II*Church · listed 1949King Edward Street ChapelOn the list as Unitarian ChapelPhoto: Mike in Macc · CC BY-SA 3.0
Christ Church · Photo: Gammock · CC BY-SA 4.0A−History Grade
History of Macclesfield · Historic England
225 listed buildings, 18 of them Grade II*
Historic England counts them inside Macclesfield’s built-up area, 41 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 2 scheduled monuments. We have photos of 20 of its listed buildings. 21% of its homes were built before 1919. Macclesfield grades A− for history: #5 of 46 in Cheshire.
Listed buildings
225
41 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
18
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
2
1 registered park or garden
Homes built before 1919
21%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Macclesfield in 22 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Unitarian ChapelGrade II* listed
Macclesfield Sunday School (Macclesfield Heritage Centre) Roe Street Sunday SchoolGrade II* listed
Fence AlmshousesGrade II listed
Former Regent FoundryGrade II listed
Fina Bar and GrillGrade II listed+17See 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 Macclesfield’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.
Grade II*Scheduled monumentPark or garden
Homes built before 1919, by neighbourhoodunder 10%10–25%25–50%50%+
4 of 37neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes; in the oldest, 79% were built before 1919.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
225 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I18 Grade II*207 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 II*
The 18 Grade II* listed buildings in Macclesfield
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 17 are photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
II*Church · listed 1949Christ ChurchPhoto: Gammock · CC BY-SA 4.0
II*Public · listed 1975Macclesfield Sunday SchoolOn the list as Macclesfield Sunday School (Macclesfield Heritage Centre) Roe Street Sunday SchoolPhoto: Mike in Macc · CC BY-SA 3.0
II*Inns & shops · listed 1949Barclays BankPhoto: Mike in Macc · CC BY-SA 3.0
II*Public · listed 1977Bate Hall Public HousePhoto: Dave.Dunford · CC BY-SA 4.0
II*Church · listed 1977Brunswick HouseOn the list as Brunswick House (Former Brunswick Methodist Church)Photo: Mike in Macc · CC BY-SA 3.0
II*House · listed 1949Charles Roe HousePhoto: Mike in Macc · CC BY-SA 3.0
II*Church · listed 1977St Alban's ChurchOn the list as Church of St AlbanPhoto: mike porter · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Church · listed 1949St Michael's ChurchOn the list as Church of St MichaelPhoto: Unknown photographer · CC BY-SA 3.0
II*House · listed 1949Cumberland HousePhoto: Mike in Macc · CC BY-SA 3.0
II*Walls & gates · listed 1977Forecourt Wall, Piers, Railings and Gates to Jordangate HousePhoto: Mike in Macc · CC BY-SA 3.0
II*Inns & shops · listed 1949Former Macclesfield Arms HotelPhoto: Mike in Macc · CC BY-SA 3.0
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II*House · listed 1949Jordangate HousePhoto: Mike in Macc · CC BY-SA 3.0
II*Memorials · listed 1977Macclesfield War MemorialPhoto: Roland Turner from Birmingham, Great Britain · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*House · listed 1973Arighi BianchiOn the list as Showroom Premises of Messrs Arighi BianchiPhoto: mike porter · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Public · listed 1977Macclesfield Town HallOn the list as Town HallPhoto: Alex Liivet from Chester, United Kingdom · CC0
II*House · listed 1977Whitfield HousePhoto: Mike in Macc · CC BY-SA 3.0
House · listed 1949Park Green House
Historic streets
Chestergate has the most listed buildings
Streets by the listed entries with an address on them. One entry can be a whole terrace, so long rows count once.
Chestergate12 listed
Churchside7 listed
Buxton Road6 listed
King Edward Street4 listed
Market Place4 listed
Roe Street4 listed
Chapel Street3 listed
Jordangate3 listed
Mill Street3 listed
Of the 225 entries, 85 are named by a street address; the rest are named buildings such as churches, halls and bridges.
What’s protected
Most of Macclesfield’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas121
Public & civic buildings35
Inns, shops & warehouses23
Walls, gates & bridges23
Churches, chapels & priories14
Street furniture8
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
121 entries (54%) are houses, terraces and villas. 14 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
207 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.
The first 150 of 207 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Albion MillAlma MillArmoury Towers, The BarracksBarn Attached to Cold Arbour FarmhouseBarn to East of Number 7, Mile HouseBeech CottagesBeech Hall SchoolBirch House and Attached RailingsBollard in Passageway Between Numbers 41 and 43Briar CottageBridge Number 35 at SJ 929 740, Macclesfield CanalBridge Number 36 at SJ 9269 7372, Macclesfield CanalBrown Street MillBrunswick CourtByrons MillByronswood CottageCanal Bridge Number 45Cemetery Lodge, gate piers, gates and flanking wallChapel MillChurch of St GeorgeChurch of St PaulChurch of St PeterChurch of the Holy TrinityChurchyard Walls, Railings, Gates and Gate Piers of Church of St MichaelCoach House and Stable at Rear of Beech Hall SchoolCold Arbour FarmhouseCollege of Further EducationCrompton Road MillEvington House and Attached Rear Wall and PierFarm Buildings at Lark Hall YardFence AlmshousesFence HouseFina Bar and GrillFoden Bank CottageFoden Bank Greystokes Spring CottageFormer Coach House of Whitfield HouseFormer District Bank with Entrance Gate Piers to RearFormer Dye Houses at Sj 9206 7306Former Lord Street Methodist Sunday SchoolFormer Methodist ChapelFormer Regent FoundryFormer St Albans Parochial Church HallFormer St Georges Church of England SchoolFormer St Pauls Church of England SchoolFormer Superintendents House at Parkside HospitalFormer Wesley ChapelGarden Shelter at Parkside Hospital (Between Blocks 16 and 18)George Hotel Public HouseGeorge Street MillHand Railing and Bollards to Brunswick Hill StepsHurdsfield HouseIvydeaneKendal HouseKings School (Original Block)Lark Hall YardLark Hill YardLittle Street MillLodge of Kings SchoolLord Byron Public HouseLower Paradise MillLyme Green HallMacclesfield Canal Bridge Number 39 at Sj 9251 7305Macclesfield Canal, Bridge Number 38Macclesfield Canal, Bridge Number 40 at Windmill LaneMacclesfield Canal, Bridge Number 41 at Richmond HillMacclesfield Canal, Canal Milestone at Sj 924 719, South of Bridge Number 43Macclesfield Detached Youth and Disability Information BureauMacclesfield District General Hospital (Original Blocks Only)Macclesfield Public LibraryMemorial Outside Sunday SchoolMile HouseMilestone Opposite Number 66 (The Mile House)Mount PleasantNewton TerraceNumber 1 to 4 and the Lodge, The BarracksNumber 2 and Attached Boundary WallOldhams Hollow FarmhousePair of K6 Telephone Kiosks in Front of Town HallParish Boundary Stone Adjacent to Playground Wall at Sj 9180 7298Parish Boundary Stone at Junction with Gunco Lane Parish Boundary Stone at Sj 9220 7370, Junction with Heapy StreetParish Boundary Stone at Sj 8913 7490Parish Boundary Stone at Sj 9221 7369Parish Boundary Stone in Front Garden of Number 69Parish Boundary Stone in Front Wall Between Numbers 13 and 15Parish Boundary Stone in Front Wall of Number 7Park GrangePark Lane HousePark MillParkside Hospital (Original Blocks Only)Parkside Hospital ChapelParkside Lodge at Parkside Hospital (Block 57)Prestbury Road TerraceRegency MillShort Street Mill the Old Millstone InnSt Albans PresbyterySt Georges HouseSt Georges Street MillStanleys AlmshousesSundial in Churchyard of Church of St MichaelThe Barracks and Attached Perimeter WallThe Barracks and Attached Rear Perimeter WallThe Castle Public HouseThe GuildhallThe Old VicarageThe Town HouseThorp Street MillThree Bollards at Top of Ramp from Byrons Lane to Old Mill LaneToll Bar CottageTytherington Old HallUnion MillUnited Reformed ChurchUpper Paradise MillUpton GrangeUpton Hall North, Upton Hall South and Upton Hall FarmVictoria MillsWall, Railings and Gate Pier to Cumberland HouseWall, Railings and Gate Piers to Former St Albans Parochial HallWall, Railings and Gates to Former Methodist ChurchWalls, Gate Piers and Gates Fronting Fence House and Fence AlmshousesWaters Green New MillWest Park MuseumWorks Building in North West Corner of the Barracks1, 3 and 5, James Street1, Broken Banks1, Park Street1, Pexhill Road1-11, Spring Gardens1-7, Chester Road10, 12 and 14, Chestergate100, 102 and 104, Buxton Road101-107, Chestergate102 and 104, Bridge Street106 and 108, Buxton Road11, King Edward Street110, Buxton Road110-116, Chestergate115, 115A, 115B and 115C, Chestergate120 and 122, High Street122A and 122B, Chestergate124, 126 and 128, Buxton Road126-132, Park Lane136 and 136A, Buxton Road17-25, Back Wallgate183-189, Crompton Road19, King Edward Street2 and 4, Market Place2, Spring Gardens21-27, Lord Street22 and 24, Lord Street25, 27 and 29, Tytherington Lane
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 100% of Macclesfield
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 HE1,428 ha
1,428 hain conservation areas, of 1,428 ha inside the built-up area.
225 of the 225 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 Macclesfield’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1977
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1977 · 1181994 · 42
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 12 entries were listed in 1949. 118 came in 1977, 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.
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.
1 registered park or garden
West ParkGrade II
History Grade
Macclesfield 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 (248 points, 46 per 10,000 residents)More than 73% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (21%)More than 64% 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
22 notable people born in Macclesfield before 1900
The 20 best known on one timeline, earliest first.
Hester Rogers
Edward Hawkins
William Buckley
John Charles Ryle
Charles Brett
Robert Whitaker McAll
William Ryle
Samuel Rowe
William White
Henry Birchenough
Joseph Hawcridge
Arthur Smith Woodward
Sui Sin Far
Joseph McCabe
William Hemingway
Joe Warrington
Jack Shufflebotham
Edward Brittain
Ewart Beswick
Henry Bailey
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Arthur Smith Woodward1864–1944 · English paleontologist (1864–1944)
John Charles Ryle1816–1900 · Anglican bishop (1816–1900)
Joseph McCabe1867–1955 · British writer (1867–1955)
Sui Sin Far1865–1914 · Canadian writer (1865–1914)
Edward Hawkins1780–1867 · British numismatist (1780-1867)
William Buckley1780–1856 · English convict who was transported to Australia and then escaped
William Hemingway1873–1967 · English cricketer (1873-1967)
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Ewart Beswick1897–1978 · English footballer (1897-1978)
Everyone born in Macclesfield → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Macclesfield
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Macclesfield | 54,352 | 225 | 0 | A− |
| Prestbury | 2,629 | 38 | 1 | B+ |
| Bollington | 7,236 | 43 | 0 | A− |
| Alderley Edge | 4,496 | 37 | 1 | A− |
| Woodford | 2,241 | 10 | 0 | C |
| Chelford | 1,377 | 0 | 0 | D− |
| Poynton | 13,015 | 12 | 0 | D |
| Wilmslow | 25,716 | 31 | 1 | C+ |
In brief
Macclesfield in brief
The official list counts 225 listed buildings in Macclesfield, including King Edward Street Chapel. A conservation area protects part of it. Of the whole list, 54% are houses, terraces and villas.
Arthur Smith Woodward (1864), John Charles Ryle (1816) and Joseph McCabe (1867) are among the 22 people born here before 1900. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1977: 118 of 225. Beyond that, it has no Grade I building, where the middle town its size has 1; per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and it also has 2 scheduled monuments.
Questions about Macclesfield’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Macclesfield?
Historic England lists 225 buildings inside Macclesfield’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 18 Grade II* and 207 Grade II.
Which street in Macclesfield has the most listed buildings?
Chestergate (12), Churchside (7) and Buxton Road (6) have the most listed entries named by an address. One entry can be a whole terrace.
Are there scheduled monuments in Macclesfield?
Yes, 2 scheduled monuments, including Bowl barrow in Lavenham Close, Tytherington and Three early medieval cross shafts in West Park.
How many conservation areas are there in Macclesfield?
1, covering about 1,428 hectares of the town. The largest is No data available for publication by HE.
When were Macclesfield’s buildings listed?
The first in 1949; the most, 118, in 1977.
Who was born in Macclesfield?
Among people born before 1900: Arthur Smith Woodward (1864), John Charles Ryle (1816), Joseph McCabe (1867), Sui Sin Far (1865) and Edward Hawkins (1780).
How old are the homes in Macclesfield?
21% of homes were built before 1919 and 34% 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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