IChurch · listed 1967Church of St MichaelPhoto: DabbyNorthmead · CC BY-SA 3.0
Photo: DabbyNorthmead · CC BY-SA 3.0A−History Grade
History of Heighington · Historic England
44 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Heighington’s built-up area, 284 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 42 of Heighington’s listed buildings. 17% of its homes were built before 1919. Heighington grades A− for history.
Listed buildings
44
284 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
17%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Heighington
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 Heighington’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IGrade II*
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
44 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I1 Grade II*42 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 I
The Grade I listed building in Heighington
Buildings of exceptional interest, about 2.5% of all listed buildings. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
Grade II*
The Grade II* listed building in Heighington
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest.
Public · listed 1952Heighington Hall
What’s protected
The largest group of Heighington’s listed buildings is homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas19
Walls, gates & bridges11
Churches, chapels & priories8
Public & civic buildings3
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
Inns, shops & warehouses1
Street furniture1
19 entries (43%) are houses, terraces and villas. 8 are churches, chapels and priories, including 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings.
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
42 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 42 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Carter Headstone 30 Metres South West of Church of St MichaelChurchyard Wall and Gate Piers to East Number 10Churchyard Wall, Gate and Gate Piers to North of Village HallDovecote West of Dovecote CottageDovecote and Outbuildings North West of Trafalgar HouseEast and North Garden Walls to South East of Number 7Eldon HouseGarden Screen Wall North East of Heighington HallGarden Wall and Gate Piers South of Number 16 and Number 18Gazebo and Walls to Rear of Number 43Gazebo, Terrace Wall and Sheds South-East of Number 7GreenbankHearse House 35 Metres North East of Church of St MichaelHeighington War MemorialHodgson Tomb 3 Metres North of Church of St MichaelHolly HouseIvy HouseLawn HouseManor Farm HouseNorthcottNumber 45 and Former SmithyRutter Headstone 12METRES South of Church of St MichaelSurtees Table Tomb 2.5 Metres North of Church of St MichaelThe Bay Horse Public HouseThe CottageThe Manor HouseThe Old HallThe Pump HouseThe Village HallTrafalgar House and Garden Wall Attached to NorthWall and Gate Piers in Front of Number 43Wall to East of Heighington HallWalls Gate Piers and Pigsty to West and North of Trafalgar HouseWilkinson Headstone 14 Metres South of Church of St MichaelYoung Headstone 10 Metres West of Church of St Michael1, West Green16, East Green17, Darlington Road38 and 39, West Green39, Church View42, West Green7, West Green
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 44% of Heighington
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Heighington22 ha
22 hain conservation areas, of 51 ha inside the built-up area.
44 of the 44 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 Heighington’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1986
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1986 · 301952 · 61967 · 6
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The first 6 entries were listed in 1952. 30 came in 1986, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Heighington grades A− for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (47 points, 304 per 10,000 residents)More than 83% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (17%)More than 53% of 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.
Born here
3 notable people born in Heighington before 1900
Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
William Pryce Cumby
Charles Surtees
John Marley
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William Pryce Cumby1771–1837 · Royal Navy officer
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Charles Surtees1823–1906 · British politician (1823-1906)
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John Marley1823–1891 · English mining engineer and geologist
Everyone born in Heighington → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Towns its size
Heighington has the 96th most Grade I buildings of 1,729 towns its size
Places of 1,000–2,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Heighington1
#236 of 1,729for listed buildings per resident (284 per 10,000). Aberaeron, Beaumaris and Burford lead.
95 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Heighington
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heighington | 1,548 | 44 | 1 | A− |
| School Aycliffe | 1,590 | 2 | 0 | D |
| Shildon | 9,650 | 23 | 0 | B+ |
| Newton Aycliffe | 25,760 | 10 | 1 | D |
| Bishop Auckland | 23,359 | 92 | 9 | A− |
| Coundon and Leeholme | 2,522 | 2 | 0 | C+ |
| West Auckland | 3,107 | 30 | 1 | A− |
| Darlington | 93,022 | 237 | 4 | A− |
In brief
Heighington in brief
Measured per resident, Heighington has more listed heritage than 83% of UK towns. All told, the list holds 44 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. Only 95 of the 1,729 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. A conservation area protects part of it.
William Pryce Cumby (1771), Charles Surtees (1823) and John Marley (1823) were all born here before 1900. The big year was 1986, when 30 of the 44 went on the list. The rest is about typical: 17% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Heighington’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Heighington?
Historic England lists 44 buildings inside Heighington’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 42 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Heighington?
One: Church of St Michael.
How many conservation areas are there in Heighington?
1, covering about 22 hectares of the town. The largest is Heighington.
When were Heighington’s buildings listed?
The first in 1952; the most, 30, in 1986.
Who was born in Heighington?
Among people born before 1900: William Pryce Cumby (1771), Charles Surtees (1823) and John Marley (1823).
How old are the homes in Heighington?
17% of homes were built before 1919 and 25% 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 · Historic England conservation areas (supplied by local planning authorities; October 2026). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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