IChurch · listed 1954St Andrew's ChurchOn the list as Church of St AndrewPhoto: Alexander P Kapp · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Chris Heaton · CC BY-SA 2.0A+History Grade
History of Sedbergh · Historic England
Old homes in Sedbergh: 46% built before 1919
For Sedbergh, that is 3 times the typical town’s share, 15%. Historic England lists 53 buildings inside Sedbergh’s built-up area, 366 for every 10,000 residents. We have photos of 5 of its listed buildings. Sedbergh grades A+ for history.
Listed buildings
53
366 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
4
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
1 registered park or garden
Homes built before 1919
46%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Sedbergh in 5 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Church of St AndrewGrade I listed
Chapel at Sedbergh SchoolGrade II* listed
The Old Grammar School (Now the School Library)Grade II* listed
Thorns Hall and Attached Stable Wing to RearGrade II* listed
War Memorial Cloister at Sedbergh SchoolGrade 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 Sedbergh’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IGrade II*Park or garden
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
53 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I4 Grade II*48 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 Sedbergh
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 4 Grade II* listed buildings in Sedbergh
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*Public · listed 1984Sedbergh School ChapelOn the list as Chapel at Sedbergh SchoolPhoto: David Dixon · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Public · listed 1954Sedbergh School LibraryOn the list as The Old Grammar School (Now the School Library)Photo: Alexander P Kapp · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Public · listed 1954Thorns Hall and Attached Stable Wing to RearPhoto: Trevor Littlewood · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Public · listed 1984War Memorial Cloister at Sedbergh SchoolPhoto: Fms40 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Historic streets
Main Street has the most listed buildings
Streets by the listed entries with an address on them. One entry can be a whole terrace, so long rows count once.
Main Street10 listed
Back Lane4 listed
Loftus Hill3 listed
New Street3 listed
Settlebeck3 listed
Of the 53 entries, 23 are named by a street address; the rest are named buildings such as churches, halls and bridges.
What’s protected
Most of Sedbergh’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas37
Public & civic buildings7
Walls, gates & bridges3
Street furniture3
Memorials, crosses & tombs2
Churches, chapels & priories1
37 entries (70%) are houses, terraces and villas. 1 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
48 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 48 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Boer Wall Memorial Approximately 40 Metres North of Chapel of Sedbergh SchoolBoundary Wall and Railings to Chapel at Sedbergh School with Gateways and LampClassroom Block to East of Powell Hall at Sedbergh SchoolEvans House and Attached Area Railings to the FrontFolly YardFolly YardFormer Mitchell's PharmacyHill the Old House at the HillJubilee Drinking Fountain built into churchyard wallK6 Telephone Kiosk Beside ChurchyardMarshall House and Attached Area RailingsNo. 41 MAIN STREETPalmers HillPedge Croft FarmhousePowell Hall at Sedbergh SchoolQueen Victoria Memorial Cross, Queen's GardenRailton YardSchool House at Sedbergh SchoolSedbergh War MemorialThe Old VicarageThorns CottageWalled Garden Approximately 40 Metres South of Evans HouseWeavers YardWeavers YardWinder Cottage (Number 9)1, 2 and 3, Settlebeck1, Back Lane1, New Street15, 16 and 17, Back Lane18 and 19, Back Lane20, Back Lane3 and 5, New Street3, Main Street33, Loftus Hill33, Main Street34 and 35, Loftus Hill35, Main Street36 and 37, Loftus Hill37 and 39, Main Street4 and 5, Settlebeck4, Main Street48 and 50, Main Street57, Main Street6 and 7, Settlebeck7 and 9, New Street79 and 81, Main Street80, 82 and 84, Main Street95, Main Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 58% of Sedbergh
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Sedburgh 196955 ha
55 hain conservation areas, of 95 ha inside the built-up area.
48 of the 53 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
24 of Sedbergh’s 53 listed buildings were added in 1984
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1984 · 241999 · 121954 · 8
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 8 entries were listed in 1954, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 24 came in 1984, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. 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 registered park or garden
Queen's GardenGrade II
History Grade
Sedbergh grades A+ for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (60 points, 414 per 10,000 residents)More than 87% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (46%)More than 97% 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
46% of Sedbergh’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
1.6%
1900–18
1.7%
1919–29
8.8%
1930s
2.5%
1945–54
13%
1955–64
6.4%
1965–72
2%
1973–82
4%
1983–92
10%
1993–99
4%
2000–08
0.7%
2009–15
0.9%
2016–25
SedberghEngland & Wales
44% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1955–64, which added 13% 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 (3 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Towns its size
Sedbergh has the 96th most Grade I buildings of 1,791 towns its size
Places of 1,000–2,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Sedbergh1
#166 of 1,791for listed buildings per resident (366 per 10,000). Aberaeron, Beaumaris and Burford lead.
95 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Sedbergh
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sedbergh | 1,449 | 53 | 1 | A+ |
| Kendal | 28,939 | 183 | 3 | A− |
| Kirkby Lonsdale | 1,965 | 131 | 1 | A+ |
| Levens | 1,020 | 3 | 0 | C+ |
| Holme | 1,477 | 6 | 0 | B− |
| Milnthorpe | 1,871 | 7 | 0 | B− |
In brief
Sedbergh in brief
Old houses are part of Sedbergh’s character: 46% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 53 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. Per resident, it has more listed heritage than 87% of UK towns. Only 95 of the 1,791 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings.
Main Street alone has 10 listed buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1969. Most entries on the list, 70%, are houses, terraces and villas.
Questions about Sedbergh’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Sedbergh?
Historic England lists 53 buildings inside Sedbergh’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 4 Grade II* and 48 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Sedbergh?
One: Church of St Andrew.
Which street in Sedbergh has the most listed buildings?
Main Street (10), Back Lane (4) and Loftus Hill (3) have the most listed entries named by an address. One entry can be a whole terrace.
How many conservation areas are there in Sedbergh?
1, covering about 55 hectares of the town. The largest is Sedburgh.
When were Sedbergh’s buildings listed?
The first in 1954; the most, 24, in 1984.
How old are the homes in Sedbergh?
46% of homes were built before 1919 and 56% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
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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 · Historic England conservation areas (supplied by local planning authorities; October 2026). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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