Photo: Robert Graham · CC BY-SA 2.0No listed buildings inside Tanfield Lea’s built-up area
Medomsley, 6.7 km from Tanfield Lea, is the nearest place with a Grade I building. 15% of its homes were built before 1919. Tanfield Lea grades D for history.
Listed buildings near Tanfield Lea
The nearest places with Grade I listed buildings, within 25 km.
| Town | Distance | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medomsley | 6.7 km | 5 | 1 | B |
| Lanchester | 6.7 km | 15 | 1 | C+ |
| Whickham | 7.3 km | 25 | 1 | C |
| Chester-le-Street | 8.7 km | 7 | 1 | C− |
| Gateshead | 11 km | 116 | 2 | B |
| Ryton | 11 km | 26 | 1 | B |
Tanfield Lea grades D for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all 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.
Tanfield Lea in brief
Nothing in Tanfield Lea is on the list; the nearest place with Grade I buildings is Medomsley, 6.7 km away. Beyond that, 15% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
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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. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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