IChurch · listed 1971Church of St Mary and All SaintsPhoto: Tom Pennington · CC BY-SA 2.0
Former Brewery Street Chapel · Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0B+History Grade
History of Chesterfield · Historic England
198 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Chesterfield’s built-up area, 26 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 2 scheduled monuments. We have photos of 15 of its listed buildings and 2 old views of the town. 19% of its homes were built before 1919. Chesterfield grades B+ for history: #14 of 59 in Derbyshire.
Listed buildings
198
26 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
14
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
2
1 registered park or garden
Homes built before 1919
19%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Chesterfield in 18 photos and old views
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed, and the town before 1950. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Church of St Mary and All SaintsGrade I listed
Tapton HouseGrade II* listed
The Royal Oak InnGrade II* listed
Holywell Cross Post OfficeGrade II listed
Tapton LockGrade II listed+13See 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.
Through time
Chesterfield from 1858 to 1916
2 old photos and postcards, in date order. All public domain, made before 1950.
1858
c. 1916Public domain, from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server. Each credit opens the image’s page with its full description and history.
The map
Where Chesterfield’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.
Grade IGrade II*Scheduled monumentPark or garden
Homes built before 1919, by neighbourhoodunder 10%10–25%25–50%50%+
4 of 54neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes; in the oldest, 84% were built before 1919.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
198 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I14 Grade II*183 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 Chesterfield
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*
The 14 Grade II* listed buildings in Chesterfield
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 11 are photographed.
II*House · listed 1968Tapton HousePhoto: Stephen Richards · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Inns & shops · listed 1971The Royal Oak InnPhoto: sue hayton · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Inns & shops · listed 2004Mill Buildings at Walton WorksPhoto: Stephen G Taylor · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Street furniture · listed 1971Numbers 69-79 Saltergate Including Pagets Insurances Limited and Area RailingsPhoto: Dave Bevis · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*House · listed 1968Revolution HousePhoto: Jon · CC BY 2.0
II*Church · listed 1968Eyre ChapelOn the list as Roman Catholic Eyre Chapel (Behind Newbold Road)Photo: Dave Bevis · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Street furniture · listed 1976The Town PumpPhoto: Alan Murray-Rust · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*Church · listed 1971Unitarian ChapelPhoto: Stanley Walker · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*House · listed 19682, St Mary's GatePhoto: David Hallam-Jones · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*House · listed 197242, St Mary's GatePhoto: Edmund Gooch · CC BY-SA 2.0
II*House · listed 19769 Beetwell StreetPhoto: David Hallam-Jones · CC BY-SA 2.0
Inns & shops · listed 1977Bank Close (T I Guest House Sports and Social Club)
Show the other 2
House · listed 1968Gazebo at Manor House
Public · listed 1968The Gazebo at Somersall Hall
Historic streets
Low Pavement has the most listed buildings
Streets by the listed entries with an address on them. One entry can be a whole terrace, so long rows count once.
Low Pavement17 listed
Saltergate5 listed
Church Street North4 listed
Abercrombie Street3 listed
Beetwell Street3 listed · 1 II*
Newbold Road3 listed
Of the 198 entries, 57 are named by a street address; the rest are named buildings such as churches, halls and bridges.
What’s protected
Most of Chesterfield’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas124
Public & civic buildings26
Walls, gates & bridges16
Churches, chapels & priories14
Inns, shops & warehouses9
Street furniture5
Memorials, crosses & tombs4
124 entries (63%) are houses, terraces and villas. 14 are churches, chapels and priories, including 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings.
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
183 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.
The first 150 of 183 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Ashgate HouseAshton LodgeBandstand at Queens ParkBarn Immediately North of Loundsley Green FarmhouseBarn Incorporating Cottage at Park Hall FarmBarn at Dunston Farm (To North of Farmhouse)Birdholme House [includes offices of H Camm (Number 3) and part known as the maisonette (centre) and part known as The Flat (northern end)]Boiler House Behind Number 9Boundary wall extending along eastern boundary of footpath between Number 65 and the churchyard of St Bartholomew’s ChurchBrampton HouseCannon Mill including Mill WheelCentral Methodist ChurchCherry Tree FarmhouseChesterfield CourthouseChesterfield Saint Helena SchoolChesterfield Town HallChurch of St ThomasChurch of the Holy TrinityChurchyard Walls and Piers to St Mary's ChurchConservatory at Queens ParkCowsheds to North of Holme Hall FarmhouseCurved Reclining Form (Rosewall)Dorset HouseDryhurstDunston Grange FarmhouseElm LodgeElmwoodEngineers Offices at Goods Yard, British Rail StationEntrance Block to Elder Yard Uitarian ChapelEntrance walls with stone arch and gate piers at Spital CemeteryFarm Outbuilding to the South West of Spring House FarmhouseFields FarmhouseFormer Brewery Street ChapelFormer Chesterfield Union Workhouse (Scarsdale Hospital)Former Coach House Including Wall and Buildings to West of Number 218Former Coach House and Stables at Rear of Bank Close (Including Connecting Walls and Gatepiers)Former Coachhouse Stable to West of the VicarageFormer Head Office building of Sheepbridge Engineering LimitedFormer Methodist ChurchFormer National Westminster BankFormer Post OfficeFormer Threshing Barn to North East of Plover Hill FarmhouseFormer Williams and Glyn's Bank and Bank ChambersGarage to Manor House Called Brampton BarnGarden wall at Number 28 Gatepiers and corner pierGarden wall to north-east of Number 1Gatepiers Gates and Street Boundary Wall to Garden of Hurst HouseGatepiers and east, west and south boundary walls to churchyard of Church of St John, the EvangelistGatepiers at Entrance to Bank Close DriveGatepiers at Number 23Gatepiers at Tapton HouseGates, Piers and Railings at Entrance to Queen's ParkHady HouseHasland Hall SchoolHasland War MemorialHawthorne FarmhouseHighfield Hall SchoolHolly HouseHolme Hall FarmhouseHolywell Cross Post OfficeHolywell HouseHurst HouseLamp Post near South Porch of St Mary's ChurchLamp Standard Outside Number 2Lamp Standard Outside Number 63Lamp post outside 35 Low PavementLodge at Whittington Hall HospitalLodge to Spital CemeteryLong CottageManor HouseMounting Block Outside Entrance Gates to Tapton HouseNational Union of Miners OfficesNetherleighOutbuilding at Rear of Number 11Pair of gatepiers near front door of Somersall HallParish Church of St BartholomewParish Church of St John the EvangelistPark HallPenmore HousePlover Hill FarmhouseRaised Pavement to South of Numbers 82 and 84Range of Buildings to Rear of Number 13Range of Farm Buildings to North of the Manor HouseRed HouseRiverside HouseRoman Catholic Church of the Annunciation, attached presbytery and former schoolRose CottageSocial Services Department Building (Derbyshire County Council)Somersall FarmhouseSomersall HallSouthern Boundary Wall to Former School YardSouthern Garden Wall at Numbers 1 and 2 (Stud Farm Cottages)Spital BarnSpring House FarmhouseSt Thomas RectoryStatue of James Haslam Mp Outside Numer 100Statue of William Edwin Harvey MP outside Number 100Stephenson Memorial HallStreet Boundary Wall to Garden of Number 9 and GatepiersStud Farm CottagesTapton LockThe CloseThe Court House (Including Range of Adjoining Buildings)The Eagle ClubThe Entrance Lodge to Whittington GrangeThe HomesteadThe Manor HouseThe Manor HouseThe Market HallThe Market HotelThe Nags Head Public HouseThe Old HouseThe Old Mansion HouseThe Peacock InnThe Spread Eagle Public HouseThe Stables at Somersall FarmThe VicarageTwo barns at Somersall Farm (including one storey extension to western barn)United Reformed ChurchWalton HallWar MemorialWar Memorial and Steps in Front of Chesterfield Town HallWar Memorial in Churchyard to North East of St Mary's ChurchWell at Rear of Number 11West LawnWestern Building to Chesterfield College of Art and TechnologyWestern and Southern Garden Boundary Walls and Gatepiers at the VicarageWinding WheelYew Tree House1 and 1A, Low Pavement1, 3 and 3A, Abercrombie Street1, Sheffield Road1, Somersall Lane10 High Street11, Beetwell Street12 and 13, The Shambles123, Saltergate13 and 15, Beetwell Street13, Low Pavement16 and 18, Church Street North19 and 21, West Bars191 Old Road2 Central Pavement2 and 4, Marsden Street2, Somersall Lane21 and 23, Newbold Road21, Market Place23 West Bars27, Newbold Road3, Low Pavement
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 97% of Chesterfield
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
No data available for publication by HE2,357 ha
2,357 hain conservation areas, of 2,430 ha inside the built-up area.
193 of the 198 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
85 of Chesterfield’s 198 listed buildings were added in 1977
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1977 · 851976 · 571968 · 23
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 23 entries were listed in 1968. 85 came in 1977, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 3 have 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.
2 scheduled monuments
Nationally important archaeological sites and monuments, protected by law; work on them needs consent from the Secretary of State, advised by Historic England.
1 registered park or garden
Queen's ParkGrade II*
History Grade
Chesterfield grades B+ for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (220 points, 29 per 10,000 residents)More than 68% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (19%)More than 58% 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
44 notable people born in Chesterfield before 1900
The 20 best known on one timeline, earliest first.
Joseph Wragg
Jonathan Stokes
Joseph Brotherton
Joshua Jebb
Francis Frith
Emma Miller
Matthew Burrows
John Morton Clayton
Edmund Maynard
Charles Evans
Richard Barry Parker
John A. Pearson
Felix Davis
Ernest Needham
Thomas Gascoyne
Elijah Dart
George Green
Harry Draper
Olave Baden-Powell
Joe Cooper
1650170017501800185019001950
Olave Baden-Powell1889–1977 · (1889-1977) World Chief Guide
Francis Frith1822–1898 · English photographer (1822–1898)
Emma Miller1839–1917 · Union organizer, suffragist, founder of Australian Labour Party (1839…
JS
Jonathan Stokes1755–1831 · English physician and botanist (1755-1831)
Richard Barry Parker1867–1947 · British architect (1867-1947)
Ernest Needham1873–1936 · English footballer (1873-1936)
Joseph Brotherton1783–1857 · English politician, minister and activist (1783–1857)
JC
John Morton Clayton1857–1938 · 1857-1938, English cricketer
Everyone born in Chesterfield → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Chesterfield
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chesterfield | 76,394 | 198 | 1 | B+ |
| Brimington | 11,068 | 14 | 0 | C+ |
| Holymoorside | 1,363 | 4 | 0 | C+ |
| Wingerworth | 6,404 | 13 | 1 | C− |
| Grassmoor | 3,528 | 0 | 0 | D |
| Staveley | 15,151 | 16 | 0 | C− |
| Old Tupton | 4,190 | 5 | 0 | D |
| Duckmanton | 1,775 | 4 | 0 | D |
In brief
Chesterfield in brief
Chesterfield has 198 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I, including Church of St Mary and All Saints. A conservation area protects part of it. Most entries on the list, 63%, are houses, terraces and villas. Of the 44 people born here before 1900, the best known include Olave Baden-Powell (1889), Francis Frith (1822) and Emma Miller (1839). Beyond that, it has one Grade I building, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 2); per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and it also has 2 scheduled monuments.
Questions about Chesterfield’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Chesterfield?
Historic England lists 198 buildings inside Chesterfield’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 14 Grade II* and 183 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Chesterfield?
One: Church of St Mary and All Saints.
Which street in Chesterfield has the most listed buildings?
Low Pavement (17), Saltergate (5) and Church Street North (4) have the most listed entries named by an address. One entry can be a whole terrace.
Are there scheduled monuments in Chesterfield?
Yes, 2 scheduled monuments, including Brampton Barn and Tapton Castle motte.
How many conservation areas are there in Chesterfield?
1, covering about 2,357 hectares of the town. The largest is No data available for publication by HE.
When were Chesterfield’s buildings listed?
The first in 1968; the most, 85, in 1977.
Are there old photos of Chesterfield?
Yes: 2 public-domain photos and postcards from 1858 to 1916, all on this page.
Who was born in Chesterfield?
Among people born before 1900: Olave Baden-Powell (1889), Francis Frith (1822), Emma Miller (1839), Jonathan Stokes (1755) and Richard Barry Parker (1867).
How old are the homes in Chesterfield?
19% of homes were built before 1919 and 36% 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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