IChurch · listed 1954Church of St MaryPhoto: Keith Evans · CC BY-SA 2.0
Post Mill 120M North of Mill Cottage · Photo: John Goldsmith · CC BY-SA 2.0A−History Grade
History of Woolpit · Historic England
49 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Woolpit’s built-up area, 267 for every 10,000 residents. 46 of Woolpit’s listed buildings are Grade II. We have photos of 3 of its listed buildings. 14% of its homes were built before 1919. Woolpit grades A− for history.
Listed buildings
49
267 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
2
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
14%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Woolpit
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Church of St MaryGrade I listed
Drinkstone Smock Mill (including attached engine shed and oil engine)Grade II* listedPhotos 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 Woolpit’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IGrade II*
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
49 listed buildings by grade
2 Grade I1 Grade II*46 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 2 Grade I listed buildings in Woolpit
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.
IInns & shops · listed 1954Drinkstone Post MillOn the list as Post Mill 120M North of Mill CottagePhoto: John Goldsmith · CC BY-SA 2.0
Grade II*
The Grade II* listed building in Woolpit
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*Inns & shops · listed 1954Drinkstone Smock MillOn the list as Drinkstone Smock Mill (including attached engine shed and oil engine)Photo: Noel Foster · CC BY-SA 2.0
What’s protected
Most of Woolpit’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas37
Inns, shops & warehouses6
Churches, chapels & priories3
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
Street furniture1
Public & civic buildings1
37 entries (76%) are houses, terraces and villas. 3 are churches, chapels and priories, including 1 of the 2 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
46 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 46 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Addison HouseAntiquesBridgesBrook HouseBroomhill HouseCoop and HairdressersCross WaysDoorways the Cottage the StreetEvergreen HouseFormer part of Swan InnFormer part of Swan InnGranmorGreen HillHill HouseJohn Heather AntiquesJubilee Village PumpK6 Telephone Kiosk (Near St Mary's Church)Little Spinners Oak CottageLyndhurst the Post OfficeMill CottageMill FarmhouseMonks CloseMullionsPepys HousePriory CottageSouthlandsStreet FarmhouseSundridgeTanglewoodThe CottageThe FirsThe Old BakeryThe Old RectoryThe White HouseTimbersTudor Rose CottageTyrellsWalnut Tree CottageWeaver House and Number 2Woolpit Family Butcher, Fish and Chips, And Bernies HairdressersWoolpit Institute (Part)Woolpit Institute (Part)1, The Street3, The Street5, The Street7, The Street
Conservation areas
2 conservation areas cover 10% of Woolpit
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Woolpit 197212 ha
Drinkstone MIlls 19911 ha
12 hain conservation areas, of 120 ha inside the built-up area.
The first, Woolpit, was designated in 1972; the newest, Drinkstone MIlls, in 1991. 44 of the 49 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
24 of Woolpit’s 49 listed buildings were added in 1954
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1954 · 241988 · 21
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 24 entries were listed in 1954, 2 of the 2 Grade I buildings among them. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Woolpit grades A− for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (54 points, 294 per 10,000 residents)More than 84% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (14%)More than 42% of UK towns
Two measures, each ranked against every UK town of 1,000 or more, with protected heritage counting twice as much as the age of homes. Protected heritage counts each listed building by its grade (Grade I three points, II* two, II one), each scheduled monument and battlefield two, and each registered park or garden by its grade; it is ranked both per 10,000 residents and as a total, so a village with one fine church doesn’t outrank a historic city. The second measure is the share of homes built before 1919, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records. History is a character grade: it describes the town and isn’t part of the overall grade.
Towns its size
Woolpit has the 33rd most Grade I buildings of 1,576 towns its size
Places of 1,000–3,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Woolpit
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woolpit | 1,838 | 49 | 2 | A− |
| Elmswell | 4,446 | 18 | 0 | C |
| Haughley | 1,316 | 35 | 1 | A− |
| Thurston | 3,009 | 13 | 0 | C |
| Stowmarket | 21,537 | 138 | 1 | B+ |
| Stowupland | 2,019 | 18 | 0 | B− |
| Walsham le Willows | 1,258 | 44 | 1 | A |
| Ixworth | 2,296 | 76 | 2 | A− |
In brief
Woolpit in brief
Per resident, Woolpit has more listed heritage than 84% of UK towns. All told, the list holds 49 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade I. Only 32 of the 1,576 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings.
Its older streets lie in 2 conservation areas, the first designated in 1972. Most entries on the list, 76%, are houses, terraces and villas. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: 14% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Woolpit’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Woolpit?
Historic England lists 49 buildings inside Woolpit’s built-up area: 2 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 46 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Woolpit?
2, including Church of St Mary and Post Mill 120M North of Mill Cottage.
How many conservation areas are there in Woolpit?
2, covering about 12 hectares of the town. The largest are Woolpit and Drinkstone MIlls.
When were Woolpit’s buildings listed?
The first in 1954; the most, 24, in 1954.
How old are the homes in Woolpit?
14% of homes were built before 1919 and 17% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
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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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