How many listed buildings are in South Cambridgeshire? 2,689 listed buildings

Is a home in South Cambridgeshire likely to be in a conservation area?

A bit more likely than in most places: about 12.0% of homes in South Cambridgeshire are in a conservation area, compared with 15.6% across Cambridgeshire and 2.4% in the typical area of England and Wales.

In a conservation area you usually need planning permission for work that would be allowed elsewhere, such as cladding, side extensions, some roof changes and demolishing most buildings, and you must give the council six weeks' notice before cutting back or felling most trees. Some areas have extra Article 4 rules, for example on replacing windows or doors. Check with the council before you buy.

What does it mean if a home is listed?

A listed home needs listed building consent for any work that affects its character, inside or out, and doing that work without consent is a criminal offence. Grade I buildings are of exceptional interest (about 2.5% of listed buildings), Grade II* are particularly important (about 5.8%), and most, about 92%, are Grade II. One list entry can cover a whole terrace.

This page shows how common listed buildings are in South Cambridgeshire. To check a specific address, search the official list entry or ask the council.

What are the Grade I listed buildings in South Cambridgeshire?

South Cambridgeshire has 49 Grade I listed buildings, the highest grade.

Each name links to its official list entry.

Which conservation areas are in South Cambridgeshire?

South Cambridgeshire has 84 conservation areas. Cottenham has the most homes, about 540, and was designated in 1972.

Homes inside are Census 2021 households in postcodes whose centre is in the area. Showing the 50 with the most homes.

Are there scheduled monuments in South Cambridgeshire?

Yes, South Cambridgeshire has 110 scheduled monuments: nationally important sites such as earthworks, ruins and ancient buildings, protected from unauthorised change. These are 50 of them.

• 'Castle Hill' earthworks
• A ringwork and bailey castle, and 17th century formal garden remains, at Bourn Hall
• Arrington Bridge Romano-British site
• Bartlow Hills Roman barrow cemetery
• Bell barrow 220m north west of Priory Farm
• Bell barrow 500m south of Morden Grange Plantation
• Belsar's Hill ringwork
• Bi-focal deserted medieval settlement earthworks
• Borough Hill: a large multivallate hillfort
• Bourn Windmill
• Bowl barrow 1080m north east of Worsted Lodge Farm, part of a dispersed round barrow cemetery in Charterhouse Plantation
• Bowl barrow 205m SSE of Lodge Cottage
• Bowl barrow 250m WSW of Valance Farm
• Bowl barrow 550m north east of Slip End Farm
• Bowl barrow on Copley Hill
• Bowl barrow on Goffers Knoll
• Bowl barrow, known as Grinnel Hill, 260m SSE of Lodge Cottage
• Bran Ditch: an Anglo-Saxon bank and ditch between Fowlmere and Heydon, including an Anglo-Saxon burial ground, a section of medieval lynchet and an Iron Age enclosure
• Brent Ditch
• Bronze Age Barrow Cemetery 440m NW of Grange Farm Cottage
• Bury Yard moated site adjacent to Milldyke
• Camps Castle
• Car Dyke
• Causewayed enclosure 900m west of Great Wilbraham parish church
• Causewayed enclosure and bowl barrow at Little Trees Hill
• Causewayed enclosure and two ring ditches 140m south-east of New Farm
• Causewayed enclosure at Great Shelford
• Caxton Moats: a medieval moated site and associated fishponds and warren, 750m north west of Caxton Hall
• Chapel of the Hospital of St John at Whittlesford Bridge
• Cottenham moated site
• Croxton medieval settlement earthworks, ringwork and parkland remains
• Denny Abbey
• Deserted medieval site adjoining Castle Camps
• Deserted village of Clapton (site of) N of Croydon House
• Dovecote 50m north east of Manor Farm House
• Dovecote at Home Farm
• Down Hall Gatehouse
• Five bowl barrows 790m north west of Chain House, part of the Over round barrow cemetery
• Fleam Dyke
• Four bowl barrows 920m and 950m south east of Heath Farm, part of a dispersed round barrow cemetery in Charterhouse Plantation
• Giant's Hill: a motte castle with part of an earlier medieval settlement and associated field system
• Haslingfield Hall: a post-medieval moated site and associated formal garden remains, bridge, park wall and gateway
• Henge 220m ESE of Herring's House
• Hey Hill: a Roman barrow 260m south west of Lord's Bridge
• Horningsea kilns, site of
• Iron Age and Romano-British settlement north-west of Little Shelford
• Iron Age and Romano-British settlement site, 0.7km north-east of Hauxton
• Iron Age ritual enclosure containing a Bronze Age barrow, and Roman cemetery
• Iron Age to Roman settlement to the south-east of Hoffer Brook, Newton
• John o'Gaunt's House: a motte castle and moated site 300m NE of Haygate Farm

Which part of South Cambridgeshire has the most listed buildings?

Linton has the most listed buildings of the 103 areas of South Cambridgeshire, with 125.

A dash means the area is too small for a fair rate, or its council has not published conservation area boundaries.

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