IPublic · listed 1951Rushton HallOn the list as Rushton Hall SchoolPhoto: Daderot · Public domain
Rushton Hall School · Photo: Daderot · Public domain–Not graded
History of Rushton · Historic England
15 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Rushton’s built-up area, 284 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 12 of Rushton’s listed buildings. 34% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
15
284 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
1 registered park or garden
Homes built before 1919
34%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Rushton
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 Rushton’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IGrade II*Park or garden
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
15 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I2 Grade II*12 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 Rushton
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 Rushton
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 1 is photographed.
II*Church · listed 1957Church of All SaintsPhoto: Jim Smillie · CC BY-SA 2.0
House · listed 1951The Grooms House
Grade II
12 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 12 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Basse Family Chest Tomb, Circa 30 Metres North East of Church of All SaintsBeech HouseDovecote at Rushton Hall FarmEast Lodges and Gateway to Rushton HallFormer Rushton Station and Attached Station-Master's HouseFormer Stables to Rushton HallManor Farmhouse and Attached Garden WallRushton ManorRushton, Pipewell and Glendon War MemorialStore, Circa 3 Metres West of Former Stables to Rushton HallThe Old RectoryThornhill Arms Public House
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 51% of Rushton
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Rushton 198612 ha
12 hain conservation areas, of 23 ha inside the built-up area.
8 of the 15 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
5 of Rushton’s 15 listed buildings were added in 1951
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1951 · 51992 · 5
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 5 entries were listed in 1951, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
Monuments & landscapes
Monuments, parks and gardens
Designations that overlap the town by a tenth of their area or half a hectare.
1 registered park or garden
Rushton HallGrade II*
Homes by age
34% of Rushton’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
32%
Before 1900
1.9%
1900–18
0.9%
1919–29
1.9%
1930s
6%
1945–54
3.8%
1955–64
1.9%
1965–72
1.9%
1973–82
5%
1983–92
5%
1993–99
3.8%
2000–08
1.9%
2009–15
33%
2016–25
RushtonEngland & Wales
32% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 2016–25, which added 33% 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 (3 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Rushton
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rushton | 528 | 15 | 1 | — |
| Rothwell | 8,623 | 31 | 2 | B |
| Desborough | 11,899 | 10 | 1 | C− |
| Geddington | 1,525 | 46 | 2 | A+ |
| Kettering | 63,149 | 58 | 3 | B |
| Corby | 68,164 | 14 | 0 | D |
| Cottingham and Middleton | 1,365 | 26 | 1 | A− |
| Broughton | 1,982 | 8 | 0 | C+ |
In brief
Rushton in brief
Old houses are part of Rushton’s character: 34% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 15 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1986.
Questions about Rushton’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Rushton?
Historic England lists 15 buildings inside Rushton’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 12 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Rushton?
One: Rushton Hall School.
How many conservation areas are there in Rushton?
1, covering about 12 hectares of the town. The largest is Rushton.
When were Rushton’s buildings listed?
The first in 1951; the most, 5, in 1992.
How old are the homes in Rushton?
34% of homes were built before 1919 and 37% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Rushton 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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