II*Church · listed 1965Church of St John the BaptistPhoto: J3Mrs. Original uploader was J3Mrs at en · CC BY-SA 3.0
Church of St John the Baptist · Photo: J3Mrs. Original uploader was J3Mrs at en · CC BY-SA 3.0C+History Grade
History of Clowne · Historic England
5 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade II*
Historic England counts them inside Clowne’s built-up area, 6.4 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. We have photos of 3 of its listed buildings. 22% of its homes were built before 1919. Clowne grades C+ for history: #40 of 59 in Derbyshire.
Listed buildings
5
6.4 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
22%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Clowne
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 Clowne’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.
Grade II*Scheduled monument
Homes built before 1919, by neighbourhoodunder 10%10–25%25–50%50%+
0 of 5neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes; in the oldest, 33% were built before 1919.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
5 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I2 Grade II*3 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 II*
The 2 Grade II* listed buildings in Clowne
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
II*Memorials · listed 1965Clowne CrossPhoto: Jonathan Clitheroe · CC BY-SA 2.0
Grade II
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
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 3.2% of Clowne
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Clowne 20057 ha
7 hain conservation areas, of 226 ha inside the built-up area.
5 of the 5 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.
1 scheduled monument
Nationally important archaeological sites and monuments, protected by law; work on them needs consent from the Secretary of State, advised by Historic England.
History Grade
Clowne 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 (9 points, 12 per 10,000 residents)More than 27% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (22%)More than 66% 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.
Homes by age
22% of Clowne’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
20%
Before 1900
2.4%
1900–18
5%
1919–29
4.5%
1930s
8.9%
1945–54
4%
1955–64
10%
1965–72
13%
1973–82
6.6%
1983–92
6.1%
1993–99
3.8%
2000–08
5.8%
2009–15
10%
2016–25
ClowneEngland & Wales
20% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1973–82, which added 13% 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 (18 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Born here
3 notable people born in Clowne before 1900
Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Alf Ball
Alf Bennett
George Cooke
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AB
Alf Ball1890–1952 · Footballer (1890-1952)
Alf Bennett1898–1963 · Footballer (1898-?)
GC
George Cooke1899–1977 · English footballer
Everyone born in Clowne → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Clowne
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clowne | 7,759 | 5 | 0 | C+ |
| Barlborough | 2,859 | 20 | 0 | B− |
| Creswell | 5,792 | 5 | 0 | C+ |
| Whitwell | 3,722 | 8 | 1 | B− |
| Renishaw | 2,425 | 0 | 0 | D− |
| Bolsover | 11,228 | 52 | 0 | A− |
| Harthill | 1,729 | 9 | 1 | C+ |
| Duckmanton | 1,775 | 4 | 0 | D |
In brief
Clowne in brief
Old houses are part of Clowne’s character: 22% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 5 listed buildings, including Church of St John the Baptist. A conservation area has protected part of it since 2005. Alf Ball (1890), Alf Bennett (1898) and George Cooke (1899) were all born here before 1900. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building; per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and the list grew between 1965 and 1989.
Questions about Clowne’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Clowne?
Historic England lists 5 buildings inside Clowne’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 3 Grade II.
Are there scheduled monuments in Clowne?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Standing cross, Clowne.
How many conservation areas are there in Clowne?
1, covering about 7 hectares of the town. The largest is Clowne.
Who was born in Clowne?
Among people born before 1900: Alf Ball (1890), Alf Bennett (1898) and George Cooke (1899).
How old are the homes in Clowne?
22% of homes were built before 1919 and 32% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The National Heritage List for England is the official, up-to-date register of all nationally protected historic buildings and sites in England; check an entry on Historic England’s website before relying on it.
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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