32 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I

Duffield HallGrade II* listedTwelfth century tower keep castle, including sites of an eleventh century motte and bailey castle, an Anglian cemetery and a Romano-British settlementScheduled monumentNorth Chapel at Duffield CemeteryGrade II listedThe ForgeGrade II listedPair of Garages to North of the MeadowsGrade II listed+1See all photos

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.

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.

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.

The first 16 entries were listed in 1967, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.

World Heritage

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.

RomanTwelfth century tower keep castle, including sites of an eleventh century motte and bailey castle, an Anglian cemetery and a Romano-British settlement

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.

17% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1955–64, which added 22% 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.

John Heathcoat

John Flesher

Ellen McArthur

Harry Haslam

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John Heathcoat1783–1861 · British politician (1783-1861)

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Ellen McArthur1862–1927 · British historian & academic

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John Flesher1833–1910 · Canadian politician (1833-1910)

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Harry Haslam1872–1943 · (1872-1943)

Everyone born in Makeney → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.

More of Makeney’s homes are old than in most places: 22% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 32 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I, including St Alkmund's Church, Duffield. Only 86 of the 956 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. Its older streets lie in 2 conservation areas, the first designated in 1969.

Most entries on the list, 69%, are houses, terraces and villas. Of the 4 people born here before 1900, the best known include John Heathcoat (1783), Ellen McArthur (1862) and John Flesher (1833). The rest is about typical: per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and it also has a scheduled monument.