II*Church · listed 1955Church of St Peter and St PaulPhoto: Jules & Jenny from Lincoln, UK · CC BY 2.0
Photo: SiGarb · Public domain–Not graded
History of Wing · Historic England
Wing: 44% of homes built before 1919
Against 15% in the typical town, Wing has 3 times the share. Historic England lists 28 buildings inside Wing’s built-up area, 895 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument.
Listed buildings
28
895 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
44%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Wing
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 Wing’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade II*Scheduled monument
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
28 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I1 Grade II*27 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*
The Grade II* listed building in Wing
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
What’s protected
Most of Wing’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas22
Churches, chapels & priories2
Street furniture1
Inns, shops & warehouses1
Walls, gates & bridges1
Public & civic buildings1
22 entries (79%) are houses, terraces and villas. 2 are churches, chapels and priories.
Buildings are sorted by words in each entry’s name (church, gate, inn, memorial…): the list’s open data has no building type. An entry named only by its address counts as a house.
Grade II
27 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 27 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Barn and Adjoining Stable CottageBarn at Garden CottageBarn to Rear of Cedar HouseBarn to Rear of Wing HouseBarns at Number 6Cedar HouseChurchfieldCity Yard HouseCorner FarmhouseGarden Cottage and PumpInglewood CottageKings Arms Public HouseLength of Wall and Gate Piers Adjoining Number 8Methodist ChapelThe Old HallTownsend HouseWestcottWestthorpe Farmhouse and BarnWing HouseWingwell Farmhouse15 and 17 Middle Street20, Church Street3A and 3B, Top Street6, Church Street7, Middle Street7, The Jetty8, Middle Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 27% of Wing
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Wing 198110 ha
10 hain conservation areas, of 37 ha inside the built-up area.
28 of the 28 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 Wing’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1984
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1984 · 191955 · 9
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 9 entries were listed in 1955. 19 came in 1984, 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 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.
Homes by age
44% of Wing’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
44%
Before 1900
2%
1900–18
2%
1919–29
4.1%
1930s
7.5%
1945–54
2%
1955–64
9.5%
1965–72
12%
1973–82
4.1%
1983–92
5.4%
1993–99
4.1%
2000–08
2%
2009–15
2%
2016–25
WingEngland & Wales
44% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1973–82, which added 12% 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 (6 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Wing
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wing | 313 | 28 | 0 | — |
| Uppingham | 4,272 | 105 | 1 | A |
| Oakham | 12,159 | 121 | 5 | B+ |
| Barleythorpe | 1,344 | 7 | 0 | C− |
| Ketton | 1,618 | 89 | 1 | A |
| Gretton | 1,519 | 41 | 1 | A |
| Langham | 1,400 | 35 | 1 | A− |
| Easton on the Hill | 1,096 | 51 | 1 | A+ |
In brief
Wing in brief
Old houses are part of Wing’s character: 44% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 28 listed buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1981.
Of the whole list, 79% are houses, terraces and villas. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1984: 19 of 28. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: it also has a scheduled monument.
Questions about Wing’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Wing?
Historic England lists 28 buildings inside Wing’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 27 Grade II.
Are there scheduled monuments in Wing?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Maze 220m south east of St Peter and St Paul's Church.
How many conservation areas are there in Wing?
1, covering about 10 hectares of the town. The largest is Wing.
When were Wing’s buildings listed?
The first in 1955; the most, 19, in 1984.
How old are the homes in Wing?
44% of homes were built before 1919 and 50% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Wing 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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