IChurch · listed 1955Church of St BartholomewPhoto: Keith Evans · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Geographer · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Finningham · Historic England
22 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Finningham’s built-up area, 446 for every 10,000 residents. Of the listed buildings in Finningham, 19 are Grade II. 32% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
22
446 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
32%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Finningham
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 Finningham’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.
22 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I2 Grade II*19 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 Finningham
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 2 Grade II* listed buildings in Finningham
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 1 is photographed.
II*House · listed 1955Yew Tree House and AmberleyPhoto: Sandy Gerrard · CC BY-SA 2.0
Church · listed 1987Church Farmhouse
What’s protected
Most of Finningham’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas16
Churches, chapels & priories4
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
Inns, shops & warehouses1
16 entries (73%) are houses, terraces and villas. 4 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
19 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 19 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Apricot BarnBanks Monument and Railed Enclosure About 25 Metres North of Church of St BartholomewBarn About 15 Metres North West of Church Farm HouseBarns About 20 Metres South South West of Green Farm HouseCarpentersDrivers FarmhouseFinningham War MemorialGreen FarmhouseGreen Lane FarmHill HouseLime Tree FarmhouseShadwell HouseThe CottageThe Cottage About 60 Metres West of Yeoman HouseThe Old BakeryThe Old HouseThe White Horse Public HouseWalnut Tree CottageYeoman House
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 28% of Finningham
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Finningham 19738 ha
8 hain conservation areas, of 28 ha inside the built-up area.
19 of the 22 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
11 of Finningham’s 22 listed buildings were added in 1987
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1987 · 111955 · 9
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 9 entries were listed in 1955, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 11 came in 1987, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
32% of Finningham’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
32%
Before 1900
1.4%
1900–18
1.4%
1919–29
8.1%
1930s
8.1%
1945–54
3.3%
1955–64
6.7%
1965–72
6.7%
1973–82
8.1%
1983–92
8.1%
1993–99
6.7%
2000–08
4.8%
2009–15
4.8%
2016–25
FinninghamEngland & Wales
32% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was the 1930s, which added 8.1% 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 (3 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Finningham
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finningham | 493 | 22 | 1 | — |
| Bacton and Cotton | 1,567 | 28 | 2 | A− |
| Gislingham | 1,172 | 29 | 1 | A |
| Mendlesham | 1,018 | 25 | 1 | A |
| Walsham le Willows | 1,258 | 44 | 1 | A |
| Rickinghall and Botesdale | 1,842 | 75 | 1 | A+ |
| Haughley | 1,316 | 35 | 1 | A− |
| Elmswell | 4,446 | 18 | 0 | C |
In brief
Finningham in brief
Old houses are part of Finningham’s character: 32% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 22 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1973. Most entries on the list, 73%, are houses, terraces and villas.
Questions about Finningham’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Finningham?
Historic England lists 22 buildings inside Finningham’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 19 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Finningham?
One: Church of St Bartholomew.
How many conservation areas are there in Finningham?
1, covering about 8 hectares of the town. The largest is Finningham.
When were Finningham’s buildings listed?
The first in 1955; the most, 11, in 1987.
How old are the homes in Finningham?
32% of homes were built before 1919 and 42% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Finningham 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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