IChurch · listed 1955Church of St MaryPhoto: Andrew Hill · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Bernd Jatzwauk Pommes104 · CC BY-SA 3.0AHistory Grade
History of East Bergholt · Historic England
72 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside East Bergholt’s built-up area, 326 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 66 of East Bergholt’s listed buildings. 23% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 3 of its listed buildings. East Bergholt grades A for history.
Listed buildings
72
326 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
5
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
23%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of East Bergholt
Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Church of St MaryGrade I listed
Bellcage to North Side of ChurchyardGrade II* listed
Churchgate HouseGrade II* listedPhotos 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 East Bergholt’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.
72 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I5 Grade II*66 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 East Bergholt
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 5 Grade II* listed buildings in East Bergholt
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 2 are photographed.
II*House · listed 1955Bellcage to North Side of ChurchyardPhoto: Velvet · CC BY-SA 3.0
II*House · listed 1955Churchgate HousePhoto: Sumitsurai · CC BY-SA 4.0
House · listed 1955Chaplins
House · listed 1955Claycotts
House · listed 1955The Gables
What’s protected
Most of East Bergholt’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas53
Churches, chapels & priories5
Inns, shops & warehouses4
Public & civic buildings4
Memorials, crosses & tombs3
Walls, gates & bridges3
53 entries (74%) are houses, terraces and villas. 5 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
66 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 66 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Beaufort Cottage and former Barclays BankBlacksmiths CottageCarriers ArmsChapel House Post Office the Old ManseChaplains Cottage GascoignesCoach House to the Old RectoryConstablesCottage Adjoining Paper Shop to WestCottage to North of the Red LionCottages to East of Yew Tree CottagesDairy Farm CottagesFountain HouseFuschia CottageGable Cottage Peach CottageGandish HouseGarden Cottage Whitehorse CottageGaston House Including Front Garden Railings and GateGatton HouseGissingsGothic House, Little Gothics and CommandreeHatters the Old HouseHigh Trees FarmhouseIvy Cottage and Cottage Adjoining to RightK6 Telephone Kiosk by the Red Lion Public HouseLittle Court Including Railings and Gate to Front GardenMoss CottageOak CottageOld Chapel HouseOrvis CroftPair of Tombs to Revans Family in Churchyard of Church of St MaryQuintons CottageQuintons HouseRailings and Gates to Front Gardens of Constables and Five FirsRectory Hill Cottage Numbers 1 and 2 and St Marys CottageRichardsons FarmhouseShort AcreSmithySt MartinsStourStour CottageStuartsThe ChemistThe CourtThe Hare and HoundsThe HaywainThe HermitageThe Kings HeadThe Lambe SchoolThe LinnetsThe Old HallThe Old RectoryThe Red LionThe Town HouseThrowersTomb to Golding and Ann Constable in Churchyard of Church of St MaryTomb to John Dunthorne in Churchyard of Church of St MaryTomb to John Lewis in Churchyard of St MaryTudor CottageTuffnells Including Gatepiers to Front GardenWar MemorialWest Lodge CottagesWest Lodge CottagesWest Lodge StablesWhite HouseWistaria CottageWren Cottage
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 19% of East Bergholt
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
East Bergholt 197526 ha
26 hain conservation areas, of 136 ha inside the built-up area.
52 of the 72 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 East Bergholt’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1955
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1955 · 401987 · 27
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 40 entries were listed in 1955, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
East Bergholt grades A for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (79 points, 357 per 10,000 residents)More than 89% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (23%)More than 70% of UK towns
Two measures, each ranked against every UK town of 1,000 or more, with protected heritage counting twice as much as the age of homes. Protected heritage counts each listed building by its grade (Grade I three points, II* two, II one), each scheduled monument and battlefield two, and each registered park or garden by its grade; it is ranked both per 10,000 residents and as a total, so a village with one fine church doesn’t outrank a historic city. The second measure is the share of homes built before 1919, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records. History is a character grade: it describes the town and isn’t part of the overall grade.
Homes by age
23% of East Bergholt’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
21%
Before 1900
3%
1900–18
2.7%
1919–29
5%
1930s
6.7%
1945–54
12%
1955–64
23%
1965–72
4%
1973–82
3.7%
1983–92
9%
1993–99
3.4%
2000–08
3%
2009–15
4.1%
2016–25
East BergholtEngland & Wales
21% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1965–72, which added 23% 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 (4 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Towns its size
East Bergholt has the 90th most Grade I buildings of 1,425 towns its size
Places of 1,000–4,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
East Bergholt1
#107 of 1,425for listed buildings per resident (326 per 10,000). Burford, Painswick and Chipping Campden lead.
89 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around East Bergholt
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Bergholt | 2,211 | 72 | 1 | A |
| Capel St Mary | 2,992 | 12 | 0 | C |
| Brantham | 2,081 | 6 | 0 | C |
| Lawford | 4,488 | 5 | 0 | D |
| Manningtree | 1,676 | 87 | 0 | A+ |
| Mistley | 1,827 | 33 | 2 | A− |
| Ardleigh | 1,042 | 18 | 0 | B+ |
| Bradfield | 1,254 | 15 | 0 | B+ |
In brief
East Bergholt in brief
Old houses are part of East Bergholt’s character: 23% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 72 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. Per resident, it has more listed heritage than 89% of UK towns. Only 89 of the 1,425 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings.
A conservation area has protected part of it since 1975. Of the whole list, 74% are houses, terraces and villas. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1955: 40 of 72. Beyond that, John Constable (1776) was born here before 1900.
Questions about East Bergholt’s history
How many listed buildings are there in East Bergholt?
Historic England lists 72 buildings inside East Bergholt’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 5 Grade II* and 66 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in East Bergholt?
One: Church of St Mary.
How many conservation areas are there in East Bergholt?
1, covering about 26 hectares of the town. The largest is East Bergholt.
When were East Bergholt’s buildings listed?
The first in 1955; the most, 40, in 1955.
How old are the homes in East Bergholt?
23% of homes were built before 1919 and 31% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
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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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