II*House · listed 1967Whitfield HousePhoto: Andrew Curtis · CC BY-SA 2.0
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History of Wolsingham · Historic England
Wolsingham: 47% of homes built before 1919
For Wolsingham, that is 3 times the typical town’s share, 15%. Historic England lists 40 buildings inside Wolsingham’s built-up area, 165 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. Wolsingham grades A for history.
Listed buildings
40
165 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
47%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Wolsingham
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 Wolsingham’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade II*Scheduled monument
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
40 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I2 Grade II*38 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 2 Grade II* listed buildings in Wolsingham
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
II*House · listed 196727-29 and 31, Front StreetPhoto: Andrew Curtis · CC BY-SA 2.0
What’s protected
The largest group of Wolsingham’s listed buildings is homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas16
Churches, chapels & priories11
Public & civic buildings6
Walls, gates & bridges4
Inns, shops & warehouses2
Street furniture1
16 entries (40%) are houses, terraces and villas. 11 are churches, chapels and priories.
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
38 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 38 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
AberfoyleAisley Tomb Circa 4 Metres South of Porch of Church of St Mary and St StephenAttwood Tomb, Circa 100 Metres West and 6 Metres North of Gate to Church of St Mary and St StephenBlack Bull Public HouseBombay HouseCherry Tree HouseChurch of St Mary and St StephenChurch of St Thomas of CanterburyCleadon HouseCoach House to Demesne HallCollins Tomb Circa 4 Metres South of Church of St Mary and St StephenDemesne HallFormer Chapel and Buildings AdjoiningFormer Primitive Methodist ChapelFormer Railway StationFormer School Attached to Former ChapelFormer Wesleyan Methodist ChapelGate Piers, Gates and Retaining Walls to Church of St Mary and St StephenGroup of 5 Graves Immediately South of Church of St Mary and St StephenHolywell Farmhouse, Byre and CarthouseIvy HouseMackintosh Tomb Circa 9 Metres East of Church of St Mary and St StephenMilestone in Front of Number 12Old Bank HouseOutbuildings North of Demesne HallRivendellSchool South East of Church of St ThomasSouth Building of Weardale Steel (Wolsingham) LimitedThe Surgery and Mounting BlockThompson Tomb Circa 8 Metres West of Church of St Mary and St StephenWall Enclosing Yard of Church of St Mary and St StephenWall on West Side of Garden to Rear of Whitfield HouseWebb Tomb Circa 6 Metres South West of Church of St Mary and St StephenWhitfield House Cottage1, High Street10-14, High Street22, High Street8, Meadhope Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 51% of Wolsingham
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Wolsingham 197545 ha
45 hain conservation areas, of 88 ha inside the built-up area.
38 of the 40 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 Wolsingham’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1987
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1987 · 341967 · 6
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The first 6 entries were listed in 1967. 34 came in 1987, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
Monuments & landscapes
Monuments, parks and gardens
Designations that overlap the town by a tenth of their area or half a hectare.
1 scheduled monument
Nationally important archaeological sites and monuments, protected by law; work on them needs consent from the Secretary of State, advised by Historic England.
MedievalMedieval settlement
History Grade
Wolsingham 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 (44 points, 181 per 10,000 residents)More than 78% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (47%)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
47% of Wolsingham’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
34%
Before 1900
13%
1900–18
2.4%
1919–29
1%
1930s
11%
1945–54
6%
1955–64
3.8%
1965–72
6.8%
1973–82
5.6%
1983–92
3.9%
1993–99
7.4%
2000–08
1.8%
2009–15
2.4%
2016–25
WolsinghamEngland & Wales
34% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1900–18, which added 13% 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 (16 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Wolsingham
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolsingham | 2,428 | 40 | 0 | A |
| Tow Law | 1,796 | 8 | 0 | B+ |
| Stanhope | 1,575 | 42 | 0 | A+ |
| Billy Row | 1,254 | 1 | 0 | C+ |
| Crook | 9,717 | 5 | 0 | C |
| Castleside | 1,532 | 1 | 0 | C |
| Esh Winning | 3,877 | 2 | 0 | C |
| Toft Hill and High Etherley | 1,865 | 5 | 0 | B− |
In brief
Wolsingham in brief
More of Wolsingham’s homes are old than in most places: 47% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 40 listed buildings. For its size, it has more listed heritage than 78% of UK towns.
A conservation area has protected part of it since 1975. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1987: 34 of 40. Beyond that, like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building; Oswald Snowball (1859) was born here before 1900; and it also has a scheduled monument.
Questions about Wolsingham’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Wolsingham?
Historic England lists 40 buildings inside Wolsingham’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 38 Grade II.
Are there scheduled monuments in Wolsingham?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Medieval settlement.
How many conservation areas are there in Wolsingham?
1, covering about 45 hectares of the town. The largest is Wolsingham.
When were Wolsingham’s buildings listed?
The first in 1967; the most, 34, in 1987.
How old are the homes in Wolsingham?
47% of homes were built before 1919 and 50% 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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