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B−History Grade
History of Flimby · Historic England

3 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade II*

On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Flimby’s built-up area, 17 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 2 of Flimby’s listed buildings. 38% of its homes were built before 1919. Flimby grades B− for history.

Listed buildings
3
17 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
38%
typical UK town 15%
The map

Where Flimby’s history is

Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.

Flimby Hall, Grade II*
Grade II*

Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.

3 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I1 Grade II*2 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 Flimby

Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.

Grade II

2 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 2 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
History Grade

Flimby grades B− for history

Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.

Protected heritage, for its size and in all (4 points, 23 per 10,000 residents)More than 27% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (38%)More than 92% 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.

Homes by age

38% of Flimby’s homes were built before 1919

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

38%
Before 1900
0%
1900–18
0%
1919–29
8.6%
1930s
21%
1945–54
9.9%
1955–64
1.2%
1965–72
4.9%
1973–82
3.7%
1983–92
2.5%
1993–99
2.5%
2000–08
7.4%
2009–15
0%
2016–25
FlimbyEngland & Wales

38% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1945–54, which added 21% 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 (20 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.

Neighbours

Listed buildings in the places around Flimby

TownPeopleListedGrade IHistory
Flimby1,71630B−
Maryport8,526520A−
Seaton5,05120D
Dearham2,34411C+
Stainburn2,12020D
Great Broughton and Little Broughton1,76330C
Workington21,276460A−
High Harrington1,57400D
In brief

Flimby in brief

More of Flimby’s homes are old than in most places: 38% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 3 listed buildings. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building; per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and the list grew between 1950 and 1977.

Questions about Flimby’s history

How many listed buildings are there in Flimby?

Historic England lists 3 buildings inside Flimby’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 2 Grade II.

How old are the homes in Flimby?

38% of homes were built before 1919 and 46% 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. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.