IChurch · listed 1949Rufford AbbeyPhoto: Enchufla Con Clave · CC BY-SA 4.0
Rufford Abbey · Photo: Enchufla Con Clave · CC BY-SA 4.0–Not graded
History of Rufford · Historic England
11 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Rufford’s built-up area, 428 for every 10,000 residents. 9 of Rufford’s listed buildings are Grade II. 4.9% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
11
428 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
1 registered park or garden
Homes built before 1919
4.9%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Rufford
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 Rufford’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IGrade II*Park or garden
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
11 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I1 Grade II*9 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 Rufford
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 Rufford
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*Walls & gates · listed 1975Orangery, Fountain and Garden Wall at Rufford AbbeyPhoto: Enchufla Con Clave · CC BY-SA 4.0
Grade II
9 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 9 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Brewhouse and Adjoining Bothy and Boundary WallCoach House at Rufford Abbey and Adjoining Boundary WallGarden HouseGarden Urn 60 Metres West of Rufford AbbeyGarden Urn 62 Metres West of Rufford AbbeySchool HouseStable Block at Rufford AbbeyWater Tower and Boundary Wall at Rufford AbbeyWest Lodge at Rufford Abbey
How the list grew
5 of Rufford’s 11 listed buildings were added in 1975
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1975 · 5
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 1 entry was listed in 1949, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 5 came in 1975, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have 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 registered park or garden
Rufford AbbeyGrade II
Homes by age
4.9% of Rufford’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
5%
Before 1900
0%
1900–18
7.9%
1919–29
0.7%
1930s
2.9%
1945–54
6.5%
1955–64
17%
1965–72
12%
1973–82
0.7%
1983–92
12%
1993–99
14%
2000–08
0.7%
2009–15
22%
2016–25
RuffordEngland & Wales
5% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 2016–25, which added 22% 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 (4 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Rufford
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rufford | 257 | 11 | 1 | — |
| Edwinstowe | 5,327 | 5 | 1 | D |
| Bilsthorpe | 3,490 | 4 | 1 | D |
| New Ollerton and Ollerton | 10,870 | 20 | 0 | C− |
| Walesby | 1,217 | 1 | 0 | D |
| Forest Town | 19,015 | 2 | 0 | D− |
| Farnsfield | 3,217 | 28 | 0 | B |
| Rainworth | 7,990 | 0 | 0 | D− |
In brief
Rufford in brief
Rufford has 11 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. Its homes are mostly newer: 4.9% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. The rest is about typical: Kate Lee (1858) was born here before 1900.
Questions about Rufford’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Rufford?
Historic England lists 11 buildings inside Rufford’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 9 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Rufford?
One: Rufford Abbey.
When were Rufford’s buildings listed?
The first in 1949; the most, 5, in 1975.
How old are the homes in Rufford?
4.9% of homes were built before 1919 and 14% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Rufford 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. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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