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History of Cheadle · Historic England
20 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Cheadle’s built-up area, 14 for every 10,000 residents. Of the listed buildings in Cheadle, 18 are Grade II. We have photos of 6 of its listed buildings. 11% of its homes were built before 1919. Cheadle grades C for history: #48 of 81 in Greater Manchester.
Listed buildings
20
14 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
11%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Cheadle in 6 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Church of St MaryGrade I listed
Moseley Old HallGrade II* listed
Barnes HospitalGrade II listed
Former Premier Cafe, 3 High Street, CheadleGrade II listed
Cross to South of Church of St MaryGrade 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 Cheadle’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%+
1 of 13neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes; in the oldest, 56% were built before 1919.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
20 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I1 Grade II*18 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 Cheadle
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 Grade II* listed building in Cheadle
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*Public · listed 1950Moseley Old HallPhoto: Mike Harris · CC BY-SA 2.0
What’s protected
The largest group of Cheadle’s listed buildings is homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas8
Churches, chapels & priories5
Public & civic buildings3
Memorials, crosses & tombs2
Inns, shops & warehouses1
Street furniture1
8 entries (40%) are houses, terraces and villas. 5 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
18 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 18 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Barnes HospitalBelmontCheadle War Memorial, High Street, Cheadle, StockportConservatory at CringleCrosier Family Chest Tomb North of St Mary's ChurchCross to South of Church of St MaryDepleach HallFormer Premier Cafe, 3 High Street, CheadleGeorge and Dragon HotelHartdale HouseHawbank HouseLychgate to Church of St MaryManor HouseMemorial Fountain to Robert OcklestonMilestone at Junction with Daylesford RoadNewlands HouseSouth ViewSundial to East of Church of St Mary
Conservation areas
2 conservation areas cover 6.2% of Cheadle
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Cheadle Village 197418 ha
Brooklyn Crescent, Cheadle 19795 ha
23 hain conservation areas, of 365 ha inside the built-up area.
The first, Cheadle Village, was designated in 1974; the newest, Brooklyn Crescent, Cheadle, in 1979. 13 of the 20 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 Cheadle’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1985
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1985 · 14
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The first 2 entries were listed in 1950, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 14 came in 1985, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 3 have been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Cheadle grades C for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (23 points, 16 per 10,000 residents)More than 42% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (11%)More than 30% 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.
Born here
3 notable people born in Cheadle before 1900
Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Henry Pickford
Henry Clowes
Norman Kendal
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HC
Henry Clowes1863–1899 · Cricketer (1863-1899)
HP
Henry Pickford1820– · English cricketer
NK
Norman Kendal1880–1966 · British police commissioner
Everyone born in Cheadle → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Towns its size
Cheadle has the 102nd most Grade I buildings of 562 towns its size
Places of 9,000–23,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Cheadle1
#340 of 562for listed buildings per resident (14 per 10,000). Ludlow, Bridport and Monmouth lead.
101 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Cheadle
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheadle | 14,437 | 20 | 1 | C |
| Gatley | 9,149 | 3 | 0 | D− |
| Cheadle Hulme | 24,782 | 6 | 0 | D |
| Stockport | 117,925 | 122 | 3 | B+ |
| Bramhall | 17,201 | 10 | 1 | D |
| Wythenshawe | 97,665 | 35 | 1 | C− |
| Hazel Grove | 20,163 | 7 | 0 | C− |
| Reddish | 22,189 | 12 | 1 | B− |
In brief
Cheadle in brief
Cheadle has 20 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I, including St Mary's Church. Only 101 of the 562 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. Its older streets lie in 2 conservation areas, the first designated in 1974.
Henry Clowes (1863), Henry Pickford (1820) and Norman Kendal (1880) were all born here before 1900. The big year was 1985, when 14 of the 20 went on the list. Beyond that, per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and 11% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Cheadle’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Cheadle?
Historic England lists 20 buildings inside Cheadle’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 18 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Cheadle?
One: Church of St Mary.
How many conservation areas are there in Cheadle?
2, covering about 23 hectares of the town. The largest are Cheadle Village and Brooklyn Crescent, Cheadle.
When were Cheadle’s buildings listed?
The first in 1950; the most, 14, in 1985.
Who was born in Cheadle?
Among people born before 1900: Henry Clowes (1863), Henry Pickford (1820) and Norman Kendal (1880).
How old are the homes in Cheadle?
11% of homes were built before 1919 and 49% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The National Heritage List for England is the official, up-to-date register of all nationally protected historic buildings and sites in England; check an entry on Historic England’s website before relying on it.
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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