IChurch · listed 1954Church of St MaryPhoto: David from Colorado Springs, United States · CC BY 2.0
Church of St Mary · Photo: David from Colorado Springs, United States · CC BY 2.0–Not graded
History of Badwell Ash · Historic England
10 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Badwell Ash’s built-up area, 264 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 8 of Badwell Ash’s listed buildings. 22% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
10
264 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
22%
typical UK town 15%
The map
Where Badwell Ash’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IGrade II*
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
10 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I1 Grade II*8 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 Badwell Ash
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 Badwell Ash
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest.
House · listed 1954The Wurlie
Grade II
8 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 8 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
How the list grew
5 of Badwell Ash’s 10 listed buildings were added in 1988
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1988 · 5
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The first 2 entries were listed in 1954, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 5 came in 1988, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
22% of Badwell Ash’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
22%
Before 1900
0%
1900–18
0%
1919–29
4.7%
1930s
3.1%
1945–54
3.1%
1955–64
16%
1965–72
6.3%
1973–82
4.7%
1983–92
11%
1993–99
6.3%
2000–08
7.8%
2009–15
16%
2016–25
Badwell AshEngland & Wales
22% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1965–72, 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 (0 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Badwell Ash
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Badwell Ash | 379 | 10 | 1 | — |
| Walsham le Willows | 1,258 | 44 | 1 | A |
| Elmswell | 4,446 | 18 | 0 | C |
| Stanton | 2,316 | 30 | 0 | B |
| Ixworth | 2,296 | 76 | 2 | A− |
| Woolpit | 1,838 | 49 | 2 | A− |
| Bacton and Cotton | 1,567 | 28 | 2 | A− |
| Thurston | 3,009 | 13 | 0 | C |
In brief
Badwell Ash in brief
Old houses are part of Badwell Ash’s character: 22% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 10 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I.
Questions about Badwell Ash’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Badwell Ash?
Historic England lists 10 buildings inside Badwell Ash’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 8 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Badwell Ash?
One: Church of St Mary.
When were Badwell Ash’s buildings listed?
The first in 1954; the most, 5, in 1988.
How old are the homes in Badwell Ash?
22% of homes were built before 1919 and 27% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Badwell Ash 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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