Photo: Robert Graham · CC BY-SA 2.0Frosterley: 66% of homes built before 1919
Against 15% in the typical town, Frosterley has 5 times the share. Historic England lists 16 buildings inside Frosterley’s built-up area, 279 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument.
Where Frosterley’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.
16 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 16 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
1 conservation area covers 83% of Frosterley
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
16 of the 16 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.
More than half of Frosterley’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1987
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
The first 1 entry was listed in 1971. 15 came in 1987, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
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.
66% of Frosterley’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
59% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1945–54, which added 10% 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 (4 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Listed buildings in the places around Frosterley
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frosterley | 574 | 16 | 0 | — |
| Stanhope | 1,575 | 42 | 0 | A+ |
| Wolsingham | 2,428 | 40 | 0 | A |
| Tow Law | 1,796 | 8 | 0 | B+ |
| Castleside | 1,532 | 1 | 0 | C |
| Crook | 9,717 | 5 | 0 | C |
| Billy Row | 1,254 | 1 | 0 | C+ |
| Consett | 29,874 | 42 | 0 | B− |
Frosterley in brief
More of Frosterley’s homes are old than in most places: 66% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 16 listed buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1993. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1987: 15 of 16. The rest is about typical: it also has a scheduled monument.
Questions about Frosterley’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Frosterley?
Historic England lists 16 buildings inside Frosterley’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 16 Grade II.
Are there scheduled monuments in Frosterley?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including St Botolph's Chapel, 280m north east of Frosterley Bridge.
How many conservation areas are there in Frosterley?
1, covering about 21 hectares of the town. The largest is Frosterley.
When were Frosterley’s buildings listed?
The first in 1971; the most, 15, in 1987.
How old are the homes in Frosterley?
66% of homes were built before 1919 and 68% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Frosterley 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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