II*Church · listed 1951Church of St EbbaPhoto: Colin Edgar · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Robert Graham · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Ebchester · Historic England
23 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade II*
Historic England counts them inside Ebchester’s built-up area, 270 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. 17% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
23
270 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
17%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Ebchester
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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 Ebchester’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade II*Scheduled monument
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
23 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I2 Grade II*21 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 2 Grade II* listed buildings in Ebchester
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 1 is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
House · listed 1951Demesne Farm Demesne House
What’s protected
The largest group of Ebchester’s listed buildings is homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas11
Churches, chapels & priories6
Public & civic buildings2
Walls, gates & bridges2
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
Street furniture1
11 entries (48%) are houses, terraces and villas. 6 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
21 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 21 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Beckwith Headstones Circa 10 Metres South of Vestry of Church of at EbbaBurn HouseChare Top CottageChurch HouseEbchester War MemorialGroup of 2 Tombs Circa 5 Metres South of Vestry of Church of St EbbaGroup of 5 Tombs Circa 3 Metres South of Vestry of Church of St EbbaJubilee HouseK6 Telephone Kiosk in Front of Chare Top CottageLeyburn Tombs Circa 7 Metres South of Nave of Church of St EbbaMain's FarmhouseOutbuilding North East of Demesne HouseOutbuilding to South of Prospect HousePound Behind School HouseProspect HouseSchool House and Wall AttachedSt Mary's ConventThe Former RectoryWalls in Front of Demesne Farm and Demesne HouseWheldon House2 Tombs Circa 5 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Ebba
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 28% of Ebchester
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Ebchester 19729 ha
9 hain conservation areas, of 33 ha inside the built-up area.
23 of the 23 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
11 of Ebchester’s 23 listed buildings were added in 1987
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1987 · 111951 · 51975 · 5
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 5 entries were listed in 1951. 11 came in 1987, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has 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.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Ebchester
In brief
Ebchester in brief
The official list counts 23 listed buildings in Ebchester. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1972. Beyond that, it also has a scheduled monument; and 17% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Ebchester’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Ebchester?
Historic England lists 23 buildings inside Ebchester’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 21 Grade II.
Are there scheduled monuments in Ebchester?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Ebchester (Vindomora) Roman station.
How many conservation areas are there in Ebchester?
1, covering about 9 hectares of the town. The largest is Ebchester.
When were Ebchester’s buildings listed?
The first in 1951; the most, 11, in 1987.
How old are the homes in Ebchester?
17% of homes were built before 1919 and 47% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Ebchester 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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