IHouse · listed 1986Landguard FortPhoto: Tim Garrett-Moore · CC BY-SA 4.0
Landguard Fort · Photo: Tim Garrett-Moore · CC BY-SA 4.0BHistory Grade
History of Felixstowe · Historic England
35 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Felixstowe’s built-up area, 14 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 4 scheduled monuments. We have photos of 10 of its listed buildings and 8 old views of the town. 18% of its homes were built before 1919. Felixstowe grades B for history: #18 of 34 in Suffolk.
Listed buildings
35
14 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
6
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
4
1 registered park or garden
Homes built before 1919
18%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Felixstowe in 20 photos and old views
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed, and the town before 1950. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Walton HallGrade II* listed
Church of St AndrewGrade II* listed
Angel Cottage and Shop Adjoining Post OfficeGrade II listed
The Feathers InnGrade II listed
Main Passenger Buildings Concourse and Station Master's House, Felixstowe StationGrade II listed+15See all photosPhotos 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.
Through time
Felixstowe from 1877 to 1939
An old map and 8 old photos and postcards, in date order. All public domain, made before 1950.
c. 1877
1888
c. 1890
1897
c. 1899
c. 1900
c. 1909
1939
Public domain, from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server. Each credit opens the image’s page with its full description and history.
The map
Where Felixstowe’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.
Grade IGrade II*Scheduled monumentPark or garden
Homes built before 1919, by neighbourhoodunder 10%10–25%25–50%50%+
1 of 15neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes; in the oldest, 57% were built before 1919.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
35 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I6 Grade II*28 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. Neighbourhood dots: the population-weighted centre of each Census 2021 output area, coloured by its neighbourhood’s (LSOA’s) share of homes built before 1919 (Valuation Office Agency, March 2025).
Grade I
The Grade I listed building in Felixstowe
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 6 Grade II* listed buildings in Felixstowe
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*Public · listed 1949Walton HallPhoto: Tim Garrett-Moore · CC BY-SA 4.0
II*Church · listed 1986Church of St AndrewPhoto: Tim Marchant · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Public · listed 2006Martello Tower ROn the list as Bartlet Hospital / Martello Tower RPhoto: Tim Garrett-Moore · CC BY-SA 4.0
II*Church · listed 1986Church of St John the Baptist and St FelixPhoto: Tim Marchant · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Church · listed 1949Church of St MaryPhoto: michael wade · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Church · listed 1949Church of St Peter and St PaulPhoto: Andrew Hill · CC BY-SA 2.0
What’s protected
The largest group of Felixstowe’s listed buildings is homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas17
Public & civic buildings6
Churches, chapels & priories6
Walls, gates & bridges2
Inns, shops & warehouses2
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
Street furniture1
17 entries (49%) are houses, terraces and villas. 6 are churches, chapels and priories.
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
28 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 28 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Angel Cottage and Shop Adjoining Post OfficeBoundary Wall and Summer House to North of Cranmer HouseCranmer HouseFelixstowe War MemorialGarden Wall Adjoining Harvest House to North West and WestHarvest HouseLaurel FarmhouseLavender CottageMain Passenger Buildings Concourse and Station Master's House, Felixstowe StationMartello Tower PMartello Tower P boundary stones and railingsMonksmead the PrioryNo 14 (The Q Tower)Old Hall FarmhousePeewit CottageReade HouseRoman Catholic Church of St FelixSmock MillStable Block at South Beach MansionThe Feathers InnThe GrangeThe Old HallThe Stable and Coach House Block at Felixstowe Tennis ClubThe VicarageTyndale HouseWalton House323,325, High Street362, High Street
Conservation areas
2 conservation areas cover 6.3% of Felixstowe
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Felixstowe 197558 ha
Felixstowe South 200913 ha
72 hain conservation areas, of 1,138 ha inside the built-up area.
The first, Felixstowe, was designated in 1975; the newest, Felixstowe South, in 2009. 12 of the 35 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
15 of Felixstowe’s 35 listed buildings were added in 1986
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1986 · 151949 · 9
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 9 entries were listed in 1949. 15 came in 1986, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 3 have been added in the last 15 years.
Monuments & landscapes
Monuments, parks and gardens
Designations that overlap the town by a tenth of their area or half a hectare.
4 scheduled monuments
Nationally important archaeological sites and monuments, protected by law; work on them needs consent from the Secretary of State, advised by Historic England.
1 registered park or garden
History Grade
Felixstowe grades B for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (52 points, 21 per 10,000 residents)More than 55% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (18%)More than 56% 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.
Towns its size
Felixstowe has the 94th most Grade I buildings of 412 towns its size
Places of 15,000–39,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Felixstowe1
#222 of 412for listed buildings per resident (14 per 10,000). Lewes, Llandudno and Stamford lead.
93 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Felixstowe
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Felixstowe | 24,218 | 35 | 1 | B |
| Trimley St Mary | 3,736 | 15 | 0 | C |
| Trimley St Martin | 1,725 | 3 | 0 | C− |
| Kirton | 1,245 | 8 | 0 | B− |
| Shotley Gate | 1,418 | 4 | 0 | C |
| Harwich | 20,219 | 199 | 2 | A |
| Martlesham Heath | 2,730 | 0 | 0 | D |
| Martlesham | 1,976 | 6 | 0 | C− |
In brief
Felixstowe in brief
Felixstowe has 35 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I, including Landguard Fort. Only 93 of the 412 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. Its older streets lie in 2 conservation areas, the first designated in 1975. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; Wei Wu Wei (1895) was born here before 1900; and it also has 4 scheduled monuments.
Questions about Felixstowe’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Felixstowe?
Historic England lists 35 buildings inside Felixstowe’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 6 Grade II* and 28 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Felixstowe?
One: Landguard Fort.
Are there scheduled monuments in Felixstowe?
Yes, 4 scheduled monuments, including Landguard Fort and associated field works, Martello Tower P and Wireless Green, Walton Old Hall, site of and Walton Priory (site of).
How many conservation areas are there in Felixstowe?
2, covering about 72 hectares of the town. The largest are Felixstowe and Felixstowe South.
When were Felixstowe’s buildings listed?
The first in 1949; the most, 15, in 1986.
Are there old photos of Felixstowe?
Yes: 8 public-domain photos and postcards from 1877 to 1939, and an old map from 1899, all on this page.
How old are the homes in Felixstowe?
18% of homes were built before 1919 and 34% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The National Heritage List for England is the official, up-to-date register of all nationally protected historic buildings and sites in England; check an entry on Historic England’s website before relying on it.
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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