House · listed 1955Conyers Green Farmhouse
Photo: Geographer · CC BY-SA 2.0C+History Grade
History of Great Barton · Historic England
16 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade II*
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Great Barton’s built-up area, 87 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 15 of Great Barton’s listed buildings. 9.1% of its homes were built before 1919. Great Barton grades C+ for history.
Listed buildings
16
87 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
9.1%
typical UK town 15%
The map
Where Great Barton’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade II*
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
16 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I1 Grade II*15 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 II*
The Grade II* listed building in Great Barton
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
Grade II
15 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 15 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Barn Immediately to the North of the Old HouseElms FarmhouseForge BungalowsGreat Barton LodgeHowerdley FarmhouseMere FarmhouseMilestone on the South East Side of the Street, Due East of the ForgeNetherton and Bridge HouseSharonSt John's Well Cottage (The Lodge)The ForgeThe HomesteadThe Old HouseThingoe CottageWillow and Corner Cottages (Park Corner)
How the list grew
More than half of Great Barton’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1985
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1985 · 12
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The first 2 entries were listed in 1955. 12 came in 1985, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Great Barton grades C+ for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (17 points, 92 per 10,000 residents)More than 58% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (9.1%)More than 22% 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
9.1% of Great Barton’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
9.2%
Before 1900
0%
1900–18
0.9%
1919–29
4.6%
1930s
3.7%
1945–54
15%
1955–64
19%
1965–72
12%
1973–82
8.3%
1983–92
5.5%
1993–99
2.8%
2000–08
1.8%
2009–15
17%
2016–25
Great BartonEngland & Wales
9.2% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1965–72, which added 19% 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 (7 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Great Barton
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Barton | 1,848 | 16 | 0 | C+ |
| Thurston | 3,009 | 13 | 0 | C |
| Bury St Edmunds | 41,279 | 732 | 26 | A− |
| Ixworth | 2,296 | 76 | 2 | A− |
| Woolpit | 1,838 | 49 | 2 | A− |
| Stanton | 2,316 | 30 | 0 | B |
| Elmswell | 4,446 | 18 | 0 | C |
| Walsham le Willows | 1,258 | 44 | 1 | A |
In brief
Great Barton in brief
The official list counts 16 listed buildings in Great Barton. Its homes are mostly newer: 9.1% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. The big year was 1985, when 12 of the 16 went on the list. The rest is about typical: like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building; per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and Robert Evans (1899) was born here before 1900.
Questions about Great Barton’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Great Barton?
Historic England lists 16 buildings inside Great Barton’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 15 Grade II.
When were Great Barton’s buildings listed?
The first in 1955; the most, 12, in 1985.
How old are the homes in Great Barton?
9.1% of homes were built before 1919 and 15% 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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