IChurch · listed 1966Church of St Mary and St PeterPhoto: Adrian Cable · CC BY-SA 2.0
Church of St Mary and St Peter · Photo: Adrian Cable · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Kelsale · Historic England
13 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Kelsale’s built-up area, 210 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 11 of Kelsale’s listed buildings. 34% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
13
210 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
34%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Kelsale
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 Kelsale’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.
13 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I1 Grade II*11 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 Kelsale
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 Grade II* listed building in Kelsale
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*Walls & gates · listed 1984Lych Gate to Church of St Mary and St PeterPhoto: Robert Edwards · CC BY-SA 2.0
Grade II
11 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.
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 21% of Kelsale
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Kelsale 201812 ha
12 hain conservation areas, of 59 ha inside the built-up area.
8 of the 13 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 Kelsale’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1984
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1984 · 7
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The first 4 entries were listed in 1951. 7 came in 1984, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
34% of Kelsale’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
0%
1900–18
1.5%
1919–29
8.5%
1930s
7%
1945–54
11%
1955–64
7%
1965–72
7%
1973–82
4.1%
1983–92
2.9%
1993–99
7%
2000–08
0%
2009–15
10%
2016–25
KelsaleEngland & Wales
34% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1955–64, which added 11% 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 (10 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Kelsale
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelsale | 618 | 13 | 1 | — |
| Saxmundham | 4,778 | 47 | 0 | B+ |
| Leiston | 5,919 | 22 | 0 | B+ |
| Framlingham | 3,831 | 97 | 3 | A |
| Aldeburgh | 2,423 | 63 | 1 | A |
| Wickham Market | 2,231 | 37 | 0 | A− |
| Laxfield | 1,004 | 29 | 1 | A |
| Rendlesham | 3,185 | 2 | 1 | D |
In brief
Kelsale in brief
More of Kelsale’s homes are old than in most places: 34% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 13 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area has protected part of it since 2018. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1984: 7 of 13.
Questions about Kelsale’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Kelsale?
Historic England lists 13 buildings inside Kelsale’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 11 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Kelsale?
One: Church of St Mary and St Peter.
How many conservation areas are there in Kelsale?
1, covering about 12 hectares of the town. The largest is Kelsale.
When were Kelsale’s buildings listed?
The first in 1951; the most, 7, in 1984.
How old are the homes in Kelsale?
34% of homes were built before 1919 and 44% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Kelsale has no History Grade.
© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The National Heritage List for England is the official, up-to-date register of all nationally protected historic buildings and sites in England; check an entry on Historic England’s website before relying on it.
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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