Public · listed 1967Holbrook Hall
Photo: Stephen McKay · CC BY-SA 2.0B+History Grade
History of Holbrook · Historic England
12 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade II*
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Holbrook’s built-up area, 67 for every 10,000 residents. 11 of Holbrook’s listed buildings are Grade II. 32% of its homes were built before 1919. Holbrook grades B+ for history.
Listed buildings
12
67 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
32%
typical UK town 15%
The map
Where Holbrook’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade II*
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
12 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I1 Grade II*11 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 II*
The Grade II* listed building in Holbrook
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
Grade II
11 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 11 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Brook HouseChurch of St MichaelFarmbuildings to South of Highfield FarmhouseGates, Attached Wall and War Memorial to North of St Michael's ChurchHighfields Farmhouse and Attached OutbuildingsNether Cottage and Attached OutbuildingsOakdene CottageStocking Frame Knitter's Workshop to Rear of Number 10Stocking Frame Knitters Workshop to Rear of Numbers 18 and 20The Stables to North of Holbrook HallWhite Hart Public House
Conservation areas
2 conservation areas cover 26% of Holbrook
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Holbrook 198015 ha
Holbrook Moor 19974 ha
20 hain conservation areas, of 75 ha inside the built-up area.
The first, Holbrook, was designated in 1980; the newest, Holbrook Moor, in 1997. 10 of the 12 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 Holbrook’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1986
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1986 · 9
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The first 1 entry was listed in 1967. 9 came in 1986, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Holbrook grades B+ for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (13 points, 72 per 10,000 residents)More than 51% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (32%)More than 87% 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
32% of Holbrook’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
26%
Before 1900
6.4%
1900–18
1.7%
1919–29
15%
1930s
12%
1945–54
12%
1955–64
10%
1965–72
2.6%
1973–82
3.8%
1983–92
4.6%
1993–99
2.7%
2000–08
1.2%
2009–15
0%
2016–25
HolbrookEngland & Wales
26% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was the 1930s, 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 (0 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Holbrook
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holbrook | 1,802 | 12 | 0 | B+ |
| Milford | 1,077 | 51 | 0 | A+ |
| Kilburn and Horsley Woodhouse | 4,447 | 4 | 0 | C |
| Denby Bottles | 1,756 | 0 | 0 | C− |
| Belper | 19,076 | 149 | 1 | A− |
| Makeney | 4,691 | 32 | 1 | B+ |
| Little Eaton | 1,875 | 15 | 0 | B |
| Smalley | 2,201 | 2 | 0 | D |
In brief
Holbrook in brief
More of Holbrook’s homes are old than in most places: 32% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 12 listed buildings. Its older streets lie in 2 conservation areas, the first designated in 1980. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1986: 9 of 12. Beyond that, like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building; per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and Jane Latham (1867) was born here before 1900.
Questions about Holbrook’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Holbrook?
Historic England lists 12 buildings inside Holbrook’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 11 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Holbrook?
2, covering about 20 hectares of the town. The largest are Holbrook and Holbrook Moor.
When were Holbrook’s buildings listed?
The first in 1967; the most, 9, in 1986.
How old are the homes in Holbrook?
32% of homes were built before 1919 and 49% 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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