IChurch · listed 1961Church of All SaintsPhoto: Andrew Hill · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: John Sutton · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Hartest · Historic England
32 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Hartest’s built-up area, 679 for every 10,000 residents. Of the listed buildings in Hartest, 31 are Grade II. 35% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
32
679 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
35%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Hartest
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. 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 Hartest’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade I
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
32 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*31 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 Hartest
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.
What’s protected
Most of Hartest’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas22
Churches, chapels & priories3
Inns, shops & warehouses2
Public & civic buildings2
Walls, gates & bridges1
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
Street furniture1
22 entries (69%) 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
31 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 31 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Appleby CottageBarham CottageBaynton's FarmhouseBoshula and Peartree CottageBridge HouseBrook HouseBrooksideChapel HouseCongregational ChapelCrown InnDerwins Cottage and House Adjoining on the WestGladwin and Thatched CottageGreen FarmhouseHartest War MemorialHop HallHouse and Shop Adjoining Green Farmhouse on the NorthIsburyK6 Telephone KioskOld BakeryPlace FarmhousePotash CottageRectoryStables to RectorySturgeons HallThe HuntersThe LimesThe Old Stores and TebbitWheelwrightsWhite CottageWhitecroftWindfall Cottage and Adjoining Cottage
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 96% of Hartest
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Hartest 197321 ha
21 hain conservation areas, of 21 ha inside the built-up area.
32 of the 32 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 Hartest’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1978
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1978 · 19
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The first 4 entries were listed in 1953. 19 came in 1978, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
35% of Hartest’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
34%
Before 1900
1%
1900–18
4.4%
1919–29
4.4%
1930s
5.4%
1945–54
6.3%
1955–64
7.8%
1965–72
14%
1973–82
8.8%
1983–92
2%
1993–99
4.4%
2000–08
4.4%
2009–15
3.4%
2016–25
HartestEngland & Wales
34% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1973–82, 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 (2 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Hartest
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hartest | 471 | 32 | 1 | — |
| Glemsford | 3,693 | 37 | 1 | A− |
| Long Melford | 3,895 | 184 | 2 | A+ |
| Lavenham | 1,224 | 196 | 13 | A+ |
| Clare | 2,278 | 118 | 6 | A+ |
| Acton | 1,666 | 13 | 1 | C+ |
| Cock and End | 1,346 | 1 | 0 | C− |
| Great Waldingfield | 1,377 | 20 | 0 | B− |
In brief
Hartest in brief
More of Hartest’s homes are old than in most places: 35% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 32 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1973. Of the whole list, 69% are houses, terraces and villas. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1978: 19 of 32.
Questions about Hartest’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Hartest?
Historic England lists 32 buildings inside Hartest’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 31 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Hartest?
One: Church of All Saints.
How many conservation areas are there in Hartest?
1, covering about 21 hectares of the town. The largest is Hartest.
When were Hartest’s buildings listed?
The first in 1953; the most, 19, in 1978.
How old are the homes in Hartest?
35% of homes were built before 1919 and 44% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Hartest 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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