Church of St Lawrence · Photo: James@hopgrove · Public domain

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History of Norwell · Historic England

17 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I

On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Norwell’s built-up area, 361 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. 34% of its homes were built before 1919.

1Grade I 1scheduled monument

Listed buildings

361 per 10,000 residents

Grade I

exceptional interest

Grade II*

more than special interest

Scheduled monuments

nationally important sites

Homes built before 1919

34%

typical UK town 15%

The map

Where Norwell’s history is

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

Grade IScheduled monument

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

17 listed buildings by grade

1 Grade I0 Grade II*16 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 Norwell

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.

Church · listed 1961St. Laurence's ChurchOn the list as Church of St LawrencePhoto: James@hopgrove · Public domain

Grade II

16 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 16 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z

Barn at School House Farm Boundary Wall at Church of St Lawrence Church Farmhouse and Adjoining Church Farm Cottage Ivy Cottage Norwell War Memorial Old Farmhouse Palis Hall School House Stable at the Old Hall The Old Hall The Old House and Adjoining Elderberry Cottage The Old Post Office The Old Windmill Village Pound Willoughby Farmhouse and Adjoining Boundary Railing 1 Greasleys Cottages and Pitchforks Cottage

Conservation areas

1 conservation area covers 63% of Norwell

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

Norwell18 ha

18 hain conservation areas, of 28 ha inside the built-up area.

17 of the 17 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 Norwell’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 1 entry was listed in 1961, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 12 came in 1985, 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.

Old Hall moat and two fishponds

Homes by age

34% of Norwell’s homes were built before 1919

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

31%

Before 1900

4.4%

1900–18

1.5%

1919–29

4.4%

1930s

1.5%

1945–54

14%

1955–64

11%

1965–72

4.4%

1973–82

4.4%

1983–92

5.9%

1993–99

12%

2000–08

1.5%

2009–15

4.4%

2016–25

NorwellEngland & Wales

31% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1955–64, which added 14% 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 (12 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.

Neighbours

Listed buildings in the places around Norwell

Town	People	Listed	Grade I	History
Norwell	471	17	1	—
Sutton on Trent	1,244	9	1	B
Collingham	2,870	63	2	A
Newark-on-Trent	29,755	360	4	A
Coddington	1,165	5	0	C⁺
Farndon	2,472	18	1	C⁺
Tuxford	2,810	24	1	B
Southwell	7,405	220	2	A

In brief

Norwell in brief

More of Norwell’s homes are old than in most places: 34% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 17 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area protects part of it. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1985: 12 of 17. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: it also has a scheduled monument.

Questions about Norwell’s history

How many listed buildings are there in Norwell?

Historic England lists 17 buildings inside Norwell’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 16 Grade II.

What are the Grade I listed buildings in Norwell?

One: Church of St Lawrence.

Are there scheduled monuments in Norwell?

Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Old Hall moat and two fishponds.

How many conservation areas are there in Norwell?

1, covering about 18 hectares of the town. The largest is Norwell.

When were Norwell’s buildings listed?

The first in 1961; the most, 12, in 1985.

How old are the homes in Norwell?

34% of homes were built before 1919 and 40% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).

Norwell has no History Grade.

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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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