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C−History Grade
History of Newstead · Historic England

2 listed buildings

Historic England counts them inside Newstead’s built-up area, 9.1 for every 10,000 residents. Every listed building in Newstead is Grade II. 20% of its homes were built before 1919. Newstead grades C− for history.

Listed buildings
2
9.1 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
20%
typical UK town 15%
The map

Where Newstead’s history is

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

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

2 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I0 Grade II*2 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 II

2 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 2 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Conservation areas

1 conservation area covers 37% of Newstead

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

Annesley 199919 ha
19 hain conservation areas, of 52 ha inside the built-up area.

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.

History Grade

Newstead 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 (2 points, 9 per 10,000 residents)More than 15% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (20%)More than 61% 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.

Born here

8 notable people born in Newstead before 1900

Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.

John Byron
John Byron, 1st Baron Byron
Richard Byron, 2nd Baron Byron
William Byron, 4th Baron Byron
Jack Needham
Fred Jones
Richard Allsebrook
Arthur Staples
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John Byron, 1st Baron Byron
John Byron, 1st Baron Byron1598–1652 · English politician
WB
William Byron, 4th Baron Byron1669–1736 · British Baron (1669-1736)
RA
Richard Allsebrook1892–1961 · English footballer (1892-1961)
RB
Richard Byron, 2nd Baron Byron1606–1679 · British Baron
JB
John Byron1555–1623 · English politician, died 1623
JN
Jack Needham1887–1961 · English footballer (1887-1961)
FJ
Fred Jones1888–1945 · English professional footballer, born 1888
AS
Arthur Staples1899–1965 · English first-class cricketer (1899-1965)

Everyone born in Newstead → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.

Neighbours

Listed buildings in the places around Newstead

TownPeopleListedGrade IHistory
Newstead2,20420C−
Annesley Woodhouse6,16210C−
Kirkby-in-Ashfield21,262170C+
Hucknall35,848130C−
Selston6,27810C−
Ravenshead5,37020D−
Brinsley and Underwood4,51440C
Sutton in Ashfield36,435170C+
In brief

Newstead in brief

The official list counts 2 listed buildings in Newstead. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1999. John Byron, 1st Baron Byron (1598), William Byron, 4th Baron Byron (1669) and Richard Allsebrook (1892) are among the 8 people born here before 1900. For its size the list is short: per resident, it has more listed heritage than only 15% of UK towns. Beyond that, the list grew between 1982 and 2018; and 20% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.

Questions about Newstead’s history

How many listed buildings are there in Newstead?

Historic England lists 2 buildings inside Newstead’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 2 Grade II.

How many conservation areas are there in Newstead?

1, covering about 19 hectares of the town. The largest is Annesley.

Who was born in Newstead?

Among people born before 1900: John Byron, 1st Baron Byron (1598), William Byron, 4th Baron Byron (1669), Richard Allsebrook (1892), Richard Byron, 2nd Baron Byron (1606) and John Byron (1555).

How old are the homes in Newstead?

20% of homes were built before 1919 and 41% 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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