II*Church · listed 1955Church of All SaintsPhoto: Jon Welch · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Geographer · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Thorndon · Historic England
24 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade II*
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Thorndon’s built-up area, 330 for every 10,000 residents. Of the listed buildings in Thorndon, 23 are Grade II. 27% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
24
330 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
27%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Thorndon
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 Thorndon’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade II*
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
24 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I1 Grade II*23 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 Grade II* listed building in Thorndon
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
What’s protected
Most of Thorndon’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas21
Churches, chapels & priories2
Inns, shops & warehouses1
21 entries (88%) are houses, terraces and villas. 2 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
23 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 23 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Barn 60 Metres South of Manor FarmhouseCharity FarmhouseChurch FarmhouseCorner HouseDowlandsFriars FarmhouseLaurel CottageLittle ManorLoundesManor FarmhouseMole CottageOld RectoryPost Mill Roundhouse, 70 Metresnorth West of the ShielingPrincewoodRose CottageStreet FarmhouseSwan Hill CottageThe ShielingThree WaysTown FarmhouseWhite House Farmhouse23, High Street31 High Street
How the list grew
More than half of Thorndon’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1988
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1988 · 22
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The first 2 entries were listed in 1955. 22 came in 1988, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
27% of Thorndon’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
27%
Before 1900
0%
1900–18
0%
1919–29
3.7%
1930s
3.7%
1945–54
5.5%
1955–64
3.7%
1965–72
13%
1973–82
13%
1983–92
7.4%
1993–99
7.4%
2000–08
5.5%
2009–15
11%
2016–25
ThorndonEngland & Wales
27% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1973–82, which added 13% 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 (6 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Thorndon
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thorndon | 727 | 24 | 0 | — |
| Eye | 2,211 | 140 | 3 | A+ |
| Mendlesham | 1,018 | 25 | 1 | A |
| Debenham | 2,294 | 79 | 1 | A |
| Gislingham | 1,172 | 29 | 1 | A |
| Bacton and Cotton | 1,567 | 28 | 2 | A− |
| Scole | 1,037 | 17 | 1 | B+ |
| Stradbroke | 1,190 | 41 | 0 | A |
In brief
Thorndon in brief
More of Thorndon’s homes are old than in most places: 27% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 24 listed buildings. Of the whole list, 88% are houses, terraces and villas. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1988: 22 of 24.
Questions about Thorndon’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Thorndon?
Historic England lists 24 buildings inside Thorndon’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 23 Grade II.
When were Thorndon’s buildings listed?
The first in 1955; the most, 22, in 1988.
How old are the homes in Thorndon?
27% of homes were built before 1919 and 30% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Thorndon 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. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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