IChurch · listed 1955Church of St John the BaptistPhoto: Adrian Cable · CC BY-SA 2.0
Church of St John the Baptist · Photo: Adrian Cable · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Metfield · Historic England
15 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Metfield’s built-up area, 394 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 14 of Metfield’s listed buildings. 39% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
15
394 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
39%
typical UK town 15%
The map
Where Metfield’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.
15 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*14 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 Metfield
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
14 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 14 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 25% of Metfield
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Metfield 19735 ha
5 hain conservation areas, of 22 ha inside the built-up area.
11 of the 15 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 Metfield’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1987
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1987 · 101955 · 5
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The first 5 entries were listed in 1955, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 10 came in 1987, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
39% of Metfield’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
37%
Before 1900
1.1%
1900–18
1.1%
1919–29
3.7%
1930s
3.7%
1945–54
4.3%
1955–64
5.3%
1965–72
6.9%
1973–82
9.6%
1983–92
8%
1993–99
9%
2000–08
6.4%
2009–15
3.7%
2016–25
MetfieldEngland & Wales
37% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1983–92, which added 9.6% 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 (3 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Metfield
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metfield | 381 | 15 | 1 | — |
| Harleston | 5,077 | 131 | 0 | A− |
| Laxfield | 1,004 | 29 | 1 | A |
| Stradbroke | 1,190 | 41 | 0 | A |
| Halesworth | 4,924 | 118 | 0 | A− |
| Bungay | 5,012 | 185 | 4 | A+ |
| Ditchingham | 1,997 | 10 | 0 | B+ |
| Dickleburgh | 1,166 | 35 | 1 | A |
In brief
Metfield in brief
Old houses are part of Metfield’s character: 39% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 15 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1973. The big year was 1987, when 10 of the 15 went on the list.
Questions about Metfield’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Metfield?
Historic England lists 15 buildings inside Metfield’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 14 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Metfield?
One: Church of St John the Baptist.
How many conservation areas are there in Metfield?
1, covering about 5 hectares of the town. The largest is Metfield.
When were Metfield’s buildings listed?
The first in 1955; the most, 10, in 1987.
How old are the homes in Metfield?
39% of homes were built before 1919 and 44% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Metfield 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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