St Ives listed buildings

St Ives listed buildings

St Ives has over 150 listed buildings in and around its town centre. Why not take a leisurely stroll and admire them? The map below displays their locations. For an interactive map with details of each building, go to Historic England, search St Ives, Cambridgeshire, expand the map and click any pin for more details.

St Ives Bridge and the Chapel of St Leger on the bridge are the only two buildings in the highest Grade I category, used for those of exceptional interest and considered nationally important. Only 2.5% of buildings nationally are in this category. Before visiting, read all about St Ives bridge and chapel.

The Manor House at 28 Bridge Street is in the next highest category, Grade II*, described as buildings of particular importance, nationally only 5.5% are so listed.

Some churches are still classified A, B or C. St Ives has one in the highest category, the Church of All Saints in Church Street.

The rest of our listed buildings are Grade II, categorised as of national and special interest, the most likely entry for a private residential building.

Categorised by age, we have six buildings from the 16th century or earlier, twelve from the 17th century, with the rest mainly 18th or 19th century. St Ives suffered a devastating fire in 1689, destroying about one third of the town centre buildings. You can read more about the fire and a history of St Ives in A Short History of St Ives. There’s also an explanation of why St Ives has so many elegant early Georgian buildings in the article on Somersham Water.