II*Church · listed 1967Church of St BridePhoto: Andreasegde · CC BY-SA 3.0
Photo: Stephen McKay · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Kirkbride · Historic England
Old homes in Kirkbride: 44% built before 1919
For Kirkbride, that is 3 times the typical town’s share, 15%. Historic England lists 7 buildings inside Kirkbride’s built-up area, 147 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument.
Listed buildings
7
147 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
44%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Kirkbride
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 Kirkbride’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.
7 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I2 Grade II*5 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 2 Grade II* listed buildings in Kirkbride
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
II*House · listed 2011Lilac HousePhoto: The Carlisle Kid · CC BY-SA 2.0
Grade II
5 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 5 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Monuments & landscapes
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: the town touches its mapped area, which can include a buffer zone |
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
44% of Kirkbride’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
44%
Before 1900
0%
1900–18
0%
1919–29
2.4%
1930s
7.7%
1945–54
5.3%
1955–64
6.3%
1965–72
8.7%
1973–82
7.7%
1983–92
2.4%
1993–99
6.3%
2000–08
3.8%
2009–15
5.3%
2016–25
KirkbrideEngland & Wales
44% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1973–82, which added 8.7% 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 (8 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Kirkbride
In brief
Kirkbride in brief
More of Kirkbride’s homes are old than in most places: 44% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 7 listed buildings. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: the list grew between 1967 and 2018; and it also has a scheduled monument.
Questions about Kirkbride’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Kirkbride?
Historic England lists 7 buildings inside Kirkbride’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 5 Grade II.
Are there scheduled monuments in Kirkbride?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Kirkbride Roman fort, part of associated vicus and length of Roman road around, 370m south east of Whitrigg Bridge.
Is Kirkbride a World Heritage Site?
Part of Kirkbride lies within the area Historic England maps for Frontiers of the Roman Empire (Hadrian's Wall), which can include a buffer zone around the site itself.
How old are the homes in Kirkbride?
44% of homes were built before 1919 and 47% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Kirkbride 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. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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