IChurch · listed 1961St Mary the Virgin's ChurchOn the list as Church of St MaryPhoto: ChurchCrawler · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: John H Darch · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Cavendish · Historic England
51 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Cavendish’s built-up area, 898 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 49 of Cavendish’s listed buildings. 40% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
51
898 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
40%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Cavendish
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 Cavendish’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.
51 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I1 Grade II*49 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 Cavendish
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 Cavendish
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*Church · listed 1955Church CottagesPhoto: Bob Jones · CC BY-SA 2.0
What’s protected
Most of Cavendish’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas36
Public & civic buildings6
Churches, chapels & priories3
Inns, shops & warehouses3
Walls, gates & bridges2
Street furniture1
36 entries (71%) are houses, terraces and villas. 3 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
49 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 49 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Almore HouseBarn Approximately 40 Metres South West of Pentlow Hall FarmhouseBeehive Peacocks and MelcottBlacklands LodgeCanford House and St RonansCavendish HouseCherry Tree CottageChinnerys and Premises Occupied by Chris Bolden and CompanyChurch FarmhouseCorner CottageCosy NookCottage Immediately North of the Nook and the Old Post OfficeDenmoreGeorge HotelGreen EndHouse Adjoining Roslyn House on the EastJasmine HouseK6 Telephone KioskLovelandsManor CottagesMill Occupied by a KahnMizpah and RawhideNether Hall FarmhousePeacocks FarmhousePeacocks LeyPentlow Hall FarmhousePentlow Mill and Mill House Including Wall to Left of BuildingPremises Occupied by T Hale and Son (Butchers)Premises Occupied by Wj CuttingRailway Arms Public HouseRoslyn HouseSpring View, Middle Cottage and Waver ViewSunny CottagesSunnysideThe CottageThe CottageThe Garden Cottage and Adjoining Wall Enclosing Rear GardenThe Grape Vine RestaurantThe GreysThe Nook and House AdjoiningThe Old ForgeThe Old Grammar SchoolThe Old Post Office. Old Post Office CottageThe Old Rectory the Sue Ryder HomeThe Rectory (The Yews)Waver HouseWedcot and House AdjoiningWestern HouseWestern House and the Little Stores
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 37% of Cavendish
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Cavendish 197316 ha
16 hain conservation areas, of 43 ha inside the built-up area.
45 of the 51 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
20 of Cavendish’s 51 listed buildings were added in 1974
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1974 · 201961 · 191955 · 7
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 7 entries were listed in 1955. 20 came in 1974, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
40% of Cavendish’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
39%
Before 1900
1.1%
1900–18
1.1%
1919–29
5.4%
1930s
6.2%
1945–54
4.3%
1955–64
17%
1965–72
8.3%
1973–82
4.3%
1983–92
3.3%
1993–99
4.3%
2000–08
2.2%
2009–15
3.3%
2016–25
CavendishEngland & Wales
39% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1965–72, which added 17% 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 Cavendish
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cavendish | 568 | 51 | 1 | — |
| Glemsford | 3,693 | 37 | 1 | A− |
| Clare | 2,278 | 118 | 6 | A+ |
| Long Melford | 3,895 | 184 | 2 | A+ |
| Acton | 1,666 | 13 | 1 | C+ |
| Sudbury | 23,922 | 255 | 8 | A− |
| Great Yeldham | 1,824 | 28 | 1 | B+ |
| Kedington | 1,778 | 26 | 1 | B+ |
In brief
Cavendish in brief
Old houses are part of Cavendish’s character: 40% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 51 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1973. Of the whole list, 71% are houses, terraces and villas.
Questions about Cavendish’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Cavendish?
Historic England lists 51 buildings inside Cavendish’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 49 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Cavendish?
One: Church of St Mary.
How many conservation areas are there in Cavendish?
1, covering about 16 hectares of the town. The largest is Cavendish.
When were Cavendish’s buildings listed?
The first in 1955; the most, 20, in 1974.
How old are the homes in Cavendish?
40% of homes were built before 1919 and 46% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Cavendish 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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