II*House · listed 1955Masson MillOn the list as Masson MillsPhoto: Nikki Mahadevan · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Mat Fascione · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Matlock Bath · Historic England
Matlock Bath is home to a World Heritage Site: Derwent Valley Mills
81% of Matlock Bath’s homes were built before 1919. Historic England lists 37 buildings inside Matlock Bath’s built-up area, 551 for every 10,000 residents.
Listed buildings
37
551 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
2 registered parks & gardens
Homes built before 1919
81%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Matlock Bath
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 Matlock Bath’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade II*Park or garden
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
37 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I2 Grade II*35 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 2 Grade II* listed buildings in Matlock Bath
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
II*Memorials · listed 2018Matlock Bath War MemorialPhoto: Elliott Brown from Birmingham, United Kingdom · CC BY-SA 2.0
What’s protected
Most of Matlock Bath’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas23
Public & civic buildings4
Memorials, crosses & tombs4
Inns, shops & warehouses3
Churches, chapels & priories2
Street furniture1
23 entries (62%) are houses, terraces and villas. 2 are churches, chapels and priories.
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
35 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 35 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Belle ViewBelmontChurch of Holy TrinityCromford CourtDerwent HouseFormer Royal MuseumFountain VillasFountain VillasHillsideHodgkinson's HotelK6 Telephone Kiosk Opposite Number 192Lower TowersMatlock Bath StationMatlock Bath Station (Northern Building)Methodist ChurchNew Bath HotelObelisk at Junction of Temple Road and South ParadeOld Masson HouseRose CottageRound HouseTemple HotelWoodland Terrace134, North Parade136, North Parade138-142, North Parade144, North Parade148, North Parade152-158, South Parade160-168, South Parade170 and 172, South Parade178 and 180, South Parade182, South Parade184 and 186, South Parade50-62, North Parade64-70, North Parade
Conservation areas
3 conservation areas cover 98% of Matlock Bath
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Matlock Bath 197236 ha
Matlock Dale 19725 ha
Cromford 19714 ha
45 hain conservation areas, of 46 ha inside the built-up area.
The first, Cromford, was designated in 1971; the newest, Matlock Dale, in 1972. 37 of the 37 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 Matlock Bath’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1972
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1972 · 26
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 3 entries were listed in 1950. 26 came in 1972, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has 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.
World Heritage
| Derwent Valley MillsUNESCO World Heritage Site, partly or wholly inside the town |
2 registered parks and gardens
Derwent GardensGrade II
Heights of AbrahamGrade II*
Homes by age
81% of Matlock Bath’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
77%
Before 1900
2.6%
1900–18
1.5%
1919–29
4.1%
1930s
0%
1945–54
1.5%
1955–64
2.6%
1965–72
1.5%
1973–82
4.1%
1983–92
2.6%
1993–99
2.6%
2000–08
0%
2009–15
0%
2016–25
Matlock BathEngland & Wales
77% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was the 1930s, which added 4.1% 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 Matlock Bath
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matlock Bath | 671 | 37 | 0 | — |
| Cromford | 1,395 | 83 | 10 | A+ |
| Matlock | 11,990 | 36 | 0 | B+ |
| Tansley | 1,176 | 10 | 0 | B+ |
| Wirksworth | 4,904 | 97 | 1 | A+ |
| Darley Dale | 3,985 | 21 | 0 | B+ |
| Crich | 2,070 | 23 | 1 | A− |
| South Wingfield | 1,079 | 18 | 0 | A− |
In brief
Matlock Bath in brief
Part of Derwent Valley Mills, a World Heritage Site, lies in Matlock Bath. All told, the list holds 37 listed buildings. Its housing is old: 81% of homes date from before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Its older streets lie in 3 conservation areas, the first designated in 1971. Most entries on the list, 62%, are houses, terraces and villas. The big year was 1972, when 26 of the 37 went on the list.
Questions about Matlock Bath’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Matlock Bath?
Historic England lists 37 buildings inside Matlock Bath’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 35 Grade II.
Is Matlock Bath a World Heritage Site?
Matlock Bath is home to part or all of Derwent Valley Mills, inscribed by UNESCO.
How many conservation areas are there in Matlock Bath?
3, covering about 45 hectares of the town. The largest are Matlock Bath and Matlock Dale.
When were Matlock Bath’s buildings listed?
The first in 1950; the most, 26, in 1972.
How old are the homes in Matlock Bath?
81% of homes were built before 1919 and 86% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Matlock Bath 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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