IChurch · listed 1973St. Elisabeth's ChurchOn the list as Church of St ElisabethPhoto: Mr Stephen · CC BY-SA 2.5
Church of St Elisabeth · Photo: Mr Stephen · CC BY-SA 2.5B−History Grade
History of Reddish · Historic England
12 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Reddish’s built-up area, 5.4 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II* covers 7 of Reddish’s listed buildings. 26% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 11 of its listed buildings. Reddish grades B− for history: #27 of 81 in Greater Manchester.
Listed buildings
12
5.4 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
7
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
26%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Reddish in 11 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Houldsworth Working Mens ClubGrade II* listed
Houldsworth SchoolGrade II* listed
Clock and Drinking FountainGrade II listed
North Reddish Infant and Junior SchoolGrade II listed
South Reddish War MemorialGrade II listed+6See 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 Reddish’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 17neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes; in the oldest, 61% were built before 1919.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
12 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I7 Grade II*4 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 Reddish
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 7 Grade II* listed buildings in Reddish
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*House · listed 1973Houldsworth Working Men's ClubOn the list as Houldsworth Working Mens ClubPhoto: Mr Stephen · CC BY-SA 2.5
II*Public · listed 1973Houldsworth SchoolPhoto: Simon Armstrong · CC BY-SA 3.0
II*Inns & shops · listed 1975Houldsworth MillPhoto: Mr Stephen · CC BY-SA 2.5
II*Church · listed 1973Rectory to Church of St ElisabethPhoto: Delusion23 · CC BY-SA 4.0
II*Walls & gates · listed 1975Wall to West of Houldsworth SchoolPhoto: Simon Armstrong · CC BY-SA 3.0
II*Walls & gates · listed 1975Wall to west of Church of St ElisabethOn the list as Wall to West of St Elisabeth's RectoryPhoto: Simon Armstrong · CC BY-SA 3.0
II*Walls & gates · listed 1975Wall to the West and South of Church of St ElizabethPhoto: Simon Armstrong · CC BY-SA 3.0
Grade II
4 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.
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 4.7% of Reddish
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Houldsworth 198118 ha
18 hain conservation areas, of 377 ha inside the built-up area.
9 of the 12 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
5 of Reddish’s 12 listed buildings were added in 1975
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1975 · 5
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The first 4 entries were listed in 1973, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. 5 came in 1975, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Reddish 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 (21 points, 9 per 10,000 residents)More than 36% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (26%)More than 75% 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
26% of Reddish’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
17%
Before 1900
9%
1900–18
1%
1919–29
31%
1930s
8.3%
1945–54
5.2%
1955–64
5%
1965–72
8.4%
1973–82
7.7%
1983–92
3.1%
1993–99
1.2%
2000–08
1.1%
2009–15
2.7%
2016–25
ReddishEngland & Wales
17% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was the 1930s, which added 31% 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 (30 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Towns its size
Reddish has the 100th most Grade I buildings of 446 towns its size
Places of 13,000–36,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Reddish1
#360 of 446for listed buildings per resident (5 per 10,000). Lewes, Tewkesbury and Llandudno lead.
99 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Reddish
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reddish | 22,189 | 12 | 1 | B− |
| Denton | 36,005 | 20 | 1 | C+ |
| Stockport | 117,925 | 122 | 3 | B+ |
| Bredbury and Woodley | 17,044 | 18 | 0 | C |
| Audenshaw | 13,397 | 3 | 0 | D |
| Droylsden | 23,916 | 35 | 0 | C+ |
| Manchester | 470,395 | 797 | 13 | A− |
| Romiley | 10,902 | 12 | 0 | C |
In brief
Reddish in brief
More of Reddish’s homes are old than in most places: 26% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 12 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I, including St. Elisabeth's Church. Only 99 of the 446 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1981. Beyond that, per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns.
Questions about Reddish’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Reddish?
Historic England lists 12 buildings inside Reddish’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 7 Grade II* and 4 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Reddish?
One: Church of St Elisabeth.
How many conservation areas are there in Reddish?
1, covering about 18 hectares of the town. The largest is Houldsworth.
When were Reddish’s buildings listed?
The first in 1973; the most, 5, in 1975.
How old are the homes in Reddish?
26% of homes were built before 1919 and 58% 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 · Historic England conservation areas (supplied by local planning authorities; October 2026). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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