II*Church · listed 1962St Mary's and St Helen's ChurchOn the list as Church of St Mary and St HelenPhoto: Rodhullandemu · CC BY-SA 4.0
Church of St Mary and St Helen · Photo: Rodhullandemu · CC BY-SA 4.0BHistory Grade
History of Neston · Historic England
66 listed buildings, 4 of them Grade II*
Historic England counts them inside Neston’s built-up area, 44 for every 10,000 residents. Of the listed buildings in Neston, 62 are Grade II. We have photos of 8 of its listed buildings. 12% of its homes were built before 1919. Neston grades B for history: #17 of 46 in Cheshire.
Listed buildings
66
44 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
4
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
12%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Neston in 8 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
The Greenland Fishery HotelGrade II listed
The TowerGrade II listed
The BarnGrade II listed
Mostyn House SchoolGrade II listed
Newstead HouseGrade II listed+3See 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 Neston’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.
Grade II*
Homes built before 1919, by neighbourhoodunder 10%10–25%25–50%50%+
0 of 9neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
66 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I4 Grade II*62 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 4 Grade II* listed buildings in Neston
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 3 are photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
II*Street furniture · listed 1962Moorside House and Attached RailingsPhoto: Dave.Dunford · CC BY-SA 4.0
II*Inns & shops · listed 2002Seven Steps, Butchers Shop and Teal CottagePhoto: Peter I. Vardy · CC BY-SA 3.0
Public · listed 1974Chapel of Mostyn House School
What’s protected
Most of Neston’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas47
Public & civic buildings4
Churches, chapels & priories4
Walls, gates & bridges4
Street furniture3
Inns, shops & warehouses3
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
47 entries (71%) are houses, terraces and villas. 4 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
62 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 62 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Ashfield Farmhouse and Attached Farm Building to North EastBanastre CottageBarnoonBeech HouseBrockleighBrooke HouseCherry FarmhouseChurch House ChambersChurch of St ThomasChurchyard Sundial West of Church of St Mary and St HelenElmhurstGarden Walls of Vine HouseGlenton HouseGoldstraw Farmhouse and Attached Farm Building to North WestHawthorne CottageHearse House North West of Church of St Mary and St HelenHolly Tree HouseHope CottagesK6 Telephone Kiosk in Forecourt of Post Office (Post Office Not Included)Laburnum Farmhouse and garden walls attached at frontLeighton BanastreLloyds CottagesMaplewoodMoor EndMostyn CottageMostyn House SchoolNelson Cottage (Number 15) and Dover Cottage (Number 16)Neston War MemorialNewstead HouseNumbers 1 and 2 Elm Grove HouseNumbers 1AND 2 Balcony House and Attached Railings to Front Steps the Old Assembly RoomOld Bank House and Attached Gateway at LeftOld WindmillOutbuildings of Vine HouseOverdee and Grey WallsPengwern and Attached Garden WallsProspect House and Attached Railings to Front StepsSawyers CottageSea ViewSouth CottageSpring ValeSpringfieldTalbot HouseThe BarnThe Greenland Fishery HotelThe HermitageThe ManseThe RocklandsThe TowerThe TowersThe White HouseVine HouseYew Tree House1-6, Victoria Road10, Parkgate Road11, Station Road12, Station Road13, Station Road14, Station Road16-19, The Parade20, The Green26 and 28, The Green
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 99% of Neston
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 HE502 ha
502 hain conservation areas, of 507 ha inside the built-up area.
66 of the 66 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
32 of Neston’s 66 listed buildings were added in 1974
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1974 · 321962 · 151999 · 10
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 15 entries were listed in 1962. 32 came in 1974, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 2 have been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Neston 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 (70 points, 47 per 10,000 residents)More than 66% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (12%)More than 31% 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.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Neston
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neston | 14,963 | 66 | 0 | B |
| Willaston (Cheshire West and Chester) | 2,472 | 13 | 0 | B− |
| Heswall | 29,082 | 14 | 0 | C− |
| Bebington | 57,607 | 246 | 2 | B |
| Flint | 12,776 | 11 | 0 | C− |
| Connah's Quay | 16,768 | 10 | 0 | D |
| Bagillt | 5,943 | 18 | 1 | C+ |
| Garden City | 2,427 | 5 | 0 | C |
In brief
Neston in brief
Neston has 66 listed buildings, including St Mary's and St Helen's Church. A conservation area protects part of it. Of the whole list, 71% are houses, terraces and villas. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building; per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and Sam Wynne (1897) and Christopher Bushell (1887) were born here before 1900.
Questions about Neston’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Neston?
Historic England lists 66 buildings inside Neston’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 4 Grade II* and 62 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Neston?
1, covering about 502 hectares of the town. The largest is No data available for publication by HE.
When were Neston’s buildings listed?
The first in 1962; the most, 32, in 1974.
How old are the homes in Neston?
12% of homes were built before 1919 and 24% 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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