IChurch · listed 1984St Martin's ChurchOn the list as Church of St MartinPhoto: Humphrey Bolton · CC BY-SA 2.0
Moot Hall · Photo: Jhsteel · CC BY-SA 3.0A−History Grade
History of Brampton · Historic England
51 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Brampton’s built-up area, 122 for every 10,000 residents. 49 of Brampton’s listed buildings are Grade II. We have photos of 6 of its listed buildings and 4 old views of the town. 18% of its homes were built before 1919. Brampton grades A− for history: #13 of 23 in Cumbria.
Listed buildings
51
122 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
18%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Brampton in 10 photos and old views
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed, and the town before 1950. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Church of St MartinGrade I listed
Howard Arms HotelGrade II listed
Prince Charlie's HouseGrade II listed
Mote CottageGrade II listed
Jobson's Chemists and Midland BankGrade II listed+5See all photosPhotos 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.
Through time
Brampton in old photos
4 old photos and postcards, in date order. All public domain, made before 1950.
c. 1910
Public domain, from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server. Each credit opens the image’s page with its full description and history.
The map
Where Brampton’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IGrade II*
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
51 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I1 Grade II*49 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 Brampton
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*
The Grade II* listed building in Brampton
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*Public · listed 1957Moot HallPhoto: Jhsteel · CC BY-SA 3.0
What’s protected
Most of Brampton’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas28
Inns, shops & warehouses12
Public & civic buildings7
Churches, chapels & priories4
28 entries (55%) are houses, terraces and villas. 4 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
49 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 49 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
B Warwick Sporting Shop and Milburn and SonBank CourtBank HouseBarley Stack InnBrackenfellBrampton Sports, Flat Above and Antique ShopCartmell Mawson and Main, Solicitors OfficeChurch CottageChurch HouseCroft HouseE and D Young, Jewellers, T and M Savage, Freezer Food Centre and Flat AboveFlat Fruit Shop the Old BakeryGarth HouseGreenlane HouseHoward Arms HotelJobson's Chemists and Midland BankLaurel HouseLawson Masonic HallLorne TerraceMark TerraceMote CottageOulton HousePolice Station and Magistrates' CourtPost OfficePrince Charlie's HouseProspect House the VicarageRidge HouseRockingham Coffee HouseScotch Arms HotelSolway Bakery Company and Dental SurgerySt Martins HallThe HolliesThe Nag's Head Public HouseThe Sewing BoxThompson Brothers Meals (Behind United Reformed Church)Tree HouseTrustee Savings BankWhite Lion Hotel10, Longtown Road12-22, Market Place13, 15 and 17, Carlisle Road16, Front Street31 and 33 Main Street4, Market Place45 and 47 Front Street52, Front Street54 and 56, Front Street58, Front Street63, Main Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 30% of Brampton
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Brampton 197356 ha
56 hain conservation areas, of 187 ha inside the built-up area.
48 of the 51 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 Brampton’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1984
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1984 · 45
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The first 4 entries were listed in 1957. 45 came in 1984, 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.
World Heritage
| Frontiers of the Roman Empire (Hadrian's Wall)UNESCO World Heritage Site: the town touches its mapped area, which can include a buffer zone |
History Grade
Brampton 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 (54 points, 129 per 10,000 residents)More than 77% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (18%)More than 54% 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.
Towns its size
Brampton has the 88th most Grade I buildings of 1,018 towns its size
Places of 3,000–7,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Brampton1
#194 of 1,018for listed buildings per resident (122 per 10,000). Sandwich, Tenby and Dolgellau lead.
87 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Brampton
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brampton | 4,187 | 51 | 1 | A− |
| Warwick Bridge | 1,232 | 13 | 0 | A− |
| Wetheral | 1,129 | 20 | 2 | A− |
| Scotby | 1,830 | 9 | 0 | C |
| Houghton | 1,486 | 7 | 0 | C+ |
| Carlisle | 77,729 | 353 | 22 | A− |
| Longtown | 2,176 | 7 | 0 | B− |
| Haltwhistle | 3,646 | 28 | 1 | A− |
In brief
Brampton in brief
Measured per resident, Brampton has more listed heritage than 77% of UK towns. In all there are 51 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I, including St Martin's Church. Only 87 of the 1,018 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1973.
Most entries on the list, 55%, are houses, terraces and villas. The big year was 1984, when 45 of the 51 went on the list. Beyond that, George Routledge (1812) was born here before 1900; and 18% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Brampton’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Brampton?
Historic England lists 51 buildings inside Brampton’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 49 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Brampton?
One: Church of St Martin.
Is Brampton a World Heritage Site?
Part of Brampton lies within the area Historic England maps for Frontiers of the Roman Empire (Hadrian's Wall), which can include a buffer zone around the site itself.
How many conservation areas are there in Brampton?
1, covering about 56 hectares of the town. The largest is Brampton.
When were Brampton’s buildings listed?
The first in 1957; the most, 45, in 1984.
Are there old photos of Brampton?
Yes: 4 public-domain photos and postcards from 1910 to 1910, all on this page.
How old are the homes in Brampton?
18% of homes were built before 1919 and 26% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The National Heritage List for England is the official, up-to-date register of all nationally protected historic buildings and sites in England; check an entry on Historic England’s website before relying on it.
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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