IChurch · listed 1967St Oswald's ChurchOn the list as Church of St OswaldPhoto: Mcginnly · Public domain
Church of St Oswald · Photo: Mcginnly · Public domainA+History Grade
History of Malpas · Historic England
52 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Malpas’s built-up area, 382 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 2 scheduled monuments. 30% of its homes were built before 1919. Malpas grades A+ for history.
Listed buildings
52
382 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
3
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
2
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
30%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Malpas
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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 Malpas’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IGrade II*Scheduled monument
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
52 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I3 Grade II*48 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 Malpas
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 3 Grade II* listed buildings in Malpas
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 1 is photographed.
II*Walls & gates · listed 1985Gates, Overthrow, Side Screen Gatepiers and Steps, With Handrails, South East Corner of ChurchyardPhoto: Mcginnly · Public domain
Walls & gates · listed 1985Gates, Gatepiers and Steps at South West Corner of Churchyard
House · listed 1952The Old Printing House
What’s protected
The largest group of Malpas’s listed buildings is homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas23
Walls, gates & bridges13
Churches, chapels & priories5
Memorials, crosses & tombs4
Public & civic buildings4
Inns, shops & warehouses2
Street furniture1
23 entries (44%) are houses, terraces and villas. 5 are churches, chapels and priories, including 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings.
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
48 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 48 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Alport CottageAlport HouseBank CottageBrose Lake FarmhouseChester VillaChurch ViewChurchyard Wall Between South East Gates and MotteChurchyard Wall to Church StreetCobblestonesDrake's Cottage and Drakes House, With Walls to Front GardensDuncall Table Tomb 10 Metres South of East Bay of Nave of St Oswald's ChurchGate Piers and Flight of Steps to West Gateway to ChurchyardGate Piers and Steps to Small Gateway at South West Corner of Churchyard Adjoining Item 36Georgian House, With Plinth and Railings to GardenGlebe CottageGlebe FarmhouseHopley Headstone South of Nave of ChurchHuxley's and flatIvy CottageK6 Telephone Kiosk by Lloyds BankMalpas CrossMalpas Post OfficeMarket PlaceProspect HouseRock House with Retaining Wall and StepsStone Wall to West Side of Churchyard (Between Gateways)Sundial Pedestal in Churchyard 5 Metres South West of PorchTaylor's AlmshousesThe Bolling, With Garden Wall to LeftThe Cross Pharmacy and HouseThe GatesThe Old School HouseThe RectoryThe SanvernThe WyvernTithe BarnTomb of John Bassett, Circa 8 Metres North of West Bay of Nave of Church of St OswaldTudor CottageWalls to Sunken Paths in Churchyard, South of ChurchWar Memorial, St Oswald's ChurchyardWater Valve Housing on South East Side of the CrossWhite CottageWoodville, With Walls to Yard to Right1, Church Street11, High Street14, Church Street21, Church Street3 and 5, Church Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 100% of Malpas
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 HE67 ha
67 hain conservation areas, of 67 ha inside the built-up area.
52 of the 52 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 Malpas’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1985
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1985 · 331952 · 91967 · 5
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 9 entries were listed in 1952. 33 came in 1985, 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.
History Grade
Malpas 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 (61 points, 448 per 10,000 residents)More than 88% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (30%)More than 84% 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
30% of Malpas’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
28%
Before 1900
2.9%
1900–18
1.4%
1919–29
1.4%
1930s
10%
1945–54
7.2%
1955–64
8.7%
1965–72
8.7%
1973–82
8.7%
1983–92
10%
1993–99
1.4%
2000–08
2.9%
2009–15
8.7%
2016–25
MalpasEngland & Wales
28% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1945–54, which added 10% 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 (0 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Towns its size
Malpas has the 89th most Grade I buildings of 1,850 towns its size
Places of 1,000–2,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Malpas1
#163 of 1,850for listed buildings per resident (382 per 10,000). Aberaeron, Beaumaris and Burford lead.
88 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Malpas
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malpas | 1,361 | 52 | 1 | A+ |
| Whitchurch | 9,856 | 103 | 1 | A |
| Holt | 1,084 | 17 | 1 | A− |
| Farndon | 2,227 | 17 | 0 | B |
| Pentre Maelor | 1,814 | 1 | 0 | C |
| Tattenhall | 2,296 | 19 | 0 | A− |
| Bunbury | 1,259 | 27 | 1 | A |
| Marchwiel | 1,038 | 3 | 0 | C− |
In brief
Malpas in brief
More of Malpas’s homes are old than in most places: 30% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 52 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. Per resident, it has more listed heritage than 88% of UK towns. Only 88 of the 1,850 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings.
A conservation area protects part of it. The big year was 1985, when 33 of the 52 went on the list. The rest is about typical: George Cholmondeley, 5th Marquess of Cholmondeley (1883) and Urian Brereton (1505) were born here before 1900; and it also has 2 scheduled monuments.
Questions about Malpas’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Malpas?
Historic England lists 52 buildings inside Malpas’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 3 Grade II* and 48 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Malpas?
One: Church of St Oswald.
Are there scheduled monuments in Malpas?
Yes, 2 scheduled monuments, including Castle Hill motte, Malpas and Malpas cross at town centre junction of Church Street and Oldhall Street.
How many conservation areas are there in Malpas?
1, covering about 67 hectares of the town. The largest is No data available for publication by HE.
When were Malpas’s buildings listed?
The first in 1952; the most, 33, in 1985.
How old are the homes in Malpas?
30% of homes were built before 1919 and 33% 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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