II*Public · listed 1965Padley HallPhoto: Chris Morgan · CC BY-SA 2.0
Padley Hall · Photo: Chris Morgan · CC BY-SA 2.0B−History Grade
History of Ripley · Historic England
14 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade II*
Historic England counts them inside Ripley’s built-up area, 6.9 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. 28% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 6 of its listed buildings. Ripley grades B− for history: #30 of 59 in Derbyshire.
Listed buildings
14
6.9 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
28%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Ripley in 6 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Church of St JamesGrade II listed
Codnor Gate Farm HouseGrade II listed
Coppice FarmhouseGrade II listed
Butterley HallGrade II listed
Church of All SaintsGrade 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 Ripley’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.
Grade II*Scheduled monument
Homes built before 1919, by neighbourhoodunder 10%10–25%25–50%50%+
2 of 15neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes; in the oldest, 58% were built before 1919.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
14 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I1 Grade II*13 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 II*
The Grade II* listed building in Ripley
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
Grade II
13 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 13 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Building to West of Gate House and Butterley Company WorksButterley HallChurch of All SaintsChurch of St JamesCodnor Gate Farm HouseCoppice FarmhouseEntrance building to Butterley Company Works and attached steps, bollards and pillarHome FarmhouseMilepost Adjacent to Number 8Milepost at Sk 399 486Signal Box to the North of Track 480 Metres West of Butterley Station, And 30 Metres East of Asher Lane Railway CrossingWaingroves War Memorial37, Nottingham Road
How the list grew
More than half of Ripley’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1988
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1988 · 8
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The first 1 entry was listed in 1963. 8 came in 1988, 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.
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.
History Grade
Ripley 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 (17 points, 8 per 10,000 residents)More than 32% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (28%)More than 80% 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
28% of Ripley’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
19%
Before 1900
8.5%
1900–18
5.9%
1919–29
9.9%
1930s
7.4%
1945–54
3.7%
1955–64
10%
1965–72
8.9%
1973–82
6.6%
1983–92
4.1%
1993–99
4.3%
2000–08
3.3%
2009–15
8%
2016–25
RipleyEngland & Wales
19% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1965–72, which added 10% 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 (42 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Ripley
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ripley | 20,191 | 14 | 0 | B− |
| Somercotes and Swanwick | 15,105 | 17 | 0 | B− |
| Heage | 2,584 | 8 | 0 | B |
| Ironville | 1,824 | 4 | 0 | B− |
| Denby Bottles | 1,756 | 0 | 0 | C− |
| Jacksdale and Westwood | 2,758 | 1 | 0 | C |
| Ambergate | 1,566 | 12 | 0 | B+ |
| Heanor | 24,264 | 11 | 0 | C+ |
In brief
Ripley in brief
Old houses are part of Ripley’s character: 28% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 14 listed buildings, including Padley Hall. The big year was 1988, when 8 of the 14 went on the list. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building; per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and James Disney (1859) was born here before 1900.
Questions about Ripley’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Ripley?
Historic England lists 14 buildings inside Ripley’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 13 Grade II.
Are there scheduled monuments in Ripley?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Butterley Works blast furnaces, canal tunnel and underground wharf.
When were Ripley’s buildings listed?
The first in 1963; the most, 8, in 1988.
How old are the homes in Ripley?
28% of homes were built before 1919 and 43% 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. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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