IChurch · listed 1970Cartmel PrioryOn the list as Priory Church of St MaryPhoto: Michael Graham · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Strider52 · CC BY-SA 3.0–Not graded
History of Cartmel · Historic England
69 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Cartmel’s built-up area, 1,438 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. 28% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 3 of its listed buildings.
Listed buildings
69
1,438 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
28%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Cartmel
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Priory Church of St MaryGrade I listed
Priory Close HouseGrade II* listed
Priory Gatehouse, Including East Bay of GatehouseGrade II* listedPhotos 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 Cartmel’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IGrade II*Scheduled monument
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
69 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I2 Grade II*66 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 Cartmel
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 2 Grade II* listed buildings in Cartmel
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*Church · listed 1970Priory Close HousePhoto: FFNick · CC BY-SA 3.0
II*Walls & gates · listed 1970Cartmel Priory GatehouseOn the list as Priory Gatehouse, Including East Bay of GatehousePhoto: FFNick · CC BY-SA 3.0
What’s protected
The largest group of Cartmel’s listed buildings is homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas27
Churches, chapels & priories20
Walls, gates & bridges10
Memorials, crosses & tombs4
Inns, shops & warehouses4
Public & civic buildings3
Street furniture1
27 entries (39%) are houses, terraces and villas. 20 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
66 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 66 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Abbots Beck HouseAnvil Cottage with outbuilding and the Old SmithyBank Court P Smith's Bookshop Town Close, With Decorative Cobbled PavingBarn Garth Cottage Old Barn GarthBluebell Cottage, Bridge House and Rogan & CoBluebell HouseCartmel Quaker Meeting House with gighouse/stable and enclosing wallsCartmel War MemorialCavendish Arms Public House with Attached OutbuildingCavendish CottageChurch BridgeChurch Town HouseCorner Cottage Tower ViewCross and Fish StoneCross at Headless Cross to North of JunctionDevonshire HouseDixon Monument Approximately 25 Metres South of Priory ChurchFairfieldField BeckFletcher Memorial Approximately 25 Metres South of Priory ChurchFord HouseFormer Kingsleys of CartmelFormer National Westminster Bank and Nat West Bank House and Cobbled PavingFryers, Thompson and Turner Monuments Approximately 22 Metres South of Priory ChurchGarth HouseGatehouse CottageGazebo to East of Wheelhouse BridgeGoad and Hall Memorials Approximately 47.5 Metres South of Priory ChurchGrayson Memorials Approximately 20 Metres South of Priory ChurchGreencroftGuide Stone Approximately 7 Metres from Junction at Headless CrossGuidestone Appproximately 7 Metres South West of Junction with Templands RoadGuidestone at Corner of the Causeway Approximately 7 Metres South of St Marys LodgeHazeldeneJackson Monument Approximately 33.5 Metres South of Priory ChurchKings Arms Public HouseKirsteadLamp Post Approximately 5.5 Metres to North of Priory ChurchLock-Up Shop (Kerr & Sons Bookshop)Market Cross Cottage and Gatehouse (West Bay)Maychell Monument Approximately 27.5 Metres South of Priory ChurchMuchall Memorial Approximately 6 Metres South of Priory ChurchNewby Memorial Approximately 10 Metres South of Priory ChurchNo. 21, CAVENDISH STREETOld Barn Cottage and Cobbled PavingPark Beck CottagePark HouseParkside House and Adjacent BarnPost OfficePriory Close Cottage and Adjoining OutbuildingsPriory Guesthouse and Shop (Tarragon) and Cobbled PavingPriory HotelPriory HousePump Opposite End of the CausewayRemains of Cross Approximately 60 Metres South of the Priory ChurchRoyal Oak Public HouseSurgeryTaylor Monument Approximately 29.5 Metres South of Priory ChurchThe Larch Tree Ye Priory ShoppeThimble HillTower Cottage and Bay to Left, Part of GatehouseVillage Institute (Including Priory Footwear Etc)Village Lock-UpWhartonYew Tree Cottage5, Park View
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 56% of Cartmel
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Cartmel18 ha
18 hain conservation areas, of 32 ha inside the built-up area.
68 of the 69 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 Cartmel’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1970
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1970 · 371989 · 28
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 37 entries were listed in 1970, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. Only 2 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
28% of Cartmel’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
26%
Before 1900
2.1%
1900–18
3.4%
1919–29
12%
1930s
8.4%
1945–54
6.3%
1955–64
8.4%
1965–72
8.4%
1973–82
6.3%
1983–92
4.2%
1993–99
5.5%
2000–08
1.3%
2009–15
8.4%
2016–25
CartmelEngland & Wales
26% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was the 1930s, which added 12% 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 (10 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Cartmel
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cartmel | 480 | 69 | 1 | — |
| Allithwaite | 1,171 | 6 | 0 | B− |
| Grange-over-Sands | 4,047 | 33 | 0 | A− |
| Arnside | 2,231 | 3 | 0 | C+ |
| Silverdale | 1,056 | 15 | 0 | A− |
| Ulverston | 11,219 | 140 | 0 | A |
| Swarthmoor | 1,030 | 1 | 0 | C− |
| Milnthorpe | 1,871 | 7 | 0 | B− |
In brief
Cartmel in brief
Old houses are part of Cartmel’s character: 28% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 69 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area protects part of it. The big year was 1970, when 37 of the 69 went on the list. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: it also has a scheduled monument.
Questions about Cartmel’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Cartmel?
Historic England lists 69 buildings inside Cartmel’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 66 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Cartmel?
One: Priory Church of St Mary.
Are there scheduled monuments in Cartmel?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Cartmel Augustinian Priory medieval gatehouse and parts of the priory precinct.
How many conservation areas are there in Cartmel?
1, covering about 18 hectares of the town. The largest is Cartmel.
When were Cartmel’s buildings listed?
The first in 1970; the most, 37, in 1970.
How old are the homes in Cartmel?
28% of homes were built before 1919 and 43% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Cartmel 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 · Historic England conservation areas (supplied by local planning authorities; October 2026). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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