IChurch · listed 1966Church of St MaryPhoto: George Ford · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Malcolm Neal · CC BY-SA 2.0A+History Grade
History of Staindrop · Historic England
Staindrop: 48% of homes built before 1919
For Staindrop, that is 3 times the typical town’s share, 15%. Historic England lists 97 buildings inside Staindrop’s built-up area, 724 for every 10,000 residents. Staindrop grades A+ for history.
Listed buildings
97
724 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
48%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Staindrop
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 Staindrop’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.
97 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*96 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 Staindrop
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.
Historic streets
Front Street has the most listed buildings
Streets by the listed entries with an address on them. One entry can be a whole terrace, so long rows count once.
Front Street16 listed
North Green12 listed
Office Square4 listed
Of the 97 entries, 36 are named by a street address; the rest are named buildings such as churches, halls and bridges.
What’s protected
Most of Staindrop’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas69
Walls, gates & bridges14
Churches, chapels & priories6
Public & civic buildings4
Inns, shops & warehouses2
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
Street furniture1
69 entries (71%) are houses, terraces and villas. 6 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
96 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 96 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
(Former Vicarage) the Old Vicarage and the Surgery(Staindrop House Rest Home) and Wall with Gateway AttachedAmberly House and Eale's HouseAnvil HouseCaretaker's Flat and Stable, With Adjacent Piers, To No.20Central BuildingsChurch ViewClaremont and BrierdeneDovecote Attached to No. 32Drinking Fountain Approximately 16 Metres East of Central BuildingsEast Masham House and West Masham HouseEbor HouseFormer ChapelFormer King's Arms InnGarden HouseGarden Wall Along West Side of Garden to South of Nos. 11 and 12Garden Walls Enclosing Orchard and Garden South-East of Garden House, With PiersGate Piers, Gates and Overthrow C.200 Metres North-East of Church of St MaryGates Piers and Gates C.50 Metres South-West of Church of St. MaryGazebo Approximately 100 Metres North of No. 4Glebe HouseGlen Rae and ZetlandGorst HallGroup of 4 Headstones Approximately 5 Metres West of Church of St. MaryHazledene and Neville HouseHilrieIvy HouseLucknow and LyndhurstMilestone Approximately 10 Metres North of No. 34 South GreenMulberry HouseMusgrave House and Anthorn HouseNecessary House Approximately 30 Metres West of No. 32, And Wall Attached.No 21 and Garden Wall AttachedNo. 32 (Incorporating No. 33) (The Deanery) and No. 34 (Garth Cottage), And Wall AttachedNo.9 Including Area Wall and RailingsNorth GreenOrmulz HousePiers, Gates, Railings and Walls Around Vane Mausoleum at Church of St. MaryPrimitive Methodist ChapelQuakers' RestRaby Estate OfficeRaby HouseSherwood HouseSouth Entrance Gateway to Raby CastleStaindrop HallStangarthStrathmore and Greystone HouseSummerhouse C.60 Metres West of No. 32The LindensThe MillThe Royal OakVane Mausoleum Approximately 100 Metres North of Church of St. MaryWall Attached to Gazebo Behind No. 4Wall Attached to No. 15 with Coach-House AttachedWall, Gateway, Carriage-House and Stable AttachedWalls and Piers to South and East of No.21Wesley House and Reklaw HouseWestern HouseWestfield HouseWoodcrest1 and 2, North Green1, Beech Side1, Office Square10, South Green11, 12 and 13, West Terrace11, Front Street13, Front Street14, Office Square15-18, Office Square17 and 19, Front Street2, Front Street24, North Green25 and 26, North Green25 and 27, Front Street27, North Green28, North Green29, Front Street29, North Green3, Front Street3, North Green3, West Terrace32, North Green39, Front Street4, Front Street45, Front Street46 and 47, North Green47 and 49, Front Street5 and 6, North Green5, Front Street5, Office Square50, 51 and 52, North Green51, Front Street53, Front Street54 and 55, North Green6 and 8, Front Street7, Front Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 34% of Staindrop
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Staindrop18 ha
18 hain conservation areas, of 52 ha inside the built-up area.
94 of the 97 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 Staindrop’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1966
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1966 · 751987 · 20
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 75 entries were listed in 1966, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Staindrop 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 (99 points, 739 per 10,000 residents)More than 92% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (48%)More than 97% 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
48% of Staindrop’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
41%
Before 1900
6.6%
1900–18
0.9%
1919–29
1.8%
1930s
18%
1945–54
1.8%
1955–64
3.8%
1965–72
8.5%
1973–82
2.9%
1983–92
7.5%
1993–99
1.8%
2000–08
2.9%
2009–15
2.9%
2016–25
StaindropEngland & Wales
41% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1945–54, which added 18% 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 (6 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Towns its size
Staindrop has the 88th most Grade I buildings of 1,849 towns its size
Places of 1,000–2,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Staindrop1
#35 of 1,849for listed buildings per resident (724 per 10,000). Aberaeron, Beaumaris and Burford lead.
87 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Staindrop
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staindrop | 1,339 | 97 | 1 | A+ |
| Cockfield | 1,351 | 8 | 0 | B+ |
| Evenwood | 1,587 | 0 | 0 | C |
| Gainford | 1,127 | 36 | 2 | A+ |
| West Auckland | 3,107 | 30 | 1 | A− |
| Barnard Castle | 5,783 | 227 | 6 | A |
| Toft Hill and High Etherley | 1,865 | 5 | 0 | B− |
| Startforth | 1,391 | 22 | 1 | A |
In brief
Staindrop in brief
Few towns are as rich in listed heritage as Staindrop: per resident it has more than 92% of UK towns. All told, the list holds 97 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. Its housing is old: 48% of homes date from before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. Only 87 of the 1,849 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings.
On Front Street alone there are 16 listed buildings. A conservation area protects part of it. Most entries on the list, 71%, are houses, terraces and villas.
Questions about Staindrop’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Staindrop?
Historic England lists 97 buildings inside Staindrop’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 96 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Staindrop?
One: Church of St Mary.
Which street in Staindrop has the most listed buildings?
Front Street (16), North Green (12) and Office Square (4) have the most listed entries named by an address. One entry can be a whole terrace.
How many conservation areas are there in Staindrop?
1, covering about 18 hectares of the town. The largest is Staindrop.
When were Staindrop’s buildings listed?
The first in 1966; the most, 75, in 1966.
How old are the homes in Staindrop?
48% of homes were built before 1919 and 51% 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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