II*House · listed 1951Oak FarmhousePhoto: Dave.Dunford · CC BY-SA 4.0
Photo: Wheatley Hill · CC BY-SA 4.0–Not graded
History of Styal · Historic England
32 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade II*
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Styal’s built-up area, 2,238 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 31 of Styal’s listed buildings. 29% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
32
2,238 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
29%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Styal
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
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 Styal’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade II*
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
32 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I1 Grade II*31 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 II*
The Grade II* listed building in Styal
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
What’s protected
Most of Styal’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas22
Memorials, crosses & tombs3
Inns, shops & warehouses3
Public & civic buildings2
Churches, chapels & priories2
22 entries (69%) are houses, terraces and villas. 2 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
31 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 31 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Beech Cottage Fern CottageBirch Farm Cottage the WorrallsChestnut Tree FarmhouseCross FarmhouseEstate Office Oak CottagesFarm Fold CottagesFarm Fold CottagesFarm Fold CottagesFarm Fold CottagesFarm Fold CottagesFarm Fold CottagesFarm Fold CottagesHillside Cottage and Attached Former Stables 40 Metres North West of Oak FarmhouseMethodist Chapel, Farm FoldNorcliffe ChapelOak CottagesOak CottagesOak CottagesOak CottagesOak CottagesOak CottagesOak Cottages (Styal Shop)Styal County Primary SchoolStyal CrossStyal War MemorialSundial HouseThe Old Ship InnTudor CottageWalton's Butchers Shop and Attached House1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6/7, Shaws Fold1-7, Holt's Lane
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 100% of Styal
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 HE33 ha
33 hain conservation areas, of 33 ha inside the built-up area.
32 of the 32 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 Styal’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1975
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1975 · 241984 · 5
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 1 entry was listed in 1951. 24 came in 1975, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
29% of Styal’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
2.7%
1900–18
4.1%
1919–29
8.2%
1930s
2.7%
1945–54
5.5%
1955–64
8.2%
1965–72
1.4%
1973–82
4.1%
1983–92
1.4%
1993–99
5.5%
2000–08
1.4%
2009–15
30%
2016–25
StyalEngland & Wales
25% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 2016–25, which added 30% 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.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Styal
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Styal | 143 | 32 | 0 | — |
| Wilmslow | 25,716 | 31 | 1 | C+ |
| Cheadle Hulme | 24,782 | 6 | 0 | D |
| Wythenshawe | 97,665 | 35 | 1 | C− |
| Gatley | 9,149 | 3 | 0 | D− |
| Alderley Edge | 4,496 | 37 | 1 | A− |
| Cheadle | 14,437 | 20 | 1 | C |
| Bramhall | 17,201 | 10 | 1 | D |
In brief
Styal in brief
More of Styal’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 32 listed buildings. A conservation area protects part of it. Most entries on the list, 69%, are houses, terraces and villas. The big year was 1975, when 24 of the 32 went on the list.
Questions about Styal’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Styal?
Historic England lists 32 buildings inside Styal’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 31 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Styal?
1, covering about 33 hectares of the town. The largest is No data available for publication by HE.
When were Styal’s buildings listed?
The first in 1951; the most, 24, in 1975.
How old are the homes in Styal?
29% of homes were built before 1919 and 42% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Styal has no History Grade.
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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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