IWalls & gates · listed 1957Wetheral Priory GatehousePhoto: Lynne Kirton · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: JonnyH · CC BY-SA 3.0A−History Grade
History of Wetheral · Historic England
20 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Wetheral’s built-up area, 177 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. 20% of its homes were built before 1919. Wetheral grades A− for history.
Listed buildings
20
177 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
2
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
20%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Wetheral
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Wetheral Priory GatehouseGrade I listed
Church of the Holy Trinity and St ConstantineGrade 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 Wetheral’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IGrade II*Scheduled monument
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
20 listed buildings by grade
2 Grade I1 Grade II*17 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 2 Grade I listed buildings in Wetheral
Buildings of exceptional interest, about 2.5% of all listed buildings. 1 is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
Walls & gates · listed 1983Walls of East Range of Wetheral Priory, East of Gatehouse
Grade II*
The Grade II* listed building in Wetheral
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*Church · listed 1957Church of the Holy Trinity and St ConstantinePhoto: Ashley Columbus · CC BY-SA 4.0
What’s protected
The largest group of Wetheral’s listed buildings is homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas8
Churches, chapels & priories4
Inns, shops & warehouses2
Memorials, crosses & tombs2
Public & civic buildings2
Walls, gates & bridges2
8 entries (40%) are houses, terraces and villas. 4 are churches, chapels and priories.
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
17 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 17 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Acorn BankCrown HotelDixon Monument in North-West Corner of Wetheral ChurchyardEden MountEdenbankEdenside Cottage the CottageFootbridge at East End of Wetheral StationGreen FarmGreystonesHoward Tomb in Churchyard near East Window of Wetheral ChurchRiver HouseStation Master's House and Offices, With Stone Platform to FrontSundial South of Wetheral ChurchThe GrangeThe Old Rectory, The Plain and the PlainsWetheral Abbey FarmWetheral Cross
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 39% of Wetheral
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Wetheral 197724 ha
24 hain conservation areas, of 62 ha inside the built-up area.
20 of the 20 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 Wetheral’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1983
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1983 · 14
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The first 4 entries were listed in 1957, 1 of the 2 Grade I buildings among them. 14 came in 1983, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has 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 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.
History Grade
Wetheral 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 (27 points, 239 per 10,000 residents)More than 74% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (20%)More than 60% 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.
Towns its size
Wetheral has the 27th most Grade I buildings of 2,019 towns its size
Places of 1,000–2,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Wetheral2
#629 of 2,019for listed buildings per resident (177 per 10,000). Aberaeron, Beaumaris and Burford lead.
26 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Wetheral
In brief
Wetheral in brief
Wetheral has 20 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade I. Only 26 of the 2,019 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1977. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1983: 14 of 20. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; it also has a scheduled monument; and 20% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Wetheral’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Wetheral?
Historic England lists 20 buildings inside Wetheral’s built-up area: 2 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 17 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Wetheral?
2, including Walls of East Range of Wetheral Priory, East of Gatehouse and Wetheral Priory Gatehouse.
Are there scheduled monuments in Wetheral?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Wetheral Priory gatehouse and length of medieval wall.
How many conservation areas are there in Wetheral?
1, covering about 24 hectares of the town. The largest is Wetheral.
When were Wetheral’s buildings listed?
The first in 1957; the most, 14, in 1983.
How old are the homes in Wetheral?
20% of homes were built before 1919 and 24% 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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