II*Church · listed 1949Church of St Mary the VirginPhoto: Adrian Cable · CC BY-SA 2.0
Church of St Mary the Virgin · Photo: Adrian Cable · CC BY-SA 2.0A−History Grade
History of Halesworth · Historic England
118 listed buildings, 4 of them Grade II*
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Halesworth’s built-up area, 240 for every 10,000 residents. Of the listed buildings in Halesworth, 114 are Grade II. We have photos of 7 of its listed buildings. 14% of its homes were built before 1919. Halesworth grades A− for history: #8 of 34 in Suffolk.
Listed buildings
118
240 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
4
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
14%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Halesworth in 7 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Gothic HouseGrade II* listed
The Social ClubGrade II* listed
White SwanGrade II listed
Halesworth Station Moving PlatformsGrade II listed
Halesworth War Memorial ObeliskGrade 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 Halesworth’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.
118 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I4 Grade II*114 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 4 Grade II* listed buildings in Halesworth
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
II*House · listed 1949Gothic HousePhoto: Bikeboy · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*House · listed 1949The Social ClubPhoto: Adrian Cable · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Public · listed 1949Former Almshouses (museum And Library)On the list as The Old AlmshousesPhoto: Evelyn Simak · CC BY-SA 2.0
Historic streets
The London Road and Thoroughfare have the most listed buildings
Streets by the listed entries with an address on them. One entry can be a whole terrace, so long rows count once.
London Road17 listed
Thoroughfare17 listed
Chediston Street16 listed
Market Place10 listed
Quay Street7 listed
Rectory Street6 listed
Bridge Street4 listed
Of the 118 entries, 83 are named by a street address; the rest are named buildings such as churches, halls and bridges.
What’s protected
Most of Halesworth’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas99
Walls, gates & bridges6
Public & civic buildings5
Churches, chapels & priories3
Inns, shops & warehouses3
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
Street furniture1
99 entries (84%) are houses, terraces and villas. 3 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
114 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 114 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Archers CottageBelrail HouseBoundary Wall on East Side of Rectory LaneCastle House Including Part Occupied As Separate Cottage and Harvey's AcademyChurch FarmhouseCongreagational ChurchFront Wall of Number 46 (The Elms)Front Wing Walls and Railings of Number 1Halesworth Station Moving PlatformsHalesworth War Memorial ObeliskHill FarmhouseKing's ArmsMarket Place Wine Shop with Masonic Hall AboveOutbuilding to Number 1Pump in Front of Numbers 4 and 5Quay HouseRifle HallSouth LodgeSt KeyneThe Angel HotelThe ElmsThe HomesteadThe Old RectoryTownend VillaWall of Garden of Number 24Wall of Garden of the Old RectoryWalls of garden of 36, ThoroughfareWhite Hart HotelWhite LionWhite SwanWisset Place1 Church Farm Lane1 and 2, Chediston Street1, Market Place1, Quay Street1, Thoroughfare1-3, Bridge Street1-6 Holton Terrace10, London Road12 and 13, Thoroughfare124, Chediston Street125-127, Chediston Street130, Chediston Street134, Chediston Street14 and 14A, Thoroughfare14, 15 and 16 Steeple End145 and 146, Chediston Street147 and 148, Chediston Street15 and 16, Rectory Street15 and 16, Thoroughfare15, Chediston Street15, Quay Street151, Chediston Street154, Chediston Street16, Bridge Street17 Steeple End17 and 18, Rectory Street19, Bridge Street19, Market Place2, Market Place2, Thoroughfare20, Church Farm Lane22-25, Quay Street24, Station Road24-27, Rectory Street25 and 26, Market Place25-28, London Road27, Market Place28 and 29, Market Place3, Market Place3, Thoroughfare30, London Road30, Rectory Street34 and 35, Thoroughfare36, Chediston Street36, Thoroughfare38, Thoroughfare4 and 5, Market Place4, Thoroughfare4-6, Rectory Street40-42, Chediston Street46, Thoroughfare47 and 48, Quay Street49 and 49A, Thoroughfare49 and 50, Quay Street5 and 6, Thoroughfare5, Bridge Street5, London Road50 and 51, Chediston Street51, London Road51-54, Quay Street52, London Road53, London Road54-58, London Road56-58, Thoroughfare59, London Road59, Thoroughfare6, London Road6, Market Place60 and 61, London Road63 and 63A, London Road7 and 8, London Road7 and 8, Quay Street8 and 9, Market Place8, Thoroughfare80, Chediston Street83 and 84, Chediston Street9, London Road9, Rectory Street9, Thoroughfare90 and 91, London Road92-94, London Road95, Chediston Street95-97, London Road
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 12% of Halesworth
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Halesworth 197026 ha
26 hain conservation areas, of 225 ha inside the built-up area.
109 of the 118 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 Halesworth’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1972
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1972 · 921949 · 20
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 20 entries were listed in 1949. 92 came in 1972, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 3 have been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Halesworth 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 (122 points, 248 per 10,000 residents)More than 89% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (14%)More than 40% 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.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Halesworth
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halesworth | 4,924 | 118 | 0 | A− |
| Laxfield | 1,004 | 29 | 1 | A |
| Reydon | 2,369 | 6 | 0 | B− |
| Beccles | 9,807 | 149 | 6 | A |
| Bungay | 5,012 | 185 | 4 | A+ |
| Worlingham | 3,618 | 3 | 0 | D |
| Saxmundham | 4,778 | 47 | 0 | B+ |
| Ditchingham | 1,997 | 10 | 0 | B+ |
In brief
Halesworth in brief
Measured per resident, Halesworth has more listed heritage than 89% of UK towns. In all there are 118 listed buildings, including Church of St Mary the Virgin. London Road alone has 17 listed buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1970.
Most entries on the list, 84%, are houses, terraces and villas. The big year was 1972, when 92 of the 118 went on the list. The rest is about typical: like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building; and 14% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Halesworth’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Halesworth?
Historic England lists 118 buildings inside Halesworth’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 4 Grade II* and 114 Grade II.
Which street in Halesworth has the most listed buildings?
London Road (17), Thoroughfare (17) and Chediston Street (16) have the most listed entries named by an address. One entry can be a whole terrace.
How many conservation areas are there in Halesworth?
1, covering about 26 hectares of the town. The largest is Halesworth.
When were Halesworth’s buildings listed?
The first in 1949; the most, 92, in 1972.
How old are the homes in Halesworth?
14% of homes were built before 1919 and 19% 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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