IChurch · listed 1951Church of St Mary MagdalenePhoto: Unknown photographer · Public domain
Church of St Mary Magdalene · Photo: Unknown photographer · Public domainBHistory Grade
History of Medomsley · Historic England
5 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Medomsley’s built-up area, 41 for every 10,000 residents. Of the listed buildings in Medomsley, 4 are Grade II. 29% of its homes were built before 1919. Medomsley grades B for history.
Listed buildings
5
41 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
29%
typical UK town 15%
The map
Where Medomsley’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade I
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
5 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*4 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 Medomsley
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
4 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.
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 46% of Medomsley
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Medomsley 197514 ha
14 hain conservation areas, of 31 ha inside the built-up area.
5 of the 5 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.
History Grade
Medomsley grades B for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (7 points, 58 per 10,000 residents)More than 42% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (29%)More than 82% 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.
Homes by age
29% of Medomsley’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
25%
Before 1900
3.7%
1900–18
0.6%
1919–29
5%
1930s
6.4%
1945–54
4.4%
1955–64
12%
1965–72
12%
1973–82
5.7%
1983–92
12%
1993–99
12%
2000–08
1.8%
2009–15
0%
2016–25
MedomsleyEngland & Wales
25% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1965–72, which added 12% 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 (0 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Towns its size
Medomsley has the 89th most Grade I buildings of 1,946 towns its size
Places of 1,000–2,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Medomsley1
#1,342 of 1,946for listed buildings per resident (41 per 10,000). Aberaeron, Beaumaris and Burford lead.
88 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Medomsley
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medomsley | 1,216 | 5 | 1 | B |
| Blackhall Mill | 1,528 | 1 | 0 | C− |
| Leadgate | 3,339 | 2 | 0 | C |
| Consett | 29,874 | 42 | 0 | B− |
| Dipton | 2,653 | 1 | 0 | C− |
| Chopwell | 2,530 | 1 | 0 | C |
| Annfield Plain | 7,786 | 9 | 0 | B− |
| Burnopfield | 2,998 | 7 | 0 | C |
In brief
Medomsley in brief
More of Medomsley’s homes are old than in most places: 29% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 5 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. Only 88 of the 1,946 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1975. Beyond that, per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; John Charles (1893) and Alf Fenwick (1891) were born here before 1900; and the list grew between 1951 and 1987.
Questions about Medomsley’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Medomsley?
Historic England lists 5 buildings inside Medomsley’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 4 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Medomsley?
One: Church of St Mary Magdalene.
How many conservation areas are there in Medomsley?
1, covering about 14 hectares of the town. The largest is Medomsley.
How old are the homes in Medomsley?
29% of homes were built before 1919 and 35% 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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