II*Church · listed 1961Church of St MaryPhoto: Bob Jones · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Bob Jones · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Lidgate · Historic England
23 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade II*
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Lidgate’s built-up area, 777 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. 32% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
23
777 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
32%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Lidgate
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 Lidgate’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade II*Scheduled monument
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
23 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I2 Grade II*21 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 2 Grade II* listed buildings in Lidgate
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 1 is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
House · listed 1961John-O-Lidgates House
What’s protected
Most of Lidgate’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas18
Inns, shops & warehouses2
Churches, chapels & priories1
Public & civic buildings1
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
18 entries (78%) are houses, terraces and villas. 1 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
21 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 21 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Barn at Street FarmCobolds ViewCottage to the North West of Crispen CottageCrispen Cottage and Adjoining PremisesElm CottageHarvest Cottage and Selig CottageHill RiseHollyhock CottageHoneysuckle CottageLidgate CottageLidgate HallLidgate StoresLidgate War MemorialMeadow CottageOak HousePremises Adjoining Star Inn on the South EastStar InnStreet FarmhouseWhite CottageWillow CottageWincote
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 80% of Lidgate
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Lidgate 197320 ha
20 hain conservation areas, of 25 ha inside the built-up area.
23 of the 23 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 Lidgate’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1974
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1974 · 161961 · 6
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 6 entries were listed in 1961. 16 came in 1974, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
Monuments & landscapes
Monuments, parks and gardens
Designations that overlap the town by a tenth of their area or half a hectare.
1 scheduled monument
Nationally important archaeological sites and monuments, protected by law; work on them needs consent from the Secretary of State, advised by Historic England.
Homes by age
32% of Lidgate’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
32%
Before 1900
0%
1900–18
0.8%
1919–29
6.2%
1930s
7.8%
1945–54
4.7%
1955–64
14%
1965–72
7.8%
1973–82
6.2%
1983–92
3.9%
1993–99
6.2%
2000–08
4.7%
2009–15
6.2%
2016–25
LidgateEngland & Wales
32% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1965–72, 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 Lidgate
In brief
Lidgate in brief
More of Lidgate’s homes are old than in most places: 32% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 23 listed buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1973.
Of the whole list, 78% are houses, terraces and villas. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1974: 16 of 23. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: it also has a scheduled monument.
Questions about Lidgate’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Lidgate?
Historic England lists 23 buildings inside Lidgate’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 21 Grade II.
Are there scheduled monuments in Lidgate?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Lidgate Castle and C16 Fortified Manorial Complex.
How many conservation areas are there in Lidgate?
1, covering about 20 hectares of the town. The largest is Lidgate.
When were Lidgate’s buildings listed?
The first in 1961; the most, 16, in 1974.
How old are the homes in Lidgate?
32% of homes were built before 1919 and 39% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Lidgate 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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