IChurch · listed 1967Church of St MichaelPhoto: Russ Hamer · CC BY-SA 3.0
Church of St Michael · Photo: Russ Hamer · CC BY-SA 3.0C+History Grade
History of Breaston and Draycott · Historic England
17 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Breaston and Draycott’s built-up area, 23 for every 10,000 residents. 16 of Breaston and Draycott’s listed buildings are Grade II. We have photos of 6 of its listed buildings. 17% of its homes were built before 1919. Breaston and Draycott grades C+ for history: #32 of 59 in Derbyshire.
Listed buildings
17
23 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
17%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Breaston and Draycott in 6 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Cotton Doubling Mill at Draycott MillsGrade II listed
Railway Bridge at Sk 446 334Grade II listed
Manor FarmhouseGrade II listed
Draycott Hall and Attached OutbuildingsGrade II listed
Rose CottageGrade II listed+1See all photosPhotos 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 Breaston and Draycott’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.
Grade I
Homes built before 1919, by neighbourhoodunder 10%10–25%25–50%50%+
0 of 5neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes; in the oldest, 30% were built before 1919.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
17 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*16 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. Neighbourhood dots: the population-weighted centre of each Census 2021 output area, coloured by its neighbourhood’s (LSOA’s) share of homes built before 1919 (Valuation Office Agency, March 2025).
Grade I
The Grade I listed building in Breaston and Draycott
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
16 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 16 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Barn to East of Manor FarmhouseCartshed and Stable at Draycott MillsCedars FarmhouseCotton Doubling Mill at Draycott MillsCotton Processing and Storage Buildings at Draycott MillsCotton Warehouse, Attached Chimney and Outbuilding at Draycott MillsCotton spinning mill, office block and remains of engine house etc at Draycott MillsDraycott Hall and Attached OutbuildingsDraycott Mills Front RangeLeavers Machine Shed at Draycott MillsManor FarmhouseRailway Bridge at Sk 446 334Rose CottageVictoria Mill39, Main Street6, Church View
Conservation areas
2 conservation areas cover 7.6% of Breaston and Draycott
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Breaston9 ha
Draycott 19786 ha
15 hain conservation areas, of 199 ha inside the built-up area.
14 of the 17 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
6 of Breaston and Draycott’s 17 listed buildings were added in 1986
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1986 · 61995 · 6
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 1 entry was listed in 1967, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 6 came in 1986, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Breaston and Draycott grades C+ for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (19 points, 26 per 10,000 residents)More than 44% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (17%)More than 51% 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.
Born here
4 notable people born in Breaston and Draycott before 1900
Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Lawrence Plackett
Harry Plackett
Tommy Rose
Arthur Saxton
18501875190019251950
LP
Lawrence Plackett1868–1939 · Footballer (1868-1939)
HP
Harry Plackett1870–1948 · Footballer (1870-1948)
TR
Tommy Rose1872– · English association football player
AS
Arthur Saxton1874–1911 · Association football player (1874-1911)
Everyone born in Breaston and Draycott → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Towns its size
Breaston and Draycott has the 88th most Grade I buildings of 790 towns its size
Places of 4,000–12,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Breaston and Draycott1
#414 of 790for listed buildings per resident (23 per 10,000). Brecon, Rye and Dartmouth lead.
87 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Breaston and Draycott
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breaston and Draycott | 7,393 | 17 | 1 | C+ |
| Long Eaton | 37,815 | 29 | 1 | B− |
| Sandiacre | 9,373 | 13 | 1 | C |
| Shardlow | 1,190 | 40 | 0 | A |
| Borrowash | 7,171 | 33 | 0 | B |
| Stapleford | 15,041 | 16 | 1 | C+ |
| Aston-on-Trent | 2,433 | 12 | 1 | C+ |
| Castle Donington | 7,344 | 55 | 0 | B |
In brief
Breaston and Draycott in brief
Breaston and Draycott has 17 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I, including Church of St Michael. Only 87 of the 790 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. Its older streets lie in 2 conservation areas, the first designated in 1978. Of the 4 people born here before 1900, the best known include Lawrence Plackett (1868), Harry Plackett (1870) and Tommy Rose (1872). Otherwise the figures are ordinary: per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and 17% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Breaston and Draycott’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Breaston and Draycott?
Historic England lists 17 buildings inside Breaston and Draycott’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 16 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Breaston and Draycott?
One: Church of St Michael.
How many conservation areas are there in Breaston and Draycott?
2, covering about 15 hectares of the town. The largest are Breaston and Draycott.
When were Breaston and Draycott’s buildings listed?
The first in 1967; the most, 6, in 1986.
Who was born in Breaston and Draycott?
Among people born before 1900: Lawrence Plackett (1868), Harry Plackett (1870), Tommy Rose (1872) and Arthur Saxton (1874).
How old are the homes in Breaston and Draycott?
17% of homes were built before 1919 and 38% 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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