IChurch · listed 1966St Andrew's ChurchPhoto: mym · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Peter Evans · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Walberswick · Historic England
10 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Walberswick’s built-up area, 289 for every 10,000 residents. 9 of Walberswick’s listed buildings are Grade II. 39% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
10
289 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%
In pictures
Landmarks of Walberswick
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 Walberswick’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.
10 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*9 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 Walberswick
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
9 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 9 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Conservation areas
2 conservation areas cover 49% of Walberswick
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Walberswick 197326 ha
Southwold 19714 ha
30 hain conservation areas, of 60 ha inside the built-up area.
The first, Southwold, was designated in 1971; the newest, Walberswick, in 1973. 9 of the 10 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 Walberswick’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1984
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1984 · 8
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 1 entry was listed in 1966, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 8 came in 1984, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
39% of Walberswick’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
36%
Before 1900
2.4%
1900–18
3.3%
1919–29
7.1%
1930s
4.8%
1945–54
7.1%
1955–64
5.7%
1965–72
6.7%
1973–82
4.8%
1983–92
2.4%
1993–99
6.7%
2000–08
4.3%
2009–15
9%
2016–25
WalberswickEngland & Wales
36% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 2016–25, which added 9% 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 (9 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Walberswick
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walberswick | 346 | 10 | 1 | — |
| Reydon | 2,369 | 6 | 0 | B− |
| Halesworth | 4,924 | 118 | 0 | A− |
| Kessingland | 4,242 | 6 | 1 | C |
| Leiston | 5,919 | 22 | 0 | B+ |
| Worlingham | 3,618 | 3 | 0 | D |
| Saxmundham | 4,778 | 47 | 0 | B+ |
| Beccles | 9,807 | 149 | 6 | A |
In brief
Walberswick in brief
Old houses are part of Walberswick’s character: 39% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 10 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. Its older streets lie in 2 conservation areas, the first designated in 1971. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1984: 8 of 10.
Questions about Walberswick’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Walberswick?
Historic England lists 10 buildings inside Walberswick’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 9 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Walberswick?
One: St Andrew's Church.
How many conservation areas are there in Walberswick?
2, covering about 30 hectares of the town. The largest are Walberswick and Southwold.
When were Walberswick’s buildings listed?
The first in 1966; the most, 8, in 1984.
How old are the homes in Walberswick?
39% of homes were built before 1919 and 49% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Walberswick 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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