36 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade II*

64, St Ann's RoadGrade II* listedKinderton MillGrade II listedMiddlewich Branch of Shropshire Union Canal Lock-Keeper's CottageGrade II listedStanthorne Weir and BridgeGrade II listedMortuary Chapels Archway and Spire in Middlewich CemeteryGrade II listed+1See all photos

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.

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).

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.

The first 1 entry was listed in 1974. 32 came in 1986, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.

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.

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.

Theophilus Lindsey

E. A. Jenns

Duncan Cooper

Samuel Challinor

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Theophilus Lindsey1723–1808 · English theologian and clergyman

Samuel Challinor1890–1963 · Footballer (1890-1963)

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Duncan Cooper1880–1951 · Footballer

E. A. Jenns1860–1930 · Canadian poet and lawyer (1860–1930)

Everyone born in Middlewich → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.

The official list counts 36 listed buildings in Middlewich, including St Michael and All Angels. Its older streets lie in 2 conservation areas. Theophilus Lindsey (1723), Samuel Challinor (1890) and Duncan Cooper (1880) are among the 4 people born here before 1900. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1986: 32 of 36. Beyond that, like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building; per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and it also has 2 scheduled monuments.