IChurch · listed 1970St Michael and All Angels ChurchOn the list as Church of St Michael and All AngelsPhoto: J Scott · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Graham Robson · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Hawkshead · Historic England
Hawkshead: 62% of homes built before 1919
The typical town has 15%: Hawkshead has 4 times the share. Historic England lists 41 buildings inside Hawkshead’s built-up area, 1,571 for every 10,000 residents. We have photos of 3 of its listed buildings and 2 old views of the town.
Listed buildings
41
1,571 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
62%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Hawkshead in 5 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 Michael and All AngelsGrade I listed
Anne Tyson's CottageGrade II* listed
Hawkshead Grammar SchoolGrade II* listed+2See 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
Hawkshead from 1693 to 1903
2 old photos and postcards, in date order. All public domain, made before 1950.
1693
1903Public 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 Hawkshead’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.
41 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I2 Grade II*38 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 Hawkshead
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 Hawkshead
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*House · listed 1953Anne Tyson's CottagePhoto: FFNick · CC BY-SA 3.0
II*Public · listed 1953Hawkshead Grammar SchoolPhoto: FFNick · CC BY-SA 3.0
What’s protected
The largest group of Hawkshead’s listed buildings is homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas19
Inns, shops & warehouses11
Public & civic buildings5
Churches, chapels & priories4
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
Street furniture1
19 entries (46%) 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
38 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 38 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Annexe to Red Lion HotelBANK COTTAGE and RELISHBarn Syke Helm LeaBlack Beck LodgeBrown Cow Cottages Brown Cow LaitheChapel CottageFern CottageFormer Bank, Bank House and FlatFormer Barclays Bank, Bank House, And Doctor's SurgeryFormer Solicitor's OfficeGilmarver Flat Gilmarver House Lile TeashopGrandy Nook Coffee ShopHawkshead Cooperative StoreHawkshead Market Hall and Market Hall CottageHawkshead Methodist ChurchHawkshead War MemorialHideaways and Adjoining HouseInformation Centre and Bend or BumpIvy House HotelJasmine CottageJessamine Cottage Rose CottageK6 Telephone KioskKing's Arms Public HouseLaburnum HouseLantern Cottage Ross CottageLittle Force Cottage and Outbuilding (Formerly Known As Green Howe Cottage)Old School HousePillar CottageQueen's Head Public HouseRed Lion HotelSun Cottage Sun Inn Public HouseSundial Approximately 20 Metres North of St Michael's ChurchThe Corner ShopThe Honeypot, Flag Cottage, Rose Cottage and Cottage to WestThe Minstrels' GalleryThimble HallWee CottageWordsworth House
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 33% of Hawkshead
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Hawkshead 19887 ha
7 hain conservation areas, of 21 ha inside the built-up area.
40 of the 41 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 Hawkshead’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1970
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1970 · 301987 · 5
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 2 entries were listed in 1953. 30 came in 1970, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
62% of Hawkshead’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
59%
Before 1900
2.2%
1900–18
1.1%
1919–29
2.2%
1930s
1.1%
1945–54
3.4%
1955–64
5%
1965–72
7.3%
1973–82
3.4%
1983–92
5%
1993–99
3.4%
2000–08
3.9%
2009–15
3.4%
2016–25
HawksheadEngland & Wales
59% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1973–82, 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 (6 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Hawkshead
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hawkshead | 261 | 41 | 1 | — |
| Bowness-on-Windermere | 2,290 | 26 | 1 | A− |
| Windermere | 4,819 | 24 | 0 | B+ |
| Ambleside | 2,624 | 44 | 1 | A |
| Staveley | 1,466 | 5 | 0 | B |
| Kendal | 28,939 | 183 | 3 | A− |
| Levens | 1,020 | 3 | 0 | C+ |
In brief
Hawkshead in brief
More of Hawkshead’s homes are old than in most places: 62% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 41 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1988. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1970: 30 of 41.
Questions about Hawkshead’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Hawkshead?
Historic England lists 41 buildings inside Hawkshead’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 38 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Hawkshead?
One: Church of St Michael and All Angels.
How many conservation areas are there in Hawkshead?
1, covering about 7 hectares of the town. The largest is Hawkshead.
When were Hawkshead’s buildings listed?
The first in 1953; the most, 30, in 1970.
Are there old photos of Hawkshead?
Yes: 2 public-domain photos and postcards from 1693 to 1903, all on this page.
How old are the homes in Hawkshead?
62% of homes were built before 1919 and 66% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Hawkshead 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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