IChurch · listed 1969Church of St MaryPhoto: Mike Quinn · CC BY-SA 2.0
The Old Vicarage · Photo: Andrew Curtis · CC BY-SA 2.0BHistory Grade
History of Ovingham · Historic England
16 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Ovingham’s built-up area, 139 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 14 of Ovingham’s listed buildings. 16% of its homes were built before 1919. Ovingham grades B for history.
Listed buildings
16
139 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
16%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Ovingham
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed, and the town before 1950. 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.
Through time
Ovingham in old photos
1 old photo or postcard, in date order. All public domain, made before 1950.
1882Public domain, from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server. Each credit opens the image’s page with its full description and history.
The map
Where Ovingham’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.
16 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I1 Grade II*14 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 Ovingham
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 Ovingham
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*House · listed 1952The Old VicaragePhoto: Andrew Curtis · CC BY-SA 2.0
Grade II
14 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 14 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Garden Terraces C 15 Yards South of Ovingham VicarageGarden Wall and Gateways C 20 Yards North of Ovingham VicarageGatepiers C 2 Yards South-West of Ovingham VicarageK6 Telephone Kiosk to North of Village WellMemorial to Isaac Jackson C30 Yards South of Church of St MaryMonument to Catherine Lumley C30 Yards South-West of Church of St MaryMonument to Dorothy Heslop C10 Yards South of Church of St MaryMonument to John Newton 1 Yard South of Church of St MaryMonument to John Wormald C30 Yards West of Church of St MaryMonuments to Bewick Family C30 Yards South of Church of St MaryOvingham War MemorialThe Village CrossVillage Well3, Bridge End
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 29% of Ovingham
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Ovingham9 ha
9 hain conservation areas, of 30 ha inside the built-up area.
16 of the 16 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 Ovingham’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1985
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1985 · 11
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The first 1 entry was listed in 1952. 11 came in 1985, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Ovingham grades B for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (19 points, 165 per 10,000 residents)More than 66% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (16%)More than 49% 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.
Towns its size
Ovingham has the 90th most Grade I buildings of 2,010 towns its size
Places of 1,000–2,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Ovingham1
#775 of 2,010for listed buildings per resident (139 per 10,000). Aberaeron, Beaumaris and Burford lead.
89 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Ovingham
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ovingham | 1,155 | 16 | 1 | B |
| Prudhoe | 10,285 | 6 | 0 | D |
| Wylam | 1,661 | 10 | 0 | B+ |
| Stocksfield | 1,944 | 4 | 0 | C+ |
| Crawcrook and Greenside | 7,544 | 0 | 0 | C− |
| Heddon-on-the-Wall | 1,300 | 10 | 1 | B− |
| Chopwell | 2,530 | 1 | 0 | C |
| High Spen | 1,933 | 0 | 0 | C− |
In brief
Ovingham in brief
The official list counts 16 listed buildings in Ovingham, 1 of them Grade I. Only 89 of the 2,010 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. A conservation area protects part of it. The big year was 1985, when 11 of the 16 went on the list. Beyond that, per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and 16% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Ovingham’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Ovingham?
Historic England lists 16 buildings inside Ovingham’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 14 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Ovingham?
One: Church of St Mary.
How many conservation areas are there in Ovingham?
1, covering about 9 hectares of the town. The largest is Ovingham.
When were Ovingham’s buildings listed?
The first in 1952; the most, 11, in 1985.
Are there old photos of Ovingham?
Yes: 1 public-domain photo or postcard from 1882 to 1882, all on this page.
How old are the homes in Ovingham?
16% of homes were built before 1919 and 21% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
© 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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