IChurch · listed 1967St Oswald's ChurchOn the list as Church of St OswaldPhoto: Stephen Nunney · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Colin Park · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Lower Peover · Historic England
14 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Lower Peover’s built-up area, 309 for every 10,000 residents. Of the listed buildings in Lower Peover, 13 are Grade II. 31% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
14
309 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
31%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Lower Peover
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 Lower Peover’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade I
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
14 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*13 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 I
The Grade I listed building in Lower Peover
Buildings of exceptional interest, about 2.5% of all listed buildings. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
Grade II
13 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 13 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Barn 20 Metres West Yew Tree FarmhouseBarrows Brow Cottage and Barrows Brow FarmhouseBroom Lane CottageCrown Lane FarmhouseFoxcovert Cottage NorthFoxcovert Cottage, SouthFoxcovert FarmhouseLychgate St Oswald's ChurchyardSchool and Former Schoolmaster's HouseSmithy Green CottageSt Oswald's Churchyard. Sundial South of West End of Nave of St Oswald's ChurchThe Bells of Peover Public HouseThe Old School House
Conservation areas
2 conservation areas cover 100% of Lower Peover
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 HE41 ha
No data available for publication by HE28 ha
69 hain conservation areas, of 69 ha inside the built-up area.
14 of the 14 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
5 of Lower Peover’s 14 listed buildings were added in 1986
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1986 · 5
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 1 entry was listed in 1953. 5 came in 1986, 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.
World Heritage
| Jodrell Bank ObservatoryUNESCO World Heritage Site: the town touches its mapped area, which can include a buffer zone |
Homes by age
31% of Lower Peover’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
29%
Before 1900
2.8%
1900–18
1.7%
1919–29
5.1%
1930s
9.6%
1945–54
11%
1955–64
12%
1965–72
5.6%
1973–82
1.1%
1983–92
4%
1993–99
5.1%
2000–08
1.1%
2009–15
12%
2016–25
Lower PeoverEngland & Wales
29% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1965–72, which added 12% 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 (2 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Lower Peover
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Peover | 453 | 14 | 1 | — |
| Goostrey | 1,952 | 6 | 0 | C |
| Lostock Gralam | 2,719 | 0 | 0 | D |
| Knutsford | 13,254 | 111 | 1 | B+ |
| Pickmere | 2,800 | 2 | 0 | C− |
| Rudheath | 4,803 | 1 | 0 | D− |
| Holmes Chapel | 6,674 | 10 | 1 | C− |
| Mobberley | 1,349 | 3 | 0 | C |
In brief
Lower Peover in brief
More of Lower Peover’s homes are old than in most places: 31% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 14 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. Its older streets lie in 2 conservation areas.
Questions about Lower Peover’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Lower Peover?
Historic England lists 14 buildings inside Lower Peover’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 13 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Lower Peover?
One: Church of St Oswald.
Is Lower Peover a World Heritage Site?
Part of Lower Peover 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 Lower Peover?
2, covering about 69 hectares of the town. The largest are No data available for publication by HE and No data available for publication by HE.
When were Lower Peover’s buildings listed?
The first in 1953; the most, 5, in 1986.
How old are the homes in Lower Peover?
31% of homes were built before 1919 and 38% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Lower Peover 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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