Church of St Luke · Photo: Stanley Howe · CC BY-SA 2.011 listed buildings
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Ferryhill’s built-up area, 12 for every 10,000 residents. Every listed building in Ferryhill is Grade II. 35% of its homes were built before 1919. Ferryhill grades B− for history: #13 of 52 in County Durham.
Where Ferryhill’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.
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. 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).
11 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 11 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
More than half of Ferryhill’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1988
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
The first 2 entries were listed in 1952. 6 came in 1988, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
Ferryhill grades B− 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.
35% of Ferryhill’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
18% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1900–18, which added 17% 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 (30 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
3 notable people born in Ferryhill before 1900
Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Everyone born in Ferryhill → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Listed buildings in the places around Ferryhill
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ferryhill | 8,857 | 11 | 0 | B− |
| Chilton | 4,693 | 1 | 0 | C− |
| Cornforth | 2,424 | 4 | 0 | C |
| Spennymoor | 20,401 | 18 | 0 | C+ |
| Bishop Middleham | 1,136 | 13 | 0 | B+ |
| Coxhoe | 4,542 | 1 | 0 | D |
| Coundon and Leeholme | 2,522 | 2 | 0 | C+ |
| Bowburn | 4,843 | 0 | 0 | D |
Ferryhill in brief
More of Ferryhill’s homes are old than in most places: 35% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 11 listed buildings, including Church of St Luke. Alexander Carmichael Bruce (1850), John Clark (1834) and Bon Spence (1899) were all born here before 1900. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1988: 6 of 11. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns.
Questions about Ferryhill’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Ferryhill?
Historic England lists 11 buildings inside Ferryhill’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 11 Grade II.
When were Ferryhill’s buildings listed?
The first in 1952; the most, 6, in 1988.
Who was born in Ferryhill?
Among people born before 1900: Alexander Carmichael Bruce (1850), John Clark (1834) and Bon Spence (1899).
How old are the homes in Ferryhill?
35% of homes were built before 1919 and 54% 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. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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