IChurch · listed 1955Church of St MaryPhoto: Bob Jones · CC BY-SA 2.0
Ivy House Farmhouse · Photo: Sandy Gerrard · CC BY-SA 2.0AHistory Grade
History of Gislingham · Historic England
29 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Gislingham’s built-up area, 247 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 25 of Gislingham’s listed buildings. 30% of its homes were built before 1919. Gislingham grades A for history.
Listed buildings
29
247 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
3
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
30%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Gislingham
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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 Gislingham’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.
29 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I3 Grade II*25 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 Gislingham
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 3 Grade II* listed buildings in Gislingham
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 1 is photographed.
II*House · listed 1955Ivy House FarmhousePhoto: Sandy Gerrard · CC BY-SA 2.0
House · listed 1955Manor House
Public · listed 1955The Old Guildhall
What’s protected
Most of Gislingham’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas22
Churches, chapels & priories3
Public & civic buildings2
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
Walls, gates & bridges1
22 entries (76%) 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
25 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 25 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Barn About 20 Metres North of Oak Farm CottageBarn and Attached Outbuildings Immediately South East of Manor HouseChart House and Adjoining Former Post Office and ShopChurch FarmhouseClare CottageColdham HouseFoundation HouseGislingham War MemorialHidcote HouseHome FarmhouseJasmine CottageLady Margaret HouseOak Farm CottageOak HousePayne Monument About 15 Metres South of Church of St MaryPrinces FarmhouseStanwell House and Rose CottageStreet Farm BarnStreet Farm HouseSuryodaya with Attached Garden WallThe Farm and Adjoining PremisesThe Little HouseThe Tudor CottageVine FarmhouseWest View House
How the list grew
More than half of Gislingham’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1987
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1987 · 171955 · 11
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The first 11 entries were listed in 1955, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 17 came in 1987, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Gislingham 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 (34 points, 290 per 10,000 residents)More than 79% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (30%)More than 84% 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
30% of Gislingham’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
29%
Before 1900
0.6%
1900–18
0.9%
1919–29
4.5%
1930s
1.5%
1945–54
1.1%
1955–64
8.4%
1965–72
6.4%
1973–82
14%
1983–92
7.9%
1993–99
10%
2000–08
6.9%
2009–15
9%
2016–25
GislinghamEngland & Wales
29% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1983–92, which added 14% 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
Gislingham has the 90th most Grade I buildings of 1,998 towns its size
Places of 1,000–2,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Gislingham1
#428 of 1,998for listed buildings per resident (247 per 10,000). Aberaeron, Beaumaris and Burford lead.
89 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Gislingham
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gislingham | 1,172 | 29 | 1 | A |
| Bacton and Cotton | 1,567 | 28 | 2 | A− |
| Rickinghall and Botesdale | 1,842 | 75 | 1 | A+ |
| Walsham le Willows | 1,258 | 44 | 1 | A |
| Mendlesham | 1,018 | 25 | 1 | A |
| Eye | 2,211 | 140 | 3 | A+ |
| Roydon (South Norfolk) | 1,117 | 10 | 1 | C+ |
| Diss | 9,599 | 160 | 1 | A− |
In brief
Gislingham in brief
Old houses are part of Gislingham’s character: 30% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 29 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. Per resident, it has more listed heritage than 79% of UK towns.
Only 89 of the 1,998 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. Most entries on the list, 76%, are houses, terraces and villas. The big year was 1987, when 17 of the 29 went on the list.
Questions about Gislingham’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Gislingham?
Historic England lists 29 buildings inside Gislingham’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 3 Grade II* and 25 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Gislingham?
One: Church of St Mary.
When were Gislingham’s buildings listed?
The first in 1955; the most, 17, in 1987.
How old are the homes in Gislingham?
30% of homes were built before 1919 and 36% 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. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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