IChurch · listed 1955Church of Ss Peter and PaulPhoto: Charles Greenhough · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Bikeboy · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Bardwell · Historic England
39 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Bardwell’s built-up area, 517 for every 10,000 residents. 37 of Bardwell’s listed buildings are Grade II. 29% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
39
517 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
29%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Bardwell
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 Bardwell’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.
39 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I1 Grade II*37 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 Bardwell
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 Bardwell
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*House · listed 1983Bardwell WindmillOn the list as WindmillPhoto: Unknown photographer · Public domain
What’s protected
Most of Bardwell’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas25
Public & civic buildings6
Churches, chapels & priories4
Inns, shops & warehouses3
Walls, gates & bridges1
25 entries (64%) are houses, terraces and villas. 4 are churches, chapels and priories, including 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings.
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
37 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 37 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Baptist ChurchBardwell Voluntary Controlled SchoolBell CottageBooty HallBrook HouseChurch CottageChurch HouseCroft HouseDun Cow CottageElm Tree CottageFoxglove CottageGarden Wall and Gate Piers to Pelham HouseGhent Cottage Merrow Cottage the Cottage TimberscombeHillfield CottageHolly HouseIvydeneLittlemoor HallMoat HouseMothersolesPelham HouseRowan CottageSix Bells InnStreet FarmhouseThe ChestnutsThe CottageThe Dun Cow Public HouseThe MaltingsThe Old Barn, Stable EndThe Old FarmhouseThe Old Green ManThe Old GuildhallThe Old Post OfficeThe Old RectoryThe School HouseThe WillowsVine FarmhouseWillow Cottage
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 50% of Bardwell
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Bardwell 200021 ha
21 hain conservation areas, of 43 ha inside the built-up area.
38 of the 39 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 Bardwell’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1983
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1983 · 331955 · 6
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The first 6 entries were listed in 1955, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 33 came in 1983, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
29% of Bardwell’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
26%
Before 1900
1.8%
1900–18
1.8%
1919–29
7.7%
1930s
7.7%
1945–54
7.7%
1955–64
11%
1965–72
13%
1973–82
3.7%
1983–92
3.7%
1993–99
3.7%
2000–08
9.5%
2009–15
1.8%
2016–25
BardwellEngland & Wales
26% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1973–82, which added 13% 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 Bardwell
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bardwell | 754 | 39 | 1 | — |
| Stanton | 2,316 | 30 | 0 | B |
| Ixworth | 2,296 | 76 | 2 | A− |
| Walsham le Willows | 1,258 | 44 | 1 | A |
| Great Barton | 1,848 | 16 | 0 | C+ |
| Thurston | 3,009 | 13 | 0 | C |
| Rickinghall and Botesdale | 1,842 | 75 | 1 | A+ |
| Elmswell | 4,446 | 18 | 0 | C |
In brief
Bardwell in brief
Old houses are part of Bardwell’s character: 29% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 39 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area has protected part of it since 2000. Of the whole list, 64% are houses, terraces and villas. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1983: 33 of 39.
Questions about Bardwell’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Bardwell?
Historic England lists 39 buildings inside Bardwell’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 37 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Bardwell?
One: Church of Ss Peter and Paul.
How many conservation areas are there in Bardwell?
1, covering about 21 hectares of the town. The largest is Bardwell.
When were Bardwell’s buildings listed?
The first in 1955; the most, 33, in 1983.
How old are the homes in Bardwell?
29% of homes were built before 1919 and 39% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Bardwell 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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