II*Church · listed 1962St Nicholas' ChurchOn the list as Church of St NicholasPhoto: Sue Adair · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Eirian Evans · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Burton · Historic England
30 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade II*
Historic England counts them inside Burton’s built-up area, 550 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. 19% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
30
550 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
1 registered park or garden
Homes built before 1919
19%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Burton
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 Burton’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade II*Scheduled monumentPark or garden
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
30 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I1 Grade II*29 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 Grade II* listed building in Burton
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
What’s protected
Most of Burton’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas18
Churches, chapels & priories8
Public & civic buildings2
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
Walls, gates & bridges1
18 entries (60%) are houses, terraces and villas. 8 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
29 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 29 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Barn EndBishop Wilsons CottageBurton Manor and Attached Orangery (College of Further Education)Burton in Wirral Peace CrossChurch CottageChurch FarmhouseChurch HouseDelamere HouseElm FarmhouseFarm Building Immediately to East of Pickerton CottageFormer Coach House of Burton ManorFront Boundary Wall, Gate Piers and Library at Burton ManorGreenwoodGroup of 18 Chest Tombs Approximately 2 Metres from South East Corner of Church of St NicholasGroup of 8 Raised Grave Slabs Approximately 2 Metres from East Gable of Church of St NicholasIce House Approximately 75 Metres South West of Burton ManorK6 Telephone Kiosk to Front of Church HousePeartree CottagePickerton CottagePlessington CottageRake Farm CottageRemains of WindmillRose CottageSt Nicholas HouseStanley HouseSundial in Churchyard of St Nicholas ChurchThe CroftThe Old SchoolThe White House
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 100% of Burton
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
No data available for publication by HE88 ha
88 hain conservation areas, of 88 ha inside the built-up area.
30 of the 30 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
15 of Burton’s 30 listed buildings were added in 1974
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1974 · 151962 · 10
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 10 entries were listed in 1962. 15 came in 1974, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
Monuments & landscapes
Monuments, parks and gardens
Designations that overlap the town by a tenth of their area or half a hectare.
1 scheduled monument
Nationally important archaeological sites and monuments, protected by law; work on them needs consent from the Secretary of State, advised by Historic England.
1 registered park or garden
Burton ManorGrade II
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Burton
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burton | 545 | 30 | 0 | — |
| Neston | 14,963 | 66 | 0 | B |
| Willaston (Cheshire West and Chester) | 2,472 | 13 | 0 | B− |
| Garden City | 2,427 | 5 | 0 | C |
| Connah's Quay | 16,768 | 10 | 0 | D |
| Shotton | 6,500 | 7 | 0 | C+ |
| Saughall | 2,655 | 5 | 0 | C |
| Flint | 12,776 | 11 | 0 | C− |
In brief
Burton in brief
Burton has 30 listed buildings. A conservation area protects part of it. Of the whole list, 60% are houses, terraces and villas. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: Thomas Wilson (1663) and Billy Congreve (1891) were born here before 1900; it also has a scheduled monument; and 19% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Burton’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Burton?
Historic England lists 30 buildings inside Burton’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 29 Grade II.
Are there scheduled monuments in Burton?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Icehouse 110m south west of Burton Manor College main building.
How many conservation areas are there in Burton?
1, covering about 88 hectares of the town. The largest is No data available for publication by HE.
When were Burton’s buildings listed?
The first in 1962; the most, 15, in 1974.
How old are the homes in Burton?
19% of homes were built before 1919 and 45% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Burton 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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