[4] Hanging Houghton was the location of a great house and gardens, which although no longer present is listed as a scheduled monument as part of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979.

This monument encompasses the now buried and the earthwork remains of the house and gardens, and is in the south west area of the village.

Contemporary illustrations suggest the house was of typical late-16th-century design with three bays and a symmetrical south elevation with central porch.

Nothing of the gardens remain other than a series of rectangular areas noticeable by shallow banks and earthworks measuring less than 1 metre in height.

[5] The village is home to five Grade II listed buildings:[7] Hanging Houghton was referenced as a settlement in the Domesday Book of 1086.