IChurch · listed 1967Church of St. John the BaptistOn the list as Church of St John the BaptistPhoto: Michael Patterson · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Alan Murray-Rust · CC BY-SA 2.0A−History Grade
History of East Markham · Historic England
19 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside East Markham’s built-up area, 149 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 18 of East Markham’s listed buildings. 29% of its homes were built before 1919. East Markham grades A− for history.
Listed buildings
19
149 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
29%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of East Markham
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 East Markham’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade I
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
19 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*18 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 East Markham
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
18 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 18 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Cush Pool HouseDecember CottageEast Markham County Primary SchoolHoneysuckle HouseMarkham Hall Markham Hall CottageNorwood CottagePigeoncote and Attached Range of Stabling, Cow Houses and Barn at Pond FarmPigeoncote at Bower HayesPigeoncote at Woodward FarmPinfoldPond FarmhouseSpringfield BarnThe ManorThe RosaryWall, Railings and Gate Extending in Front of Cush Pool HouseWar MemorialWhitehouse Farmhouse and attached barnYork House
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 64% of East Markham
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
East Markham 198247 ha
47 hain conservation areas, of 73 ha inside the built-up area.
19 of the 19 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 East Markham’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1985
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1985 · 12
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The first 3 entries were listed in 1952. 12 came in 1985, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
East Markham grades A− for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (21 points, 165 per 10,000 residents)More than 68% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (29%)More than 83% 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
29% of East Markham’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
0%
1900–18
3.4%
1919–29
5.2%
1930s
6.3%
1945–54
7.3%
1955–64
6.5%
1965–72
5.6%
1973–82
4.8%
1983–92
4.8%
1993–99
8.6%
2000–08
2.2%
2009–15
16%
2016–25
East MarkhamEngland & Wales
30% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 2016–25, which added 16% 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 (43 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Towns its size
East Markham has the 88th most Grade I buildings of 1,898 towns its size
Places of 1,000–2,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
East Markham1
#642 of 1,898for listed buildings per resident (149 per 10,000). Aberaeron, Beaumaris and Burford lead.
87 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around East Markham
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Markham | 1,273 | 19 | 1 | A− |
| Tuxford | 2,810 | 24 | 1 | B |
| Walesby | 1,217 | 1 | 0 | D |
| Retford | 23,735 | 135 | 0 | B+ |
| New Ollerton and Ollerton | 10,870 | 20 | 0 | C− |
| Sutton on Trent | 1,244 | 9 | 1 | B |
| North Leverton with Habblesthorpe | 1,079 | 18 | 1 | B+ |
| Ranby | 1,034 | 6 | 0 | B− |
In brief
East Markham in brief
More of East Markham’s homes are old than in most places: 29% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 19 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. Only 87 of the 1,898 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings.
A conservation area has protected part of it since 1982. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1985: 12 of 19. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns.
Questions about East Markham’s history
How many listed buildings are there in East Markham?
Historic England lists 19 buildings inside East Markham’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 18 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in East Markham?
One: Church of St John the Baptist.
How many conservation areas are there in East Markham?
1, covering about 47 hectares of the town. The largest is East Markham.
When were East Markham’s buildings listed?
The first in 1952; the most, 12, in 1985.
How old are the homes in East Markham?
29% of homes were built before 1919 and 38% 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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