II*Church · listed 1957Church of St MichaelPhoto: Rude Health · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Supergolden · CC BY-SA 3.0–Not graded
History of Brough · Historic England
Old homes in Brough: 57% built before 1919
For Brough, that is 4 times the typical town’s share, 15%. Historic England lists 30 buildings inside Brough’s built-up area, 366 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument.
Listed buildings
30
366 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
57%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Brough
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 Brough’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.
30 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I1 Grade II*29 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 Grade II* listed building in Brough
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
What’s protected
The largest group of Brough’s listed buildings is homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas12
Inns, shops & warehouses6
Public & civic buildings6
Churches, chapels & priories3
Walls, gates & bridges2
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
12 entries (40%) are houses, terraces and villas. 3 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
29 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 29 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Bank HouseBoundary Stone to North-West of Low MillBridge House, Opposite Ford BridgeBridge over Swindale Beck to South of Mill HouseBuilding Between One-Stop Shop and Post OfficeBurneside HouseCastle Hotel and InnClock Tower on Traffic Island at Junction with Market StreetCross Base to South of St Michael's ChurchFormer Market Cross to North of CrossleighGlaslyn HouseGrove CottagesGrove CottagesGrove HouseHargladeHazel Bank CottageHighfieldHouse Adjoining North End of Castle HotelHouse Adjoining South End of Former ShopHouse Adjoining South End of Hazel Bank CottageHouse Left of Rose Cottages with Adjoining Barn and ByreHouse to East of Hill ViewHouse to West of Hill ViewMaypole on Former Cross BaseOddfellows HallOne-Stop ShopSwanson HouseWalton Tomb and Railed Enclosure to South of St Michael's Church ChancelWiend House and Adjoining Store
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 27% of Brough
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Church Brough 196910 ha
10 hain conservation areas, of 39 ha inside the built-up area.
7 of the 30 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 Brough’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1984
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1984 · 26
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The first 3 entries were listed in 1957. 26 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.
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.
Homes by age
57% of Brough’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
55%
Before 1900
0.7%
1900–18
0.7%
1919–29
0.7%
1930s
3.3%
1945–54
1.6%
1955–64
4%
1965–72
4%
1973–82
7.3%
1983–92
4.9%
1993–99
7.3%
2000–08
4%
2009–15
6.6%
2016–25
BroughEngland & Wales
55% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1983–92, which added 7.3% 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 (7 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Brough
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brough | 820 | 30 | 0 | — |
| Kirkby Stephen | 1,895 | 48 | 0 | A+ |
| Appleby-in-Westmorland | 3,233 | 140 | 6 | A+ |
In brief
Brough in brief
More of Brough’s homes are old than in most places: 57% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 30 listed buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1969. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1984: 26 of 30. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: it also has a scheduled monument.
Questions about Brough’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Brough?
Historic England lists 30 buildings inside Brough’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 29 Grade II.
Are there scheduled monuments in Brough?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Brough Castle and Brough (Verteris) Roman fort and civil settlement.
How many conservation areas are there in Brough?
1, covering about 10 hectares of the town. The largest is Church Brough.
When were Brough’s buildings listed?
The first in 1957; the most, 26, in 1984.
How old are the homes in Brough?
57% of homes were built before 1919 and 59% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Brough 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 · Historic England conservation areas (supplied by local planning authorities; October 2026). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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