Photo: Robert Graham · CC BY-SA 2.07 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade II*
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Burnopfield’s built-up area, 23 for every 10,000 residents. 6 of Burnopfield’s listed buildings are Grade II. 14% of its homes were built before 1919. Burnopfield grades C for history: #26 of 52 in County Durham.
Where Burnopfield’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
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.
The Grade II* listed building in Burnopfield
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
6 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.
1 conservation area covers 10% of Burnopfield
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
3 of the 7 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.
Burnopfield grades C for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all 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.
Listed buildings in the places around Burnopfield
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burnopfield | 2,998 | 7 | 0 | C |
| Rowlands Gill | 5,254 | 2 | 0 | C |
| Dipton | 2,653 | 1 | 0 | C− |
| Tanfield Lea | 2,399 | 0 | 0 | D |
| High Spen | 1,933 | 0 | 0 | C− |
| Sunniside | 3,422 | 2 | 0 | D |
| Annfield Plain | 7,786 | 9 | 0 | B− |
| Chopwell | 2,530 | 1 | 0 | C |
Burnopfield in brief
The official list counts 7 listed buildings in Burnopfield. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1984. Beyond that, like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building; per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and Ted Bell (1883) was born here before 1900.
Questions about Burnopfield’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Burnopfield?
Historic England lists 7 buildings inside Burnopfield’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 6 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Burnopfield?
1, covering about 7 hectares of the town. The largest is Burnopfield.
How old are the homes in Burnopfield?
14% of homes were built before 1919 and 31% 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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