II*Church · listed 1962Church of St PeterPhoto: Rodney Burton · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Philip Jeffrey · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Barton · Historic England
23 listed buildings, 3 of them Grade II*
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Barton’s built-up area, 456 for every 10,000 residents. 20 of Barton’s listed buildings are Grade II. 22% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 3 of its listed buildings.
Listed buildings
23
456 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
3
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
22%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Barton
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Photos 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 Barton’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade II*
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
23 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I3 Grade II*20 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 II*
The 3 Grade II* listed buildings in Barton
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
II*House · listed 1962Manor FarmhousePhoto: John Sutton · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*House · listed 1982Pryors HoldPhoto: Keith Edkins · CC BY-SA 2.0
What’s protected
Most of Barton’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas19
Churches, chapels & priories1
Public & civic buildings1
Inns, shops & warehouses1
Street furniture1
19 entries (83%) are houses, terraces and villas. 1 are churches, chapels and priories.
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
20 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 20 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Birds FarmhouseClare College FarmhouseDales BarnGranary, At Birds FarmGranary, At Manor FarmhouseMeadow CottageNickersonsOld FarmhouseSouth Dales BarnThe Hoops Public HouseThe LeysThe Thatched CottageThe VatchesWater Pump18, High Street22, Haslingfield Road39 New Road59, Wimpole Road65 and 67, Wimpole Road71, Wimpole Road
Conservation areas
2 conservation areas cover 34% of Barton
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Barton Wimpole Road 198710 ha
Barton St Peter's 19789 ha
19 hain conservation areas, of 54 ha inside the built-up area.
The first, Barton St Peter's, was designated in 1978; the newest, Barton Wimpole Road, in 1987. 18 of the 23 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 Barton’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1985
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1985 · 16
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The first 2 entries were listed in 1962. 16 came in 1985, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Barton
In brief
Barton in brief
The official list counts 23 listed buildings in Barton. Its older streets lie in 2 conservation areas, the first designated in 1978. Most entries on the list, 83%, are houses, terraces and villas. The big year was 1985, when 16 of the 23 went on the list. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: 22% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Barton’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Barton?
Historic England lists 23 buildings inside Barton’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 3 Grade II* and 20 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Barton?
2, covering about 19 hectares of the town. The largest are Barton Wimpole Road and Barton St Peter's.
When were Barton’s buildings listed?
The first in 1962; the most, 16, in 1985.
How old are the homes in Barton?
22% of homes were built before 1919 and 35% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Barton has no History Grade.
© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The National Heritage List for England is the official, up-to-date register of all nationally protected historic buildings and sites in England; check an entry on Historic England’s website before relying on it.
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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