Photo: Stephen McKay · CC BY-SA 2.03 listed buildings
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Chinley’s built-up area, 16 for every 10,000 residents. Every listed building in Chinley is Grade II. 41% of its homes were built before 1919. Chinley grades C+ for history.
Where Chinley’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
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.
3 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 3 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
3 conservation areas cover 35% of Chinley
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
The first, Chinley and Whitehough, was designated in 1990; the newest, Leaden Knowle, in 1994. 3 of the 3 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.
Chinley grades C+ for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all 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.
41% of Chinley’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
33% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 2016–25, which added 11% 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 (13 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Listed buildings in the places around Chinley
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chinley | 1,913 | 3 | 0 | C+ |
| Chapel-en-le-Frith | 7,235 | 27 | 0 | B |
| Whaley Bridge | 4,618 | 16 | 0 | B+ |
| Furness Vale | 1,069 | 2 | 0 | C+ |
| Hayfield | 1,878 | 23 | 0 | A |
| New Mills | 9,195 | 26 | 0 | B+ |
| Dove Holes | 1,156 | 1 | 0 | C |
| Disley | 3,891 | 41 | 0 | A− |
Chinley in brief
More of Chinley’s homes are old than in most places: 41% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 3 listed buildings. Its older streets lie in 3 conservation areas, the first designated in 1990. For its size the list is short: per resident, it has more listed heritage than only 21% of UK towns. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: the list grew between 1967 and 1984.
Questions about Chinley’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Chinley?
Historic England lists 3 buildings inside Chinley’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 3 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Chinley?
3, covering about 25 hectares of the town. The largest are Chinley and Whitehough and Leaden Knowle.
How old are the homes in Chinley?
41% of homes were built before 1919 and 53% 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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