IChurch · listed 1950St Helen Witton ChurchOn the list as Church of St HelenPhoto: RLamb · Public domain
Church of St Helen · Photo: RLamb · Public domainBHistory Grade
History of Northwich · Historic England
28 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Northwich’s built-up area, 15 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 26 of Northwich’s listed buildings. 29% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 6 of its listed buildings and 3 old views of the town. Northwich grades B for history: #14 of 46 in Cheshire.
Listed buildings
28
15 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
2
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
29%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Northwich in 9 photos and old views
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed, and the town before 1950. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Winnington HallGrade I listed
Northwich Post OfficeGrade II listed
Town Bridge over Weaver Navigation, And Control CabinGrade II listed
Clock Tower Between British Waterways Board Office and River WeaverGrade II listed
Dock Road Pumping StationGrade II listed+4See 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.
Through time
Northwich from 1903 to 1906
3 old photos and postcards, in date order. All public domain, made before 1950.
1903
1903
1906Public domain, from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server. Each credit opens the image’s page with its full description and history.
The map
Where Northwich’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.
Grade I
Homes built before 1919, by neighbourhoodunder 10%10–25%25–50%50%+
3 of 14neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes; in the oldest, 65% were built before 1919.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
28 listed buildings by grade
2 Grade I0 Grade II*26 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 2 Grade I listed buildings in Northwich
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.
IPublic · listed 1950Winnington HallPhoto: LCByrne · CC BY-SA 4.0
What’s protected
The largest group of Northwich’s listed buildings is public buildings
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Public & civic buildings8
Houses, terraces & villas8
Memorials, crosses & tombs4
Churches, chapels & priories4
Walls, gates & bridges4
8 entries (29%) are houses, terraces and villas. 4 are churches, chapels and priories, including 1 of the 2 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
26 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 26 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
British Waterways Board Area OfficeBrunner Mond Lostock Gralam (Northwich) War MemorialBrunner Mond and ICI Alkali Division War MemorialBrunner Public LibraryCassantreeChurch of St Wilfred (Roman Catholic)Church of the Holy TrinityClock Tower Between British Waterways Board Office and River WeaverDock Road Pumping StationElectric Scotch Derrick crane, including associated waggon railsFormer Verdin Technical Schools & Gymnasium, NorthwichGates and Gatepiers to Verdin ParkHartford ManorNavigation HouseNorthwich Post OfficePlaza Bingo ClubR.a.O.B HallRose CottageStable Block with Attached Outbuildings, Walls and Gateway at Navigation HouseStatue of Ludwig Mond in Front of Research Lab, Winnington WorksStatue of Sir John Brunner in Front of Research Lab, Winnington WorksSundial 8 Metres South of South Porch of Church of St Helen (Witton Church)Town Bridge over Weaver Navigation, And Control CabinVictoria Infirmary, Old WingWeaver HallWeaver Railway Viaduct
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 100% of Northwich
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 HE563 ha
563 hain conservation areas, of 563 ha inside the built-up area.
28 of the 28 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
14 of Northwich’s 28 listed buildings were added in 1986
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1986 · 14
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 2 entries were listed in 1950, 2 of the 2 Grade I buildings among them. 14 came in 1986, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 4 have been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Northwich 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 (32 points, 17 per 10,000 residents)More than 47% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (29%)More than 82% 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
29% of Northwich’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
25%
Before 1900
4.1%
1900–18
5.8%
1919–29
8.6%
1930s
6.8%
1945–54
1.3%
1955–64
2.3%
1965–72
4.5%
1973–82
8.4%
1983–92
4.4%
1993–99
8.7%
2000–08
8.6%
2009–15
12%
2016–25
NorthwichEngland & Wales
25% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 2016–25, which added 12% 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 (20 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Towns its size
Northwich has the 54th most Grade I buildings of 503 towns its size
Places of 11,000–30,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Northwich2
#289 of 503for listed buildings per resident (15 per 10,000). Bridport, Whitby and Lewes lead.
53 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Northwich
In brief
Northwich in brief
More of Northwich’s homes are old than in most places: 29% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 28 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade I, including St Helen Witton Church. Only 53 of the 503 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. A conservation area protects part of it. The rest is about typical: per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns.
Questions about Northwich’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Northwich?
Historic England lists 28 buildings inside Northwich’s built-up area: 2 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 26 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Northwich?
2, including Church of St Helen and Winnington Hall.
How many conservation areas are there in Northwich?
1, covering about 563 hectares of the town. The largest is No data available for publication by HE.
When were Northwich’s buildings listed?
The first in 1950; the most, 14, in 1986.
Are there old photos of Northwich?
Yes: 3 public-domain photos and postcards from 1903 to 1906, all on this page.
How old are the homes in Northwich?
29% of homes were built before 1919 and 44% 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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