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History of Titchmarsh · Historic England

32 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I

Historic England counts them inside Titchmarsh’s built-up area, 531 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. 42% of its homes were built before 1919.

Listed buildings
32
531 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
42%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures

Landmarks of Titchmarsh

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 Titchmarsh’s history is

Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.

Titchmarsh Castle moated site and fishponds, scheduled monumentChurch of St Mary the Virgin, Grade I
Grade IScheduled monument

Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.

32 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*31 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 Titchmarsh

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.

Historic streets

Chapel 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.

Chapel Street4 listed
Church Street3 listed
High Street3 listed

Of the 32 entries, 13 are named by a street address; the rest are named buildings such as churches, halls and bridges.

What’s protected

Most of Titchmarsh’s listed buildings are homes

Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.

Houses, terraces & villas27
Walls, gates & bridges3
Churches, chapels & priories1
Memorials, crosses & tombs1

27 entries (84%) are houses, terraces and villas. 1 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

31 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 31 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Conservation areas

1 conservation area covers 57% of Titchmarsh

Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.

Titchmarsh 201022 ha
22 hain conservation areas, of 38 ha inside the built-up area.

31 of the 32 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 Titchmarsh’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1987

The year each building now on the list was first listed.

1987 · 22
19501960197019801990200020102020

The first 4 entries were listed in 1967, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 22 came in 1987, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. 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 scheduled monument

Nationally important archaeological sites and monuments, protected by law; work on them needs consent from the Secretary of State, advised by Historic England.

Homes by age

42% of Titchmarsh’s homes were built before 1919

Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).

42%
Before 1900
1.2%
1900–18
0%
1919–29
2.3%
1930s
6.6%
1945–54
3.1%
1955–64
4.3%
1965–72
8.9%
1973–82
7.8%
1983–92
7.8%
1993–99
6.6%
2000–08
4.3%
2009–15
5.4%
2016–25
TitchmarshEngland & Wales

42% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1973–82, which added 8.9% 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 (6 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.

Neighbours

Listed buildings in the places around Titchmarsh

TownPeopleListedGrade IHistory
Titchmarsh603321—
Thrapston7,239310C+
Ringstead1,36951B−
Woodford1,472202A
Raunds10,231181C+
Stanwick1,89191B
Oundle6,2521694A
Brigstock1,436421A
In brief

Titchmarsh in brief

Old houses are part of Titchmarsh’s character: 42% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 32 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area has protected part of it since 2010.

Of the whole list, 84% are houses, terraces and villas. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1987: 22 of 32. Beyond that, it also has a scheduled monument.

Questions about Titchmarsh’s history

How many listed buildings are there in Titchmarsh?

Historic England lists 32 buildings inside Titchmarsh’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 31 Grade II.

What are the Grade I listed buildings in Titchmarsh?

One: Church of St Mary the Virgin.

Which street in Titchmarsh has the most listed buildings?

Chapel Street (4), Church Street (3) and High Street (3) have the most listed entries named by an address. One entry can be a whole terrace.

Are there scheduled monuments in Titchmarsh?

Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Titchmarsh Castle moated site and fishponds.

How many conservation areas are there in Titchmarsh?

1, covering about 22 hectares of the town. The largest is Titchmarsh.

When were Titchmarsh’s buildings listed?

The first in 1967; the most, 22, in 1987.

How old are the homes in Titchmarsh?

42% of homes were built before 1919 and 45% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).

Titchmarsh 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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