II*Inns & shops · listed 1977Caudwells MillPhoto: Ashley Dace · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Warofdreams · CC BY 2.5–Not graded
History of Rowsley · Historic England
Old homes in Rowsley: 52% built before 1919
Against 15% in the typical town, Rowsley has 4 times the share. Historic England lists 21 buildings inside Rowsley’s built-up area, 787 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument.
Listed buildings
21
787 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
52%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Rowsley
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 Rowsley’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade II*Scheduled monument
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
21 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I2 Grade II*19 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 Rowsley
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
II*Inns & shops · listed 1951The Peacock HotelPhoto: Graham Horn · CC BY-SA 2.0
What’s protected
The largest group of Rowsley’s listed buildings is homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas7
Walls, gates & bridges4
Inns, shops & warehouses4
Churches, chapels & priories3
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
Street furniture1
Public & civic buildings1
7 entries (33%) are houses, terraces and villas. 3 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
19 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 19 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Beech House Dye CottageBridge House FarmhouseChurch of St KatherineDrinking Fountain South West of the Peacock HotelHolly House the BeechesIvy House and Bank HouseLamp StandardLychgate and Steps South West of Rowsley ChurchRailway Viaduct, Embank ment and Overbridge to the East of Church FarmRowsley Old StationStables at Peacock HotelSycamore Cottage Vicarage CottageToll CottageVernon HouseVillage School Attached Wall and LavatoriesWar Memorial Circa 15 Metres South South West of St Katherine's ChurchWye Bridge HouseWye Cottage1 and 2 Midland Cottages
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 35% of Rowsley
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Rowsley 19879 ha
9 hain conservation areas, of 26 ha inside the built-up area.
19 of the 21 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
9 of Rowsley’s 21 listed buildings were added in 1987
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1987 · 91967 · 7
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 1 entry was listed in 1951. 9 came in 1987, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 have 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.
Homes by age
52% of Rowsley’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
46%
Before 1900
5.8%
1900–18
8.3%
1919–29
12%
1930s
0.8%
1945–54
5%
1955–64
2.5%
1965–72
7.4%
1973–82
2.5%
1983–92
5.8%
1993–99
0.8%
2000–08
0%
2009–15
2.5%
2016–25
RowsleyEngland & Wales
46% 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 (3 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Rowsley
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rowsley | 267 | 21 | 0 | — |
| Darley Dale | 3,985 | 21 | 0 | B+ |
| Bakewell | 3,275 | 173 | 4 | A+ |
| Baslow | 1,172 | 18 | 1 | A |
| Matlock | 11,990 | 36 | 0 | B+ |
| Calver | 1,073 | 14 | 0 | A− |
| Holymoorside | 1,363 | 4 | 0 | C+ |
| Tansley | 1,176 | 10 | 0 | B+ |
In brief
Rowsley in brief
More of Rowsley’s homes are old than in most places: 52% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 21 listed buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1987. Beyond that, Thomas Bateman (1821) was born here before 1900; and it also has a scheduled monument.
Questions about Rowsley’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Rowsley?
Historic England lists 21 buildings inside Rowsley’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 19 Grade II.
Are there scheduled monuments in Rowsley?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Rowsley Bridge.
How many conservation areas are there in Rowsley?
1, covering about 9 hectares of the town. The largest is Rowsley.
When were Rowsley’s buildings listed?
The first in 1951; the most, 9, in 1987.
How old are the homes in Rowsley?
52% of homes were built before 1919 and 72% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Rowsley 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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