IChurch · listed 1954Church of St MaryPhoto: Bob Jones · CC BY-SA 2.0
Brewery House · Photo: Kelly · CC0C−History Grade
History of Lakenheath · Historic England
8 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Lakenheath’s built-up area, 18 for every 10,000 residents. Of the listed buildings in Lakenheath, 7 are Grade II. 8.5% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 6 of its listed buildings. Lakenheath grades C− for history: #28 of 34 in Suffolk.
Listed buildings
8
18 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
8.5%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Lakenheath in 6 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Church of St MaryGrade I listed
Lakenheath HotelGrade II listed
Chalk FarmhouseGrade II listed
Lakenheath War MemorialGrade II listed
11 and 13, Anchor LaneGrade II listed+1See 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 Lakenheath’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.
8 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*7 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 Lakenheath
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
7 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 7 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 14% of Lakenheath
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Lakenheath 198023 ha
23 hain conservation areas, of 161 ha inside the built-up area.
8 of the 8 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.
History Grade
Lakenheath 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 (10 points, 22 per 10,000 residents)More than 34% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (8.5%)More than 20% 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
8.5% of Lakenheath’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
7.6%
Before 1900
1.2%
1900–18
0%
1919–29
3.7%
1930s
3.1%
1945–54
6.7%
1955–64
26%
1965–72
21%
1973–82
10%
1983–92
3.8%
1993–99
11%
2000–08
4.3%
2009–15
0.9%
2016–25
LakenheathEngland & Wales
7.6% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1965–72, which added 26% 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 (0 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Towns its size
Lakenheath has the 92nd most Grade I buildings of 974 towns its size
Places of 3,000–7,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Lakenheath1
#635 of 974for listed buildings per resident (18 per 10,000). Sandwich, Tenby and Arundel lead.
91 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Lakenheath
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakenheath | 4,567 | 8 | 1 | C− |
| Little Eriswell | 4,120 | 4 | 0 | D |
| Beck Row | 4,129 | 6 | 0 | D |
| Hockwold cum Wilton | 1,303 | 14 | 2 | B+ |
| Mildenhall | 9,684 | 48 | 1 | B− |
| Brandon | 9,218 | 14 | 1 | C |
| Feltwell | 2,919 | 6 | 2 | C+ |
| Weeting | 1,883 | 6 | 0 | C− |
In brief
Lakenheath in brief
Lakenheath has 8 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I, including Church of St Mary. Only 91 of the 974 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1980. Its homes are mostly newer: 8.5% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and the list grew between 1954 and 2018.
Questions about Lakenheath’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Lakenheath?
Historic England lists 8 buildings inside Lakenheath’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 7 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Lakenheath?
One: Church of St Mary.
How many conservation areas are there in Lakenheath?
1, covering about 23 hectares of the town. The largest is Lakenheath.
How old are the homes in Lakenheath?
8.5% of homes were built before 1919 and 12% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
© 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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