Photo: Keith Evans · CC BY-SA 2.018 listed buildings
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Barnham’s built-up area, 700 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. 36% of its homes were built before 1919.
Where Barnham’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
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.
18 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 18 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
1 conservation area covers 46% of Barnham
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
18 of the 18 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.
More than half of Barnham’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1984
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
The first 2 entries were listed in 1955. 15 came in 1984, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
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.
36% of Barnham’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
36% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1955–64, 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 (2 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Listed buildings in the places around Barnham
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnham | 257 | 18 | 0 | — |
| Thetford | 25,502 | 176 | 7 | B |
| Ixworth | 2,296 | 76 | 2 | A− |
| Brandon | 9,218 | 14 | 1 | C |
| Stanton | 2,316 | 30 | 0 | B |
| Great Barton | 1,848 | 16 | 0 | C+ |
| Weeting | 1,883 | 6 | 0 | C− |
| Little Eriswell | 4,120 | 4 | 0 | D |
Barnham in brief
More of Barnham’s homes are old than in most places: 36% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 18 listed buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1973. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1984: 15 of 18. Beyond that, Charles George Nurse (1862) was born here before 1900; and it also has a scheduled monument.
Questions about Barnham’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Barnham?
Historic England lists 18 buildings inside Barnham’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 18 Grade II.
Are there scheduled monuments in Barnham?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Bowl barrow in the garden of The Old Mill.
How many conservation areas are there in Barnham?
1, covering about 10 hectares of the town. The largest is Barnham.
When were Barnham’s buildings listed?
The first in 1955; the most, 15, in 1984.
How old are the homes in Barnham?
36% of homes were built before 1919 and 39% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Barnham 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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