Church · listed 1967St Peter's ChurchOn the list as Church of St Peter
National Westminster Bank · Photo: Mike in Macc · CC BY-SA 3.0B+History Grade
History of Prestbury · Historic England
38 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Prestbury’s built-up area, 145 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. We have photos of 6 of its listed buildings. 14% of its homes were built before 1919. Prestbury grades B+ for history: #10 of 46 in Cheshire.
Listed buildings
38
145 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
14%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Prestbury in 7 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
The Legh Arms HotelGrade II listed
Post Office SpindlesGrade II listed
Chapel in St Peter's ChurchyardGrade II listed
Church House RavenstoneGrade II listed
Greendale FarmhouseGrade II listed+2See 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 Prestbury’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.
38 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I1 Grade II*36 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 Prestbury
Buildings of exceptional interest, about 2.5% of all listed buildings. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
Grade II*
The Grade II* listed building in Prestbury
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*Inns & shops · listed 1952National Westminster BankPhoto: Mike in Macc · CC BY-SA 3.0
What’s protected
Most of Prestbury’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas24
Public & civic buildings4
Churches, chapels & priories4
Inns, shops & warehouses3
Walls, gates & bridges3
24 entries (63%) are houses, terraces and villas. 4 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
36 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 36 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Admiral Rodney InnBollin Cafe the Red HouseBridge End FarmhouseBridge HotelBrooks CottagesButley HallChapel in St Peter's ChurchyardChurch House RavenstoneFallibroome FarmhouseFarmers GreenFlats Numbers 1, 2 and 3 at Prestbury Golf ClubGreendale FarmhouseHearse House in St Peter's ChurchyardHeybridge FarmhouseHornersK6 Telephone Kiosk to West of St Peter's ChurchLilac CottageLychgate and West Wall of St Peter's ChurchyardNew Road CottagePair of Haybarns at Greendale FarmPear Tree CottagePost Office SpindlesPremises Occupied by Jr Bridgeford, Estate Agents, Williams and Glyn's Bank and the LibraryPremises of Milligan and Nuttall and Swanwick HousePrestbury HallSundial in St Peter's ChurchyardThe Legh Arms HotelThe Manor HouseThe StocksThe VicarageThe White House CafeUnicorn House (Premises of Peter Dominic Wine Merchants)Village RestaurantWalnut Tree FarmhouseYew Tree Cottage1, 2, 3 and 4, The Village
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 100% of Prestbury
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 HE294 ha
294 hain conservation areas, of 294 ha inside the built-up area.
38 of the 38 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
18 of Prestbury’s 38 listed buildings were added in 1967
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1967 · 181984 · 16
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 2 entries were listed in 1952. 18 came in 1967. 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.
1 scheduled monument
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
Prestbury 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 (43 points, 164 per 10,000 residents)More than 77% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (14%)More than 39% 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.
Towns its size
Prestbury has the 93rd most Grade I buildings of 1,290 towns its size
Places of 2,000–4,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Prestbury1
#256 of 1,290for listed buildings per resident (145 per 10,000). Painswick, Chipping Campden and Wells-next-the-Sea lead.
92 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Prestbury
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prestbury | 2,629 | 38 | 1 | B+ |
| Bollington | 7,236 | 43 | 0 | A− |
| Macclesfield | 54,352 | 225 | 0 | A− |
| Alderley Edge | 4,496 | 37 | 1 | A− |
| Woodford | 2,241 | 10 | 0 | C |
| Poynton | 13,015 | 12 | 0 | D |
| Wilmslow | 25,716 | 31 | 1 | C+ |
| Bramhall | 17,201 | 10 | 1 | D |
In brief
Prestbury in brief
Measured per resident, Prestbury has more listed heritage than 77% of UK towns. In all there are 38 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I, including National Westminster Bank. Only 92 of the 1,290 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings.
A conservation area protects part of it. Most entries on the list, 63%, are houses, terraces and villas. The rest is about typical: Brian Houghton Hodgson (1800) and Thomas Henshaw (1731) were born here before 1900; it also has a scheduled monument; and 14% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Prestbury’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Prestbury?
Historic England lists 38 buildings inside Prestbury’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 36 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Prestbury?
One: Church of St Peter.
Are there scheduled monuments in Prestbury?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Cross shaft in the churchyard of St Peter's Church.
How many conservation areas are there in Prestbury?
1, covering about 294 hectares of the town. The largest is No data available for publication by HE.
When were Prestbury’s buildings listed?
The first in 1952; the most, 18, in 1967.
How old are the homes in Prestbury?
14% of homes were built before 1919 and 32% 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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