II*Church · listed 1963St Mary's ChurchOn the list as Church of St MaryPhoto: Keith Howard · CC BY-SA 2.0
White Horse Hotel · Photo: Dave.Dunford · CC BY-SA 4.0A−History Grade
History of Disley · Historic England
41 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade II*
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Disley’s built-up area, 105 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. 26% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 6 of its listed buildings. Disley grades A− for history: #1 of 46 in Cheshire.
Listed buildings
41
105 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
26%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Disley in 7 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Church of St MaryGrade II* listed
The Quaker Meeting HouseGrade II listed
Cruck BarnGrade II listed
The VicarageGrade II listed
The Malt CottageGrade II listed+2See all photosPhotos 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 Disley’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade II*Scheduled monument
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
41 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I1 Grade II*40 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 Disley
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 Disley’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas23
Public & civic buildings4
Memorials, crosses & tombs4
Walls, gates & bridges3
Churches, chapels & priories3
Inns, shops & warehouses3
Street furniture1
23 entries (56%) are houses, terraces and villas. 3 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
40 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 40 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Brines FarmhouseCanal Bridge Number 26Crossbase in ChurchyardCruck BarnDryhurst LodgeExtension to Parish HallFormer Stables at Ram's Head HotelFoxholesJackson's CottageKiosk Against Western Edge of the SquareLane Ends Farmhouse, And L Shaped Range of BuildingsLane Head FarmhouseLower GreenshallLych Gate to Church of St MaryMuslin RowRam's Head Hotel and Mounting BlockSandy Gate CottageSchoolhouse SurgerySpencer HallStanley HallStone SeatThe Chantry HouseThe Cottage at Disley Hall FarmThe FountainThe Grey CottageThe Malt CottageThe Milestone at West Corner of the FountainThe Quaker Meeting HouseThe VicarageTomb of Samuel Brady,In ChurchyardWar MemorialWhite CottageWhite Horse Hotel11, Jackson's Edge Road12, 14 and 16, Buxton Old Road125-127, Buxton Old Road17, Buxton Old Road32, Buxton Old Road37, Buxton Old Road6, Buxton Old Road
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 100% of Disley
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 HE129 ha
129 hain conservation areas, of 129 ha inside the built-up area.
41 of the 41 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 Disley’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1983
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1983 · 221963 · 101976 · 6
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The first 10 entries were listed in 1963. 22 came in 1983, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have 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.
History Grade
Disley grades A− for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (44 points, 113 per 10,000 residents)More than 73% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (26%)More than 77% of UK towns
Two measures, each ranked against every UK town of 1,000 or more, with protected heritage counting twice as much as the age of homes. Protected heritage counts each listed building by its grade (Grade I three points, II* two, II one), each scheduled monument and battlefield two, and each registered park or garden by its grade; it is ranked both per 10,000 residents and as a total, so a village with one fine church doesn’t outrank a historic city. The second measure is the share of homes built before 1919, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records. History is a character grade: it describes the town and isn’t part of the overall grade.
Homes by age
26% of Disley’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
21%
Before 1900
5.5%
1900–18
2.1%
1919–29
10%
1930s
7%
1945–54
14%
1955–64
8.2%
1965–72
11%
1973–82
7.6%
1983–92
0.8%
1993–99
2%
2000–08
6.1%
2009–15
4.6%
2016–25
DisleyEngland & Wales
21% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1955–64, which added 14% of today’s homes.
Valuation Office Agency, council tax stock of properties by build period, 31 March 2025, for the neighbourhoods (LSOAs) that make up the town, split by where their residents live. Homes with no recorded build period (6 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Born here
3 notable people born in Disley before 1900
Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Piers Legh
Thomas Brown
Beatrice Webb
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PL
Piers Legh1389–1422 · English soldier; (1389-1422)
TB
Thomas Brown1772–1850 · English surveyor, civil engineer, businessman and landowner
BW
Beatrice Webb1863–1951 · English medical practitioner
Everyone born in Disley → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Disley
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disley | 3,891 | 41 | 0 | A− |
| New Mills | 9,195 | 26 | 0 | B+ |
| High Lane | 4,617 | 19 | 0 | C+ |
| Furness Vale | 1,069 | 2 | 0 | C+ |
| Whaley Bridge | 4,618 | 16 | 0 | B+ |
| Marple | 12,963 | 45 | 0 | B |
| Marple Bridge | 4,702 | 18 | 0 | B |
| Poynton | 13,015 | 12 | 0 | D |
In brief
Disley in brief
More of Disley’s homes are old than in most places: 26% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 41 listed buildings, including St Mary's Church. A conservation area protects part of it. Of the whole list, 56% are houses, terraces and villas.
Piers Legh (1389), Thomas Brown (1772) and Beatrice Webb (1863) were all born here before 1900. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1983: 22 of 41. Beyond that, like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building; per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and it also has a scheduled monument.
Questions about Disley’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Disley?
Historic England lists 41 buildings inside Disley’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 40 Grade II.
Are there scheduled monuments in Disley?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Cross base in the churchyard of St Mary's Church.
How many conservation areas are there in Disley?
1, covering about 129 hectares of the town. The largest is No data available for publication by HE.
When were Disley’s buildings listed?
The first in 1963; the most, 22, in 1983.
Who was born in Disley?
Among people born before 1900: Piers Legh (1389), Thomas Brown (1772) and Beatrice Webb (1863).
How old are the homes in Disley?
26% of homes were built before 1919 and 38% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
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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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