II*Public · listed 1950Market CrossPhoto: Andrew Hill · CC BY-SA 2.0
Market Cross · Photo: Andrew Hill · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Bonsall · Historic England
Bonsall: 81% of homes built before 1919
The typical town has 15%: Bonsall has 6 times the share. Historic England lists 8 buildings inside Bonsall’s built-up area, 289 for every 10,000 residents.
Listed buildings
8
289 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
81%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Bonsall
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 Bonsall’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade II*
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
8 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I2 Grade II*6 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 Bonsall
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
II*Church · listed 1950St James the Apostle's ChurchOn the list as Parish Church of St JamesPhoto: Alan Heardman · CC BY-SA 2.0
Grade II
6 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.
Conservation areas
2 conservation areas cover 100% of Bonsall
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Bonsall 197217 ha
Bonsall 199117 ha
34 hain conservation areas, of 29 ha inside the built-up area.
The first, Bonsall, was designated in 1972; the newest, Bonsall, in 1991. 8 of the 8 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.
Monuments & landscapes
Monuments, parks and gardens
Designations that overlap the town by a tenth of their area or half a hectare.
World Heritage
| Derwent Valley MillsUNESCO World Heritage Site: the town touches its mapped area, which can include a buffer zone |
Homes by age
81% of Bonsall’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
76%
Before 1900
2.8%
1900–18
1.4%
1919–29
4.2%
1930s
0%
1945–54
1.4%
1955–64
2.8%
1965–72
1.4%
1973–82
4.2%
1983–92
2.8%
1993–99
2.8%
2000–08
0%
2009–15
0%
2016–25
BonsallEngland & Wales
76% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was the 1930s, which added 4.2% 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 Bonsall
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonsall | 277 | 8 | 0 | — |
| Cromford | 1,395 | 83 | 10 | A+ |
| Matlock | 11,990 | 36 | 0 | B+ |
| Wirksworth | 4,904 | 97 | 1 | A+ |
| Tansley | 1,176 | 10 | 0 | B+ |
| Darley Dale | 3,985 | 21 | 0 | B+ |
| Crich | 2,070 | 23 | 1 | A− |
| South Wingfield | 1,079 | 18 | 0 | A− |
In brief
Bonsall in brief
Old houses are part of Bonsall’s character: 81% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 8 listed buildings. Its older streets lie in 2 conservation areas, the first designated in 1972. Beyond that, Charles Frederick White (1891) was born here before 1900; and the list grew between 1950 and 1999.
Questions about Bonsall’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Bonsall?
Historic England lists 8 buildings inside Bonsall’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 6 Grade II.
Is Bonsall a World Heritage Site?
Part of Bonsall lies within the area Historic England maps for Derwent Valley Mills, which can include a buffer zone around the site itself.
How many conservation areas are there in Bonsall?
2, covering about 34 hectares of the town. The largest are Bonsall and Bonsall.
How old are the homes in Bonsall?
81% of homes were built before 1919 and 86% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Bonsall 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 · Historic England conservation areas (supplied by local planning authorities; October 2026). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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