IChurch · listed 1967St John the Baptist's ChurchOn the list as Church of St John the BaptistPhoto: Dave Bevis · CC BY-SA 2.0
Church of St John the Baptist · Photo: Dave Bevis · CC BY-SA 2.0C+History Grade
History of Dronfield · Historic England
41 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Dronfield’s built-up area, 19 for every 10,000 residents. Of the listed buildings in Dronfield, 36 are Grade II. 7.4% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 6 of its listed buildings. Dronfield grades C+ for history: #36 of 59 in Derbyshire.
Listed buildings
41
19 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
4
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
7.4%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Dronfield in 6 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Aston EndGrade II* listed
The Green Dragon InnGrade II listed
Lea Road Bridge (TJC1 26)Grade II listed
The Old Grammar SchoolGrade II listed
Premises Occupied by the Slinn Computer GroupGrade 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 Dronfield’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.
Grade IGrade II*
Homes built before 1919, by neighbourhoodunder 10%10–25%25–50%50%+
0 of 14neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
41 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I4 Grade II*36 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 Dronfield
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 4 Grade II* listed buildings in Dronfield
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 1 is photographed.
II*House · listed 1967Aston EndPhoto: Roger Templeman · CC BY-SA 2.0
Walls & gates · listed 1967Chiverton HouseOn the list as Chiverton House, Attached Boundary Walls Gatepiers and Railings
Walls & gates · listed 1967Dronfield Woodhouse Hall Farmhouse and Attached Boundary Walls
Public · listed 1989Building To The North East Of The HallOn the list as Formerly the Building to the north-east of the Hall
What’s protected
Most of Dronfield’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas23
Public & civic buildings6
Walls, gates & bridges5
Churches, chapels & priories3
Inns, shops & warehouses3
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
23 entries (56%) 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
36 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 36 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Boundary wall enclosing gardens to properties to the north side of High Street to the west of Item 48Churchyard Cross, 20 Metres South of the Church of St John the BaptistFormer Cruck Barn at Gosforth FarmFormer Dronfield Methodist ChurchGolf Club Locker Room to Hallowes Golf ClubhouseHallowes Golf ClubhouseLea Road Bridge (TJC1 26)Manor CourtNorwood FarmhouseOutbuilding to the South East of Chiverton HouseOutbuildings to the South of Chiverton HousePair of cottages at Nether BirchittPremises Occupied by the Slinn Computer GroupQuoit Green HouseRange of Outbuildings to the East of Silkstone FarmhouseRange of Outbuildings to the South West of Dronfield Woodhouse HallRookery CottageRose Hill and Attached Boundary WallsSilkstone FarmhouseThe Blue Stoops InnThe CottageThe Dcc LibraryThe Green Dragon InnThe HallThe Manor HotelThe ManseThe MonumentThe Old Grammar SchoolThe Old VicarageThe Red HouseTwo Farm Buildings to East of Norwood FarmhouseTwo Pairs of Gatepiers to the East of Premises Occupied by the Slinn Computer GroupVale House14 and 16 Eckington Road22-26, High Street7, 7A, 7B, 8, 10 and 12, Church Street
Conservation areas
4 conservation areas cover 6.2% of Dronfield
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Dronfield 197123 ha
Coal Aston 19837 ha
Dronfield Woodhouse 19905 ha
Moss Valley 19903 ha
38 hain conservation areas, of 619 ha inside the built-up area.
The first, Dronfield, was designated in 1971; the newest, Moss Valley, in 1990. 37 of the 41 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
17 of Dronfield’s 41 listed buildings were added in 1989
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1989 · 171967 · 14
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 1 entry was listed in 1961. 17 came in 1989, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Dronfield 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 (47 points, 22 per 10,000 residents)More than 54% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (7.4%)More than 17% 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
7.4% of Dronfield’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
6.1%
Before 1900
1.4%
1900–18
1.8%
1919–29
5.4%
1930s
5.5%
1945–54
24%
1955–64
27%
1965–72
17%
1973–82
5.6%
1983–92
0.9%
1993–99
3.2%
2000–08
1.6%
2009–15
0.5%
2016–25
DronfieldEngland & Wales
6.1% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1965–72, which added 27% 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 (80 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Born here
3 notable people born in Dronfield before 1900
Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
William Hallam
Edward Houseman
Harry Maskrey
18501875190019251950
HM
Harry Maskrey1880–1927 · English footballer (1880-1927)
EH
Edward Houseman1869–1942 · English cricketer (1869-1942)
WH
William Hallam1856–1902 · British trade unionist
Everyone born in Dronfield → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Towns its size
Dronfield has the 101st most Grade I buildings of 458 towns its size
Places of 13,000–34,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Dronfield1
#226 of 458for listed buildings per resident (19 per 10,000). Lewes, Tewkesbury and Llandudno lead.
100 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Dronfield
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dronfield | 21,161 | 41 | 1 | C+ |
| Chesterfield | 76,394 | 198 | 1 | B+ |
| Eckington | 7,435 | 23 | 1 | C+ |
| Brimington | 11,068 | 14 | 0 | C+ |
| Sheffield | 500,520 | 926 | 3 | B+ |
| Staveley | 15,151 | 16 | 0 | C− |
| Holymoorside | 1,363 | 4 | 0 | C+ |
| Renishaw | 2,425 | 0 | 0 | D− |
In brief
Dronfield in brief
Dronfield has 41 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I, including St John the Baptist's Church. Only 100 of the 458 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. Its older streets lie in 4 conservation areas, the first designated in 1971. Most entries on the list, 56%, are houses, terraces and villas.
Harry Maskrey (1880), Edward Houseman (1869) and William Hallam (1856) were all born here before 1900. Its homes are mostly newer: 7.4% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. Beyond that, per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns.
Questions about Dronfield’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Dronfield?
Historic England lists 41 buildings inside Dronfield’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 4 Grade II* and 36 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Dronfield?
One: Church of St John the Baptist.
How many conservation areas are there in Dronfield?
4, covering about 38 hectares of the town. The largest are Dronfield and Coal Aston.
When were Dronfield’s buildings listed?
The first in 1961; the most, 17, in 1989.
Who was born in Dronfield?
Among people born before 1900: Harry Maskrey (1880), Edward Houseman (1869) and William Hallam (1856).
How old are the homes in Dronfield?
7.4% of homes were built before 1919 and 15% 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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