IChurch · listed 1962All Saints' Church, SawleyOn the list as Church of All SaintsPhoto: John Darch · CC BY-SA 2.0
The Hall · Photo: Harry Mitchell · CC BY 3.0B−History Grade
History of Long Eaton · Historic England
29 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Long Eaton’s built-up area, 7.7 for every 10,000 residents. Of the listed buildings in Long Eaton, 26 are Grade II. We have photos of 6 of its listed buildings. 23% of its homes were built before 1919. Long Eaton grades B− for history: #26 of 59 in Derbyshire.
Listed buildings
29
7.7 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
23%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Long Eaton in 6 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Church of All SaintsGrade I listed
Church of St Laurence and St JamesGrade II* listed
Tamworth Road Bridge (SPC6 19)Grade II listed
Baptist ChurchGrade II listed
J and H Lacey WarehouseGrade 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 Long Eaton’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%+
4 of 24neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes; in the oldest, 73% were built before 1919.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
29 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I2 Grade II*26 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 Long Eaton
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 Long Eaton
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*Public · listed 1962The HallPhoto: Harry Mitchell · CC BY 3.0
II*Church · listed 1962St. Laurence's ChurchOn the list as Church of St Laurence and St JamesPhoto: Harry Mitchell · CC BY-SA 3.0
What’s protected
The largest group of Long Eaton’s listed buildings is public buildings
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Public & civic buildings10
Churches, chapels & priories6
Walls, gates & bridges6
Houses, terraces & villas4
Inns, shops & warehouses2
Street furniture1
4 entries (14%) 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
26 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 26 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Baptist ChurchBothe HallCarnegie Public Library and adjacent gatesChapel at Trent CollegeChrist Church Methodist ChurchChrist Church Sunday SchoolElim Pentecostal Church and RailingsFormer Long Eaton SchoolFormer Midland BankGate Piers and Railings to West Park CemeteryGates to West ParkHalifax Building SocietyHall to North of Highfield Junior SchoolHall to South East of Highfield Infant SchoolHighfield Infants SchoolHighfield Junior SchoolJ and H Lacey WarehouseLong Eaton Canal Bridge (SPC6 20)Long Eaton LockRailings to Highfield Infant and Junior SchoolsRed CourtSawley RectoryTamworth Road Bridge (SPC6 19)War Memorial to 6 Metres South West of St Laurence's ChurchWest Park Cemetery Chapels38 and 40, Market Place
Conservation areas
4 conservation areas cover 4.6% of Long Eaton
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Long Eaton Lace Factories23 ha
Long Eaton Town Centre 199311 ha
Sawley 19786 ha
Long Eaton (Derby Road) 20113 ha
44 hain conservation areas, of 965 ha inside the built-up area.
The first, Sawley, was designated in 1978; the newest, Long Eaton (Derby Road), in 2011. 18 of the 29 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 Long Eaton’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1986
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1986 · 20
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The first 4 entries were listed in 1962, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 20 came in 1986, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 2 have been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Long Eaton 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 (33 points, 9 per 10,000 residents)More than 41% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (23%)More than 68% 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
23% of Long Eaton’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
16%
Before 1900
6.8%
1900–18
5.1%
1919–29
12%
1930s
9.1%
1945–54
9%
1955–64
7.7%
1965–72
10%
1973–82
9.6%
1983–92
4.5%
1993–99
3.9%
2000–08
4.8%
2009–15
1.5%
2016–25
Long EatonEngland & Wales
16% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was the 1930s, which added 12% 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 (60 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Born here
8 notable people born in Long Eaton before 1900
Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
John Griffiths
Arthur Kingscott
Harry Bestwick
George Clifton
William Locker
Laura Knight
Amos Kilbourne
Douglas Houghton, Baron Houghton of Sowerby
18501875190019251950
Laura Knight1877–1970 · English artist (1877-1970)
JG
John Griffiths1863– · English cricketer for Nottinghamshire (1863-?)
DS
Douglas Houghton, Baron Houghton of Sowerby1898–1996 · British politician (1898-1996)
AK
Arthur Kingscott1863–1937 · English football referee
GC
George Clifton1865–1947 · Association football player (1865-1947)
WL
William Locker1866–1952 · English footballer (1866-1952)
AK
Amos Kilbourne1880–1940 · Association football player (1880-1940)
HB
Harry Bestwick1864–1946 · Association football player (1864-1946)
Everyone born in Long Eaton → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Long Eaton
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long Eaton | 37,815 | 29 | 1 | B− |
| Breaston and Draycott | 7,393 | 17 | 1 | C+ |
| Sandiacre | 9,373 | 13 | 1 | C |
| Stapleford | 15,041 | 16 | 1 | C+ |
| Beeston | 52,359 | 44 | 1 | C |
| Shardlow | 1,190 | 40 | 0 | A |
| Trowell | 2,165 | 6 | 0 | C− |
| Kegworth | 4,293 | 23 | 0 | B |
In brief
Long Eaton in brief
More of Long Eaton’s homes are old than in most places: 23% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 29 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I, including All Saints' Church, Sawley. Its older streets lie in 4 conservation areas, the first designated in 1978.
Of the 8 people born here before 1900, the best known include Laura Knight (1877), John Griffiths (1863) and Douglas Houghton, Baron Houghton of Sowerby (1898). More than half went on the list in a single year, 1986: 20 of 29. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: it has one Grade I building, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 1); and per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns.
Questions about Long Eaton’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Long Eaton?
Historic England lists 29 buildings inside Long Eaton’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 26 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Long Eaton?
One: Church of All Saints.
How many conservation areas are there in Long Eaton?
4, covering about 44 hectares of the town. The largest are Long Eaton Lace Factories and Long Eaton Town Centre.
When were Long Eaton’s buildings listed?
The first in 1962; the most, 20, in 1986.
Who was born in Long Eaton?
Among people born before 1900: Laura Knight (1877), John Griffiths (1863), Douglas Houghton, Baron Houghton of Sowerby (1898), Arthur Kingscott (1863) and George Clifton (1865).
How old are the homes in Long Eaton?
23% of homes were built before 1919 and 40% 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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