II*Church · listed 1967Church of St JamesPhoto: Will Lovell · CC BY-SA 2.0
Kings Arms Public House and Attached Outbuildings to Rear · Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0C+History Grade
History of Thrapston · Historic England
31 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade II*
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Thrapston’s built-up area, 43 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 30 of Thrapston’s listed buildings. We have photos of 5 of its listed buildings. 9.4% of its homes were built before 1919. Thrapston grades C+ for history: #21 of 31 in Northamptonshire.
Listed buildings
31
43 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
9.4%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Thrapston in 5 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Church of St JamesGrade II* listed
Oakleigh HouseGrade II listed
BelmontGrade II listed
Thrapston HouseGrade II listed+1See all photosPhotos 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 Thrapston’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.
Grade II*
Homes built before 1919, by neighbourhoodunder 10%10–25%25–50%50%+
0 of 4neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
31 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I1 Grade II*30 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. Neighbourhood dots: the population-weighted centre of each Census 2021 output area, coloured by its neighbourhood’s (LSOA’s) share of homes built before 1919 (Valuation Office Agency, March 2025).
Grade II*
The Grade II* listed building in Thrapston
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
Historic streets
High Street has the most listed buildings
Streets by the listed entries with an address on them. One entry can be a whole terrace, so long rows count once.
High Street7 listed
Huntingdon Road5 listed
Chancery Lane3 listed
Of the 31 entries, 16 are named by a street address; the rest are named buildings such as churches, halls and bridges.
What’s protected
Most of Thrapston’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas24
Churches, chapels & priories4
Inns, shops & warehouses1
Street furniture1
Public & civic buildings1
24 entries (77%) 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
30 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 30 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
BelmontChest Tomb Approximately 5 Metres South of Tower of Church of St JamesEast Northamptonshire District Council Stores, Cleansing Department and Document StoreGroup of 3 Chest Tombs Approximately 12 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St JamesKings Arms Public House and Attached Outbuildings to RearMilestone Approximately 30 Metres North West of Messrs Grays Garage Limited (Not Included)Montague HouseNumber 15 and Attached OutbuildingsNumber 53 and 55 and Attached OutbuildingsNumbers 47 (Corn Exchange), 49 and 51Oakleigh HouseThe Old RectoryThrapston Baptist ChurchThrapston House1, Church Walk11, Chancery Lane13, Chancery Lane27, Huntingdon Road29, Huntingdon Road31, Huntingdon Road32, High Street34 and 36, High Street38, 40 and 42, High Street43 and 45, High Street62 and 64, High Street66, High Street7 and 9, Chancery Lane71-77, High Street83, Huntingdon Road89, Huntingdon Road
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 6.2% of Thrapston
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Thrapston 199612 ha
12 hain conservation areas, of 201 ha inside the built-up area.
29 of the 31 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 Thrapston’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1987
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1987 · 181967 · 12
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The first 12 entries were listed in 1967. 18 came in 1987, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Thrapston grades C+ for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (32 points, 44 per 10,000 residents)More than 57% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (9.4%)More than 23% 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
9.4% of Thrapston’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
7.7%
Before 1900
1.8%
1900–18
0.9%
1919–29
2.8%
1930s
3.1%
1945–54
1.8%
1955–64
3.1%
1965–72
10%
1973–82
10%
1983–92
18%
1993–99
16%
2000–08
2.5%
2009–15
22%
2016–25
ThrapstonEngland & Wales
7.7% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 2016–25, which added 22% 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.
Born here
5 notable people born in Thrapston before 1900
Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Eliza Standerwick Gregory
Arthur Powys
Teddy Emberton
Matt Ellson
Wilfred Ball
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EG
Eliza Standerwick Gregory1840–1932 · British botanist (1840-1932)
WB
Wilfred Ball1895–1965 · Cricketer (1895-1965)
AP
Arthur Powys1842–1875 · New Zealand cricketer
ME
Matt Ellson1890–1958 · English footballer
TE
Teddy Emberton1884–1957 · English footballer
Everyone born in Thrapston → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Thrapston
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thrapston | 7,239 | 31 | 0 | C+ |
| Ringstead | 1,369 | 5 | 1 | B− |
| Woodford | 1,472 | 20 | 2 | A |
| Raunds | 10,231 | 18 | 1 | C+ |
| Stanwick | 1,891 | 9 | 1 | B |
| Brigstock | 1,436 | 42 | 1 | A |
| Irthlingborough | 9,308 | 16 | 2 | C+ |
| Higham Ferrers | 8,825 | 50 | 7 | B+ |
In brief
Thrapston in brief
The official list counts 31 listed buildings in Thrapston, including Church of St James. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1996. Of the whole list, 77% are houses, terraces and villas. Eliza Standerwick Gregory (1840), Wilfred Ball (1895) and Arthur Powys (1842) are among the 5 people born here before 1900.
Its homes are mostly newer: 9.4% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1987: 18 of 31. Beyond that, like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building; and per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns.
Questions about Thrapston’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Thrapston?
Historic England lists 31 buildings inside Thrapston’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 30 Grade II.
Which street in Thrapston has the most listed buildings?
High Street (7), Huntingdon Road (5) and Chancery Lane (3) have the most listed entries named by an address. One entry can be a whole terrace.
How many conservation areas are there in Thrapston?
1, covering about 12 hectares of the town. The largest is Thrapston.
When were Thrapston’s buildings listed?
The first in 1967; the most, 18, in 1987.
Who was born in Thrapston?
Among people born before 1900: Eliza Standerwick Gregory (1840), Wilfred Ball (1895), Arthur Powys (1842), Matt Ellson (1890) and Teddy Emberton (1884).
How old are the homes in Thrapston?
9.4% of homes were built before 1919 and 13% 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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