | 0 | A |
| Flore | 1,452 | 45 | 0 | A |
| Woodford Halse | 4,288 | 20 | 0 | B |
| Braunston | 1,519 | 28 | 0 | B+ |
| Nether Heyford | 1,504 | 21 | 0 | B |
| Byfield | 1,303 | 28 | 1 | A |
In brief
Newnham in brief
Old houses are part of Newnham’s character: 35% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 27 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area protects part of it. Most entries on the list, 78%, are houses, terraces and villas. The big year was 1987, when 23 of the 27 went on the list.
Questions about Newnham’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Newnham?
Historic England lists 27 buildings inside Newnham’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 25 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Newnham?
One: Church of St Michael and All Angels.
How many conservation areas are there in Newnham?
1, covering about 11 hectares of the town. The largest is Newnham.
When were Newnham’s buildings listed?
The first in 1968; the most, 23, in 1987.
How old are the homes in Newnham?
35% of homes were built before 1919 and 40% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Newnham 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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