IChurch · listed 1955The Parish Church of St John the BaptistPhoto: Simon Burchell · CC BY-SA 3.0
The Parish Church of St John the Baptist · Photo: Simon Burchell · CC BY-SA 3.0–Not graded
History of Sutton · Historic England
29 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Sutton’s built-up area, 734 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 28 of Sutton’s listed buildings. 40% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
29
734 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
40%
typical UK town 15%
The map
Where Sutton’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.
29 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*28 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 Sutton
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 Sutton’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas22
Public & civic buildings3
Street furniture1
Walls, gates & bridges1
Churches, chapels & priories1
Inns, shops & warehouses1
22 entries (76%) are houses, terraces and villas. 1 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
28 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 28 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Bakers CottageBarn at Court Farm to the North West of the FarmhouseBarn at Sutton Farm to the South West of the FarmhouseBeckhallBox CottageBrowns HouseCourt FarmhouseCrossetsFarm CottageFarrsForge HouseHopkinsHurst CottageK6 Telephone KioskNo 503 SuttonNo 515A SuttonNos 501 and 502 SuttonOld School HouseRectory Gate CottageRock CottageSutton FarmhouseThe Old ManorThe Old RectoryThe White Horse InnWhitelocks500, The Street508, The Street509, The Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 53% of Sutton
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Sutton 198413 ha
13 hain conservation areas, of 25 ha inside the built-up area.
29 of the 29 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 Sutton’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1985
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1985 · 21
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The first 4 entries were listed in 1955, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 21 came in 1985, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
40% of Sutton’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
38%
Before 1900
4.1%
1900–18
4.1%
1919–29
8.1%
1930s
16%
1945–54
8.1%
1955–64
6.1%
1965–72
2%
1973–82
4.1%
1983–92
2%
1993–99
6.1%
2000–08
2%
2009–15
0%
2016–25
SuttonEngland & Wales
38% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1945–54, which added 16% 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 Sutton
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sutton | 395 | 29 | 1 | — |
| Petworth | 2,592 | 181 | 2 | A+ |
| Pulborough | 3,651 | 60 | 1 | A− |
| Codmore Hill | 1,288 | 9 | 0 | C |
| Arundel | 3,035 | 192 | 4 | A+ |
| Walberton | 1,236 | 27 | 1 | B+ |
| Barnham | 10,139 | 43 | 2 | B− |
| West Chiltington | 3,095 | 44 | 1 | B |
In brief
Sutton in brief
More of Sutton’s homes are old than in most places: 40% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 29 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1984. Most entries on the list, 76%, are houses, terraces and villas. The big year was 1985, when 21 of the 29 went on the list.
Questions about Sutton’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Sutton?
Historic England lists 29 buildings inside Sutton’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 28 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Sutton?
One: The Parish Church of St John the Baptist.
How many conservation areas are there in Sutton?
1, covering about 13 hectares of the town. The largest is Sutton.
When were Sutton’s buildings listed?
The first in 1955; the most, 21, in 1985.
How old are the homes in Sutton?
40% of homes were built before 1919 and 52% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Sutton 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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