IChurch · listed 1967The Parish Church of St Peter and St PaulPhoto: Inside-Kardamena · Public domain
Coldwell Cottage · Photo: Chris Morgan · CC BY-SA 2.0C+History Grade
History of Eckington · Historic England
23 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Eckington’s built-up area, 31 for every 10,000 residents. 21 of Eckington’s listed buildings are Grade II. We have photos of 5 of its listed buildings. 13% of its homes were built before 1919. Eckington grades C+ for history: #32 of 59 in Derbyshire.
Listed buildings
23
31 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
13%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Eckington in 5 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
The Parish Church of St Peter and St PaulGrade I listed
The Angel HotelGrade II listed
131, 133 and 135, High StreetGrade II listed
Methodist ChapelGrade 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 Eckington’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 4neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes; in the oldest, 29% were built before 1919.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
23 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I1 Grade II*21 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 Eckington
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 Grade II* listed building in Eckington
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest.
House · listed 1967The Rectory
What’s protected
Most of Eckington’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas17
Churches, chapels & priories3
Walls, gates & bridges1
Public & civic buildings1
Inns, shops & warehouses1
17 entries (74%) 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
21 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 21 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Barn to North West of Malthouse FarmhouseCamms HouseColdwell CottageEntrance Gatepiers and Attached Boundary Wall to Eckington RectoryGreen Hall FarmhouseMalthouse FarmhouseMethodist ChapelMonument of the South East Corner of the South Aisle of Eckington Parish ChurchNumbers 125 and 127 and Attached Outbuilding to EastNumbers 24-28 (Even) Including Premises Occupied by Scarlett Ribbons, New Wizard and WoodheadsRectory CottageSouthgate Old HouseThe Angel HotelThe GreenThe Hollies13-19, Market Street131, 133 and 135, High Street28, Church Street35, Church Street68 and 70, Church Street74, Church Street
Conservation areas
3 conservation areas cover 24% of Eckington
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Eckington and Renishaw Park 197028 ha
Moss Valley 199013 ha
Eckington High Street 19944 ha
46 hain conservation areas, of 190 ha inside the built-up area.
The first, Eckington and Renishaw Park, was designated in 1970; the newest, Eckington High Street, in 1994. 23 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
11 of Eckington’s 23 listed buildings were added in 1989
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1989 · 111967 · 5
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The first 5 entries were listed in 1967, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 11 came in 1989, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Eckington 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 (26 points, 35 per 10,000 residents)More than 52% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (13%)More than 36% 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
4 notable people born in Eckington before 1900
Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
George Sitwell
Ann Alexander
Herbert Munday
Billy Haywood
16001650170017501800185019001950
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Ann Alexander1770–1861 · (1774/5–1861), Quaker, banker and bill broker
GS
George Sitwell1600–1667 · British ironmaster
HM
Herbert Munday1876–1961 · English footballer
BH
Billy Haywood1899–1977 · English footballer
Everyone born in Eckington → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Towns its size
Eckington has the 88th most Grade I buildings of 789 towns its size
Places of 4,000–12,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Eckington1
#355 of 789for listed buildings per resident (31 per 10,000). Brecon, Rye and Dartmouth lead.
87 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Eckington
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eckington | 7,435 | 23 | 1 | C+ |
| Renishaw | 2,425 | 0 | 0 | D− |
| Killamarsh | 9,082 | 5 | 0 | D |
| Staveley | 15,151 | 16 | 0 | C− |
| Barlborough | 2,859 | 20 | 0 | B− |
| Brimington | 11,068 | 14 | 0 | C+ |
| Duckmanton | 1,775 | 4 | 0 | D |
| Dronfield | 21,161 | 41 | 1 | C+ |
In brief
Eckington in brief
The official list counts 23 listed buildings in Eckington, 1 of them Grade I, including The Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul. Only 87 of the 789 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. Its older streets lie in 3 conservation areas, the first designated in 1970.
Most entries on the list, 74%, are houses, terraces and villas. Ann Alexander (1770), George Sitwell (1600) and Herbert Munday (1876) are among the 4 people born here before 1900. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and 13% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Eckington’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Eckington?
Historic England lists 23 buildings inside Eckington’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 21 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Eckington?
One: The Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul.
How many conservation areas are there in Eckington?
3, covering about 46 hectares of the town. The largest are Eckington and Renishaw Park and Moss Valley.
When were Eckington’s buildings listed?
The first in 1967; the most, 11, in 1989.
Who was born in Eckington?
Among people born before 1900: Ann Alexander (1770), George Sitwell (1600), Herbert Munday (1876) and Billy Haywood (1899).
How old are the homes in Eckington?
13% of homes were built before 1919 and 21% 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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