II*Church · listed 1967Church of St JamesPhoto: Alan Heardman · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Andrew Abbott · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Brassington · Historic England
Old homes in Brassington: 51% built before 1919
Against 15% in the typical town, Brassington has 4 times the share. Historic England lists 27 buildings inside Brassington’s built-up area, 493 for every 10,000 residents.
Listed buildings
27
493 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
51%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Brassington
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 Brassington’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.
27 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I2 Grade II*25 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 Brassington
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
II*Walls & gates · listed 1967The Gate InnPhoto: Dave Bevis · CC BY-SA 2.0
What’s protected
Most of Brassington’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas21
Walls, gates & bridges2
Churches, chapels & priories2
Public & civic buildings1
Inns, shops & warehouses1
21 entries (78%) are houses, terraces and villas. 2 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
25 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 25 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Barns at Sycamore FarmhouseBrassington HallBrookfield FarmhouseChurch Gate CottageCottage Behind Wash Hills FarmDragon CottagesHouse Adjoining Green CottageHouse Adjoining Miner's ArmsHouse South of IvybankIvybankMiners Arm and OutbuildingsPleasant HousePrimitive Methodist ChapelRake House FarmhouseRed Lion HouseSundial CottageSycamore FarmThe CottageThe GreenThe Green CottageThe Manor HouseTudor HouseWell HouseWest End ManorYew Tree Farmhouse
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 52% of Brassington
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Brassington 197111 ha
11 hain conservation areas, of 22 ha inside the built-up area.
27 of the 27 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 Brassington’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1983
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1983 · 201967 · 6
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The first 6 entries were listed in 1967. 20 came in 1983, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
51% of Brassington’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
51%
Before 1900
0%
1900–18
2.2%
1919–29
0%
1930s
4.5%
1945–54
3.4%
1955–64
4.5%
1965–72
7.1%
1973–82
7.1%
1983–92
7.1%
1993–99
5.6%
2000–08
2.2%
2009–15
5.6%
2016–25
BrassingtonEngland & Wales
51% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1973–82, which added 7.1% 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 (12 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Brassington
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brassington | 548 | 27 | 0 | — |
| Wirksworth | 4,904 | 97 | 1 | A+ |
| Cromford | 1,395 | 83 | 10 | A+ |
| Matlock | 11,990 | 36 | 0 | B+ |
| Ashbourne | 8,854 | 164 | 3 | A− |
| Darley Dale | 3,985 | 21 | 0 | B+ |
| Tansley | 1,176 | 10 | 0 | B+ |
| Mayfield | 1,099 | 22 | 1 | A |
In brief
Brassington in brief
More of Brassington’s homes are old than in most places: 51% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 27 listed buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1971.
Of the whole list, 78% are houses, terraces and villas. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1983: 20 of 27. Beyond that, Thomas Gould (1863) was born here before 1900.
Questions about Brassington’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Brassington?
Historic England lists 27 buildings inside Brassington’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 25 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Brassington?
1, covering about 11 hectares of the town. The largest is Brassington.
When were Brassington’s buildings listed?
The first in 1967; the most, 20, in 1983.
How old are the homes in Brassington?
51% of homes were built before 1919 and 54% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Brassington 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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