IChurch · listed 1967Holy Trinity ChurchPhoto: Neil Theasby · CC BY-SA 2.0
Holy Trinity Church · Photo: Neil Theasby · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Kirk Ireton · Historic England
18 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Kirk Ireton’s built-up area, 338 for every 10,000 residents. 16 of Kirk Ireton’s listed buildings are Grade II. 34% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
18
338 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
34%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Kirk Ireton
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Photos 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 Kirk Ireton’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IGrade II*
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
18 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I1 Grade II*16 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 Kirk Ireton
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 Kirk Ireton
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*Inns & shops · listed 1983The Barley Mow InnPhoto: Neil Theasby · CC BY-SA 2.0
Grade II
16 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 16 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Buxton Hall FarmhouseChurch FarmhouseCottage and Boundary Wall, Piers and Gate, North East of Methodist ChurchCottage to the North of Townend FarmFarmhouse and Attached Outbuildings to the South of Well BanksGreen FarmhouseHouse South West of Churchyard GatesHouse to the South West of Green FarmMethodist Sunday SchoolNorthfield Farmhouse and Garden WallOutbuildings and Former Outbuildings to the West of the Barley Mow InnProspect HouseRose BankThe Gate Piers to Holy Trinity ChurchyardThe Manor HouseWell Banks (At the Junction of Well Banks and Nether Lane)
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 99% of Kirk Ireton
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Kirk Ireton 197121 ha
21 hain conservation areas, of 22 ha inside the built-up area.
18 of the 18 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 Kirk Ireton’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1983
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1983 · 101967 · 7
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The first 7 entries were listed in 1967, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 10 came in 1983, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
34% of Kirk Ireton’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
32%
Before 1900
0%
1900–18
0%
1919–29
1.1%
1930s
4.2%
1945–54
3.4%
1955–64
20%
1965–72
11%
1973–82
3.4%
1983–92
3.4%
1993–99
5.3%
2000–08
3.4%
2009–15
13%
2016–25
Kirk IretonEngland & Wales
32% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1965–72, which added 20% 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 Kirk Ireton
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirk Ireton | 533 | 18 | 1 | — |
| Wirksworth | 4,904 | 97 | 1 | A+ |
| Cromford | 1,395 | 83 | 10 | A+ |
| Brailsford | 1,403 | 13 | 0 | B+ |
| Ashbourne | 8,854 | 164 | 3 | A− |
| Ambergate | 1,566 | 12 | 0 | B+ |
| Belper | 19,076 | 149 | 1 | A− |
| Crich | 2,070 | 23 | 1 | A− |
In brief
Kirk Ireton in brief
More of Kirk Ireton’s homes are old than in most places: 34% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 18 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1971. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1983: 10 of 18.
Questions about Kirk Ireton’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Kirk Ireton?
Historic England lists 18 buildings inside Kirk Ireton’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 16 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Kirk Ireton?
One: Holy Trinity Church.
How many conservation areas are there in Kirk Ireton?
1, covering about 21 hectares of the town. The largest is Kirk Ireton.
When were Kirk Ireton’s buildings listed?
The first in 1967; the most, 10, in 1983.
How old are the homes in Kirk Ireton?
34% of homes were built before 1919 and 35% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Kirk Ireton 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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