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History of Skinburness · Historic England

Skinburness is home to a World Heritage Site: Frontiers of the Roman Empire (Hadrian's Wall)

Historic England lists 2 buildings inside Skinburness’s built-up area, 74 for every 10,000 residents. 24% of its homes were built before 1919.

Listed buildings
2
74 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
24%
typical UK town 15%
The map

Where Skinburness’s history is

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

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

2 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I0 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

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
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, partly or wholly inside the town
Homes by age

24% of Skinburness’s homes were built before 1919

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

21%
Before 1900
2.8%
1900–18
7.6%
1919–29
19%
1930s
6.3%
1945–54
2.8%
1955–64
3.5%
1965–72
8.3%
1973–82
11%
1983–92
2.8%
1993–99
6.3%
2000–08
3.5%
2009–15
4.9%
2016–25
SkinburnessEngland & Wales

21% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was the 1930s, which added 19% 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 (4 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.

Neighbours

Listed buildings in the places around Skinburness

TownPeopleListedGrade IHistory
Skinburness27020—
Silloth2,54280B
Annan8,697683—
Aspatria2,16990B+
Wigton5,396480B+
In brief

Skinburness in brief

Skinburness holds part of a World Heritage Site, Frontiers of the Roman Empire (Hadrian's Wall). All told, the list holds 2 listed buildings. Its housing is old: 24% of homes date from before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. Beyond that, all its entries went on the list in 1984.

Questions about Skinburness’s history

How many listed buildings are there in Skinburness?

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

Is Skinburness a World Heritage Site?

Skinburness is home to part or all of Frontiers of the Roman Empire (Hadrian's Wall), inscribed by UNESCO.

How old are the homes in Skinburness?

24% of homes were built before 1919 and 51% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).

Skinburness 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. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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