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Church of St Mary · Photo: Poliphilo · CC0A−History Grade
History of Crich · Historic England
23 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Crich’s built-up area, 111 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 22 of Crich’s listed buildings. 31% of its homes were built before 1919. Crich grades A− for history.
Listed buildings
23
111 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
31%
typical UK town 15%
The map
Where Crich’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade I
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
23 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 Grade II*22 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 I
The Grade I listed building in Crich
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.
What’s protected
The largest group of Crich’s listed buildings is homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas9
Public & civic buildings4
Churches, chapels & priories3
Inns, shops & warehouses3
Walls, gates & bridges3
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
9 entries (39%) are houses, terraces and villas. 3 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
22 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 22 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Bower HouseCliff InnCrich Baptist ChapelCrich Wesleyan Chapel and Attached WallsDial FarmhouseFacade of the Former Derby Assembly Rooms at the National Tramway MuseumFormer Primitive Methodist ChapelHoneymoon Cottage Sheaf Cottage Sheaf HouseK1 Telephone Box at the National Tramway MuseumMetropolitan Police Box at the National Tramway MuseumMilepost 20 Metres South East of the Former Rising Sun Public HousePenfold Post Box at the National Tramway MuseumPortal to Stephenson's Tunnel, CrichThe Barns and Attached Outbuildings to the North and North EastThe Black Swan Public House and Attached L Shaped Range of Outbuildings to the North-EastThe Mansion House and OutbuildingThe MountTramway BridgeVillage Cross to the North East of the Jovial Dutchman Public HouseWoodbank House10 and 12, Bowns Hill12, 14 and 16, The Common
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 15% of Crich
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Crich 198012 ha
12 hain conservation areas, of 80 ha inside the built-up area.
13 of the 23 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 Crich’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1985
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1985 · 13
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The first 1 entry was listed in 1951. 13 came in 1985, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has 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.
World Heritage
| Derwent Valley MillsUNESCO World Heritage Site: the town touches its mapped area, which can include a buffer zone |
History Grade
Crich grades A− for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (25 points, 121 per 10,000 residents)More than 66% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (31%)More than 85% 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
31% of Crich’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
28%
Before 1900
2.7%
1900–18
1.5%
1919–29
9.3%
1930s
9.1%
1945–54
3%
1955–64
6.6%
1965–72
8.2%
1973–82
3.9%
1983–92
6.7%
1993–99
3.9%
2000–08
1.8%
2009–15
15%
2016–25
CrichEngland & Wales
28% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 2016–25, which added 15% 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 (6 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Towns its size
Crich has the 89th most Grade I buildings of 1,471 towns its size
Places of 1,000–3,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Crich1
#453 of 1,471for listed buildings per resident (111 per 10,000). Burford, Painswick and Marshfield lead.
88 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Crich
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crich | 2,070 | 23 | 1 | A− |
| Ambergate | 1,566 | 12 | 0 | B+ |
| South Wingfield | 1,079 | 18 | 0 | A− |
| Heage | 2,584 | 8 | 0 | B |
| Cromford | 1,395 | 83 | 10 | A+ |
| Tansley | 1,176 | 10 | 0 | B+ |
| Belper | 19,076 | 149 | 1 | A− |
| Wirksworth | 4,904 | 97 | 1 | A+ |
In brief
Crich in brief
Old houses are part of Crich’s character: 31% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 23 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. Only 88 of the 1,471 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings.
A conservation area has protected part of it since 1980. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1985: 13 of 23. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and Frank Shacklock (1861) and Herbert Rowley (1897) were born here before 1900.
Questions about Crich’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Crich?
Historic England lists 23 buildings inside Crich’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 22 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Crich?
One: Church of St Mary.
Is Crich a World Heritage Site?
Part of Crich lies within the area Historic England maps for Derwent Valley Mills, which can include a buffer zone around the site itself.
How many conservation areas are there in Crich?
1, covering about 12 hectares of the town. The largest is Crich.
When were Crich’s buildings listed?
The first in 1951; the most, 13, in 1985.
How old are the homes in Crich?
31% of homes were built before 1919 and 42% 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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