Photo: Rose and Trev Clough · CC BY-SA 2.0Cargo is home to a World Heritage Site: Frontiers of the Roman Empire (Hadrian's Wall)
Historic England lists 4 buildings inside Cargo’s built-up area, 76 for every 10,000 residents. 12% of its homes were built before 1919.
Where Cargo’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
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.
4 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 4 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
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, partly or wholly inside the town |
Listed buildings in the places around Cargo
Cargo in brief
Part of Frontiers of the Roman Empire (Hadrian's Wall), a World Heritage Site, lies in Cargo. In all there are 4 listed buildings. Beyond that, all its entries went on the list in 1984; and 12% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Cargo’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Cargo?
Historic England lists 4 buildings inside Cargo’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 4 Grade II.
Is Cargo a World Heritage Site?
Cargo is home to part or all of Frontiers of the Roman Empire (Hadrian's Wall), inscribed by UNESCO.
How old are the homes in Cargo?
12% of homes were built before 1919 and 19% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Cargo has no History Grade.
© 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. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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