IMemorials · listed 1950Lymm CrossPhoto: Andrew Huggett · CC BY-SA 2.0
The Bridgewater Canal Bridgewater Street Aqueduct · Photo: Richard Cooke · CC BY-SA 2.0BHistory Grade
History of Lymm · Historic England
40 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Lymm’s built-up area, 35 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 2 scheduled monuments. We have photos of 6 of its listed buildings. 16% of its homes were built before 1919. Lymm grades B for history: #15 of 46 in Cheshire.
Listed buildings
40
35 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
2
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
16%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Lymm in 6 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Lymm CrossGrade I listed
Church of St Mary the VirginGrade II listed
Lymm Water TowerGrade II listed
Lodge to Lymm Grammar SchoolGrade II listed
Rivington CottageGrade II listed+1See 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 Lymm’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.
Grade IGrade II*Scheduled monument
Homes built before 1919, by neighbourhoodunder 10%10–25%25–50%50%+
0 of 7neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes; in the oldest, 26% were built before 1919.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
40 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I1 Grade II*38 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. Neighbourhood dots: the population-weighted centre of each Census 2021 output area, coloured by its neighbourhood’s (LSOA’s) share of homes built before 1919 (Valuation Office Agency, March 2025).
Grade I
The Grade I listed building in Lymm
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*
The Grade II* listed building in Lymm
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest.
Public · listed 1950Lymm Hall
What’s protected
Most of Lymm’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas20
Walls, gates & bridges8
Public & civic buildings5
Memorials, crosses & tombs3
Churches, chapels & priories2
Inns, shops & warehouses1
Street furniture1
20 entries (50%) are houses, terraces and villas. 2 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
38 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 38 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Bridge over Moat to Lymm Hall and Adjacent Moat WallsBrookfield FourwaysBrookfield HouseChurch of St Mary the VirginChurch of St PeterCoach House at the NookLodge to Lymm Grammar SchoolLymm War MemorialLymm Water TowerMilepost at Ngr 6721 8709Number 1 with Attached Screen Wall, Steps and RailingsPigeon House Behind Dane Bank HousePortion of Lymm Grammar School Which Formerly Comprised Oughtrington HallRivington CottageStocks at Lymm CrossTanyard FarmhouseThe Bridgewater Canal Barsbank Lane AqueductThe Bridgewater Canal Bridgewater Street AqueductThe Bridgewater Canal Lloyd BridgeThe Bridgewater Canal, Covered Canal Dock (North of Henry Street)The Manor HouseThe Moat House, Including the Cottage at Lymm HallThe Nook and Pump and Trough in the GroundsThe Polygons, including terraces, encircling path, reflecting pool and eastern boundary wallTravellers' Rest stone at Lymm petrol filling stationTrenace HouseWall to Grounds of Dane Bank House, With Archway1, 3, 5 and 7, Arley Grove1, New Road11, 13, 15, 17 and 19, Church Road12, Mill Bank127, Higher Lane16, Bridgewater Street17, 18, 19, 20 and 21, Mill Bank1A and 3, Lymm Bridge3, 5, 7 and 9, New Road5, 7, 9, 11 and 13, The Grove8, Booth's Lane
Conservation areas
2 conservation areas cover 11% of Lymm
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Lymm 197139 ha
No data available for publication by HE1 ha
40 hain conservation areas, of 354 ha inside the built-up area.
24 of the 40 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 Lymm’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1984
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1984 · 241950 · 7
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The first 7 entries were listed in 1950, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 24 came in 1984, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 2 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.
2 scheduled monuments
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
Lymm grades B for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (47 points, 41 per 10,000 residents)More than 61% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (16%)More than 49% 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.
Born here
4 notable people born in Lymm before 1900
Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Elizabeth Pulman
C. Fox Smith
Malcolm Carlisle
Harry Leigh
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Elizabeth Pulman1836–1900 · New Zealand photographer (1836-1900)
CS
C. Fox Smith1882–1954 · English poet
HL
Harry Leigh1888– · English footballer (1888-?)
MC
Malcolm Carlisle1884–1906 · English cricketer and British Army officer
Everyone born in Lymm → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Towns its size
Lymm has the 105th most Grade I buildings of 637 towns its size
Places of 7,000–18,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Lymm1
#261 of 637for listed buildings per resident (35 per 10,000). Brecon, Malmesbury and Ludlow lead.
104 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Lymm
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lymm | 11,547 | 40 | 1 | B |
| High Legh | 1,145 | 5 | 0 | C− |
| Partington | 7,706 | 3 | 0 | D− |
| Appleton Thorn | 1,372 | 8 | 0 | C |
| Irlam | 19,714 | 1 | 0 | D |
| Bowdon | 6,107 | 30 | 0 | A− |
| Warrington | 174,968 | 221 | 4 | B− |
| Croft | 1,520 | 2 | 0 | D |
In brief
Lymm in brief
The official list counts 40 listed buildings in Lymm, 1 of them Grade I, including Lymm Cross. Only 104 of the 637 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. Its older streets lie in 2 conservation areas, the first designated in 1971. Of the whole list, 50% are houses, terraces and villas.
Elizabeth Pulman (1836), C. Fox Smith (1882) and Harry Leigh (1888) are among the 4 people born here before 1900. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1984: 24 of 40. Beyond that, per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; it also has 2 scheduled monuments; and 16% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Lymm’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Lymm?
Historic England lists 40 buildings inside Lymm’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 38 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Lymm?
One: Lymm Cross.
Are there scheduled monuments in Lymm?
Yes, 2 scheduled monuments, including Lymm Hall moated site and ice house and Two cockpits 125m west of Lymm Hall.
How many conservation areas are there in Lymm?
2, covering about 40 hectares of the town. The largest are Lymm and No data available for publication by HE.
When were Lymm’s buildings listed?
The first in 1950; the most, 24, in 1984.
Who was born in Lymm?
Among people born before 1900: Elizabeth Pulman (1836), C. Fox Smith (1882), Harry Leigh (1888) and Malcolm Carlisle (1884).
How old are the homes in Lymm?
16% of homes were built before 1919 and 27% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
© 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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