Photo: Alan Fleming · CC BY-SA 2.02 listed buildings
Historic England counts them inside Gawsworth’s built-up area, 30 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. 21% of its homes were built before 1919.
Where Gawsworth’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
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.
2 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 2 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
1 conservation area covers 100% of Gawsworth
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
2 of the 2 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.
Monuments, parks and gardens
Designations that overlap the town by a tenth of their area or half a hectare.
World Heritage
| Jodrell Bank ObservatoryUNESCO World Heritage Site: the town touches its mapped area, which can include a buffer zone |
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.
Listed buildings in the places around Gawsworth
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gawsworth | 676 | 2 | 0 | — |
| Macclesfield | 54,352 | 225 | 0 | A− |
| Prestbury | 2,629 | 38 | 1 | B+ |
| Congleton | 30,001 | 106 | 1 | B |
| Bollington | 7,236 | 43 | 0 | A− |
| Chelford | 1,377 | 0 | 0 | D− |
| Alderley Edge | 4,496 | 37 | 1 | A− |
| Wilmslow | 25,716 | 31 | 1 | C+ |
Gawsworth in brief
Gawsworth has 2 listed buildings. A conservation area protects part of it. Beyond that, the list grew between 1985 and 2018; it also has a scheduled monument; and 21% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Gawsworth’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Gawsworth?
Historic England lists 2 buildings inside Gawsworth’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 2 Grade II.
Are there scheduled monuments in Gawsworth?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Standing cross base near the junction of Church Lane and Woodhouse Lane, 600m NNW of New Hall Farm.
Is Gawsworth a World Heritage Site?
Part of Gawsworth lies within the area Historic England maps for Jodrell Bank Observatory, which can include a buffer zone around the site itself.
How many conservation areas are there in Gawsworth?
1, covering about 38 hectares of the town. The largest is No data available for publication by HE.
How old are the homes in Gawsworth?
21% of homes were built before 1919 and 38% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Gawsworth 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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