IChurch · listed 1951Eyam crossOn the list as Churchyard Cross 6 Metres East of Church PorchPhoto: Elisa.rolle · CC BY-SA 3.0
Photo: Jon Bennett · CC BY 2.0–Not graded
History of Eyam · Historic England
Old homes in Eyam: 46% built before 1919
For Eyam, that is 3 times the typical town’s share, 15%. Historic England lists 43 buildings inside Eyam’s built-up area, 704 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. We have photos of 3 of its listed buildings.
Listed buildings
43
704 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
46%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Eyam
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Churchyard Cross 6 Metres East of Church PorchGrade I listed
Church of St LawrenceGrade II* listed
Eyam HallGrade II* listedPhotos 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 Eyam’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IGrade II*Scheduled monument
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
43 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I2 Grade II*40 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 Eyam
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 2 Grade II* listed buildings in Eyam
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*Church · listed 1967St Lawrence's ChurchOn the list as Church of St LawrencePhoto: Dave Pape · Public domain
II*Public · listed 1951Eyam HallPhoto: Nigel Cox · CC BY-SA 2.0
What’s protected
Most of Eyam’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas23
Public & civic buildings6
Churches, chapels & priories6
Walls, gates & bridges5
Memorials, crosses & tombs2
Street furniture1
23 entries (53%) are houses, terraces and villas. 6 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
40 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 40 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Aughton HouseBagshaw House and Attached OutbuildingsBarn North West of Eyam HallBarn to North West of Coach HouseBarn to West of Eyam HallChurch Cottage, Church View and Attached House to EastChurchyard Tomb 12 Metres South East of Church PorchChurchyard Tomb 7 Metres South of Church PorchDale HeadDelf View and Attached StablesDerwent Cottage and Derwent HouseEdge LeaFern LeaForesters HouseGarden House and Attached Garden Walls to Eyam HallGates and Attached Walls and Terrace to South of Eyam HallHall FarmhouseLaburnum CottageLydgate Graves and Enclosing WallMerrill HouseMompesson CottagesNumber 10 and Memorial Cottage and Cottage Attached to EastOutbuilding to South West of Eyam HallOutbuilding to South of Merrill HousePlague CottagePlague Cottage and Rose CottageRuins of Bradshaw HallStanley HouseThe Brick House and RailingsThe Olde House and Attached GarageThe RectoryTomb of Catherine Mompesson, 7 metres East of Church PorchTomb of H Merrill, 25 Metres North of Hollins Farmhouse (SK214768)Upper Birch RowVillage StocksWall and Water Troughs to South East of Edge MoorWalls, Gatepiers and Water Troughs to East of Eyam HallWayside and Roselyn1, Church Avenue2 and 3, Church Avenue
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 67% of Eyam
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Eyam 198127 ha
27 hain conservation areas, of 40 ha inside the built-up area.
43 of the 43 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 Eyam’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1984
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1984 · 261967 · 13
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 2 entries were listed in 1951, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 26 came in 1984, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have 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.
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.
Homes by age
46% of Eyam’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
40%
Before 1900
6%
1900–18
1.1%
1919–29
6%
1930s
7%
1945–54
13%
1955–64
4.9%
1965–72
7%
1973–82
4.2%
1983–92
4.2%
1993–99
4.2%
2000–08
2.1%
2009–15
0%
2016–25
EyamEngland & Wales
40% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1955–64, 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 (9 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Eyam
In brief
Eyam in brief
More of Eyam’s homes are old than in most places: 46% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 43 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1981.
Of the whole list, 53% are houses, terraces and villas. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1984: 26 of 43. The rest is about typical: Anna Seward (1747) was born here before 1900; and it also has a scheduled monument.
Questions about Eyam’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Eyam?
Historic England lists 43 buildings inside Eyam’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 40 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Eyam?
One: Churchyard Cross 6 Metres East of Church Porch.
Are there scheduled monuments in Eyam?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Anglian high cross in St Laurence's churchyard.
How many conservation areas are there in Eyam?
1, covering about 27 hectares of the town. The largest is Eyam.
When were Eyam’s buildings listed?
The first in 1951; the most, 26, in 1984.
How old are the homes in Eyam?
46% of homes were built before 1919 and 53% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Eyam has no History Grade.
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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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