IChurch · listed 1955Church of St GilesPhoto: David from Colorado Springs, United States · CC BY 2.0
Church of St Giles · Photo: David from Colorado Springs, United States · CC BY 2.0–Not graded
History of Risby · Historic England
21 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Risby’s built-up area, 237 for every 10,000 residents. 20 of Risby’s listed buildings are Grade II. 20% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
21
237 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
20%
typical UK town 15%
The map
Where Risby’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.
21 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*20 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 Risby
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 Risby’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas13
Churches, chapels & priories3
Public & civic buildings2
Walls, gates & bridges2
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
13 entries (62%) 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
20 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 20 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Barn at Lower Farm to North East of Honeysuckle CottagesChurch CottagesChurch House St Giles CottageFox CottageGage CottageGranary Cart Shed and Stable at Lower Farm to North of Honeysuckle CottagesGuys of Norton Garden CentreHall Farm CottageHolly CottageHoneysuckle CottagesLittle ManorQuay's HouseRisby HallRisby Manor (North) Risby Manor (South)Risby PlaceRisby War MemorialStables/Coach House to North of Risby PlaceSunnysideThe Gate HouseThe Gate House Cottage
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 22% of Risby
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Risby 197519 ha
19 hain conservation areas, of 86 ha inside the built-up area.
18 of the 21 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 Risby’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1983
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1983 · 141955 · 6
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The first 6 entries were listed in 1955, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 14 came in 1983, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Risby
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Risby | 887 | 21 | 1 | — |
| Barrow | 1,961 | 17 | 0 | B− |
| Bury St Edmunds | 41,279 | 732 | 26 | A− |
| Kentford | 1,124 | 8 | 0 | B− |
| Great Barton | 1,848 | 16 | 0 | C+ |
| Red Lodge | 5,771 | 0 | 0 | D− |
| Mildenhall | 9,684 | 48 | 1 | B− |
| Thurston | 3,009 | 13 | 0 | C |
In brief
Risby in brief
Risby has 21 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1975. Of the whole list, 62% are houses, terraces and villas. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1983: 14 of 21. Beyond that, 20% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Risby’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Risby?
Historic England lists 21 buildings inside Risby’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 20 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Risby?
One: Church of St Giles.
How many conservation areas are there in Risby?
1, covering about 19 hectares of the town. The largest is Risby.
When were Risby’s buildings listed?
The first in 1955; the most, 14, in 1983.
How old are the homes in Risby?
20% of homes were built before 1919 and 28% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Risby 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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