IChurch · listed 1978Church of St MaryPhoto: Bob Jones · CC BY-SA 2.0
Peverells · Photo: Sandy Gerrard · CC BY-SA 2.0A−History Grade
History of Glemsford · Historic England
37 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Glemsford’s built-up area, 100 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 33 of Glemsford’s listed buildings. We have photos of 7 of its listed buildings. 20% of its homes were built before 1919. Glemsford grades A− for history: #11 of 34 in Suffolk.
Listed buildings
37
100 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
20%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Glemsford in 7 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Church of St MaryGrade I listed
Angel HouseGrade II* listed
The Black Lion InnGrade II listed
Park FarmhouseGrade II listed
The Little CottageGrade II listed+2See 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.
The map
Where Glemsford’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.
37 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I3 Grade II*33 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 Glemsford
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 Glemsford
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*House · listed 1953PeverellsPhoto: Sandy Gerrard · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*House · listed 1961Angel HousePhoto: Robert Edwards · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*House · listed 196113-17, Chequers LanePhoto: Robert Edwards · CC BY-SA 2.0
What’s protected
Most of Glemsford’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas29
Inns, shops & warehouses3
Public & civic buildings2
Churches, chapels & priories2
Street furniture1
29 entries (78%) are houses, terraces and villas. 2 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
33 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 33 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Angel InnBrook Street Hall, Numbers 5-11 Brook Street and Army Cadet Force CentreChurchgate FarmhouseClock HouseColdhams HouseEbenezer Baptist ChapelGlemsford County Primary SchoolGreyhound CottageK6 Telephone Kiosk Immediately South of Nos 50 and 52Park FarmhousePatches HouseSkate's Hill HouseSt Anthony'sThe Black Lion InnThe Crown InnThe Little Cottage13-15, Bells Lane14 and 16, Churchgate16, Egremont Street17 and 17A, Bells Lane17 and 19, Tye Green2, Chequers Lane22, 28 and 30, Egremont Street24, Egremont Street31 and 33, Tye Green32 and 34, Egremont Street4-8, Egremont Street5, Egremont Street50 and 52, Egremont Street53 and 55, Egremont Street6 and 8, Brook Street8, 10, 12 and 14, Hunts Hill91-97, Egremont Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 35% of Glemsford
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Glemsford 197333 ha
33 hain conservation areas, of 92 ha inside the built-up area.
37 of the 37 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 Glemsford’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1978
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1978 · 211953 · 8
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The first 8 entries were listed in 1953. 21 came in 1978, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Glemsford 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 (42 points, 114 per 10,000 residents)More than 72% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (20%)More than 60% 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
Glemsford has the 95th most Grade I buildings of 1,097 towns its size
Places of 2,000–6,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Glemsford1
#282 of 1,097for listed buildings per resident (100 per 10,000). Sandwich, Tenby and Dolgellau lead.
94 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Glemsford
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glemsford | 3,693 | 37 | 1 | A− |
| Long Melford | 3,895 | 184 | 2 | A+ |
| Clare | 2,278 | 118 | 6 | A+ |
| Acton | 1,666 | 13 | 1 | C+ |
| Sudbury | 23,922 | 255 | 8 | A− |
| Lavenham | 1,224 | 196 | 13 | A+ |
| Great Waldingfield | 1,377 | 20 | 0 | B− |
| Cock and End | 1,346 | 1 | 0 | C− |
In brief
Glemsford in brief
The official list counts 37 listed buildings in Glemsford, 1 of them Grade I, including Church of St Mary. Only 94 of the 1,097 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. On Egremont Street alone there are 9 listed buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1973.
Of the whole list, 78% are houses, terraces and villas. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1978: 21 of 37. Beyond that, per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; Richard Scott (1605) was born here before 1900; and 20% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Glemsford’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Glemsford?
Historic England lists 37 buildings inside Glemsford’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 3 Grade II* and 33 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Glemsford?
One: Church of St Mary.
How many conservation areas are there in Glemsford?
1, covering about 33 hectares of the town. The largest is Glemsford.
When were Glemsford’s buildings listed?
The first in 1953; the most, 21, in 1978.
How old are the homes in Glemsford?
20% of homes were built before 1919 and 23% 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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