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History of Bigrigg · Historic England

Bigrigg: 46% of homes built before 1919

For Bigrigg, that is 3 times the typical town’s share, 15%. Historic England lists no buildings inside Bigrigg’s built-up area.

Heritage nearby

Listed buildings near Bigrigg

The nearest places with Grade I listed buildings, within 25 km.

TownDistanceListedGrade IHistory
St Bees3.4 km334A
Whitehaven4.6 km1701A−
Gosforth12 km121—
Cockermouth21 km1016A−
Dearham23 km11C+
Homes by age

46% of Bigrigg’s homes were built before 1919

Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).

48%
Before 1900
0%
1900–18
0%
1919–29
0%
1930s
1.4%
1945–54
2.7%
1955–64
2.7%
1965–72
12%
1973–82
14%
1983–92
7.5%
1993–99
10%
2000–08
0%
2009–15
1.4%
2016–25
BigriggEngland & Wales

48% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1983–92, which added 14% 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 (4 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.

In brief

Bigrigg in brief

More of Bigrigg’s homes are old than in most places: 46% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. Nothing in Bigrigg is on the list; the nearest place with Grade I buildings is St Bees, 3.4 km away.

Bigrigg has no History Grade.

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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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