II*Church · listed 1954Church of All SaintsPhoto: Keith Evans · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Bernd Jatzwauk Pommes104 · CC BY-SA 3.0–Not graded
History of Beyton · Historic England
19 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade II*
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Beyton’s built-up area, 277 for every 10,000 residents. Of the listed buildings in Beyton, 18 are Grade II. 21% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
19
277 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
21%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Beyton
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 Beyton’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade II*
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
19 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I1 Grade II*18 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 Beyton
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
Grade II
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
Bridge HouseCorner CottageDiboldsEllesmere House and Beyton AntiquesGrange FarmhouseHope HouseK6 Telephone KioskLittle PaddocksManor FarmhouseMontalbo, Including Attached Gates and Railings Along FrontageOak CottageOld Thatch and Attached Stable RangePoplar CottageQuakers FarmhouseScott HouseThe White Horse Public HouseThimble Cottage and Well YardVulcans and Hole in the Wall Cottage
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 39% of Beyton
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Beyton 197319 ha
19 hain conservation areas, of 50 ha inside the built-up area.
18 of the 19 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 Beyton’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1988
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1988 · 16
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The first 2 entries were listed in 1954. 16 came in 1988, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Beyton
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beyton | 687 | 19 | 0 | — |
| Thurston | 3,009 | 13 | 0 | C |
| Woolpit | 1,838 | 49 | 2 | A− |
| Great Barton | 1,848 | 16 | 0 | C+ |
| Elmswell | 4,446 | 18 | 0 | C |
| Ixworth | 2,296 | 76 | 2 | A− |
| Bury St Edmunds | 41,279 | 732 | 26 | A− |
| Haughley | 1,316 | 35 | 1 | A− |
In brief
Beyton in brief
The official list counts 19 listed buildings in Beyton. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1973. The big year was 1988, when 16 of the 19 went on the list. Beyond that, Emily Louisa Merielina White (1839) and Robert Dewing (1863) were born here before 1900; and 21% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Beyton’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Beyton?
Historic England lists 19 buildings inside Beyton’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 18 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Beyton?
1, covering about 19 hectares of the town. The largest is Beyton.
When were Beyton’s buildings listed?
The first in 1954; the most, 16, in 1988.
How old are the homes in Beyton?
21% of homes were built before 1919 and 29% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Beyton 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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