II*Church · listed 1967Church of St John the BaptistPhoto: J Thomas · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Nigel Thompson · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Greatham · Historic England
16 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade II*
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Greatham’s built-up area, 188 for every 10,000 residents. 15 of Greatham’s listed buildings are Grade II. 16% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
16
188 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
16%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Greatham
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 Greatham’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.
16 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I1 Grade II*15 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 Greatham
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
Grade II
15 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 15 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Barn Approximately 4 Metres to North West of Number 2 Front StreetBoundary Wall and Gatepiers to Garden of No. 6 Front StreetBoundary Wall and Gatepiers to North of Number 2 Front StreetDormer Parkhursts HospitalGreatham HospitalGreatham House and Left ExtensionGreatham War MemorialHospital Chapel10 and 12, Front Street16, Front Street18, Front Street2, Front Street4, Front Street5, High Street50 High Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 48% of Greatham
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Greatham 197415 ha
15 hain conservation areas, of 31 ha inside the built-up area.
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.
How the list grew
More than half of Greatham’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1985
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1985 · 12
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The first 2 entries were listed in 1952. 12 came in 1985, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Greatham
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greatham | 851 | 16 | 0 | — |
| Hartlepool | 88,001 | 117 | 1 | B− |
| Billingham | 33,917 | 10 | 1 | D |
| Wynyard | 4,040 | 0 | 0 | D− |
| Stockton-on-Tees | 84,824 | 188 | 2 | B |
| Eston | 29,625 | 24 | 0 | C− |
| Middlesbrough | 148,232 | 107 | 3 | B− |
| Redcar | 37,666 | 22 | 0 | C |
In brief
Greatham in brief
Greatham has 16 listed buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1974. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1985: 12 of 16. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: Henry Tristram (1861) and Harry Thoms (1896) were born here before 1900; and 16% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Greatham’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Greatham?
Historic England lists 16 buildings inside Greatham’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 15 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Greatham?
1, covering about 15 hectares of the town. The largest is Greatham.
When were Greatham’s buildings listed?
The first in 1952; the most, 12, in 1985.
How old are the homes in Greatham?
16% of homes were built before 1919 and 18% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Greatham 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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