II*Church · listed 1966Chadkirk ChapelPhoto: Skinsmoke · CC BY 3.0
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History of Romiley · Historic England
12 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade II*
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Romiley’s built-up area, 11 for every 10,000 residents. We have photos of 6 of its listed buildings. 17% of its homes were built before 1919. Romiley grades C for history: #49 of 81 in Greater Manchester.
Listed buildings
12
11 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
17%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Romiley in 6 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
The Spread Eagle Public HouseGrade II listed
Aqueduct over Green Lane on Peak Forest CanalGrade II listed
Hatherlow United Reformed ChurchGrade II listed
Harrytown HallGrade II listed
Chadkirk HouseGrade 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 Romiley’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.
Grade II*
Homes built before 1919, by neighbourhoodunder 10%10–25%25–50%50%+
0 of 8neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes; in the oldest, 25% were built before 1919.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
12 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I1 Grade II*11 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 Romiley
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
Grade II
11 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
6 conservation areas cover 5.7% of Romiley
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Church Lane, Romiley 19966 ha
Peak Forest Canal 20003 ha
Hatherlow 20062 ha
Greave Fold, Romiley 19962 ha
Chadkirk 20061 ha
Barlow Fold, Romiley 19970 ha
16 hain conservation areas, of 278 ha inside the built-up area.
The first, Church Lane, Romiley and Greave Fold, Romiley, were designated in 1996; the newest, Chadkirk, in 2006. 10 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
More than half of Romiley’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1985
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1985 · 9
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The first 1 entry was listed in 1966. 9 came in 1985, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Romiley 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 (13 points, 12 per 10,000 residents)More than 31% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (17%)More than 51% 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 Romiley before 1900
Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Julius Gregory
Andie Newton
George Thornewell
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GT
George Thornewell1898–1986 · English footballer (1898-1986)
JG
Julius Gregory1881–1916 · Association football player (1881-1916)
AN
Andie Newton1896– · Footballer (1896-?)
Everyone born in Romiley → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Romiley
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Romiley | 10,902 | 12 | 0 | C |
| Bredbury and Woodley | 17,044 | 18 | 0 | C |
| Marple | 12,963 | 45 | 0 | B |
| Marple Bridge | 4,702 | 18 | 0 | B |
| Hyde | 35,902 | 28 | 0 | B− |
| Denton | 36,005 | 20 | 1 | C+ |
| Hazel Grove | 20,163 | 7 | 0 | C− |
| Stockport | 117,925 | 122 | 3 | B+ |
In brief
Romiley in brief
The official list counts 12 listed buildings in Romiley, including Chadkirk Chapel. Its older streets lie in 6 conservation areas, the first designated in 1996. George Thornewell (1898), Julius Gregory (1881) and Andie Newton (1896) were all born here before 1900. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1985: 9 of 12. The rest is about typical: like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building; per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and 17% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Romiley’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Romiley?
Historic England lists 12 buildings inside Romiley’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 11 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Romiley?
6, covering about 16 hectares of the town. The largest are Church Lane, Romiley and Peak Forest Canal.
When were Romiley’s buildings listed?
The first in 1966; the most, 9, in 1985.
Who was born in Romiley?
Among people born before 1900: George Thornewell (1898), Julius Gregory (1881) and Andie Newton (1896).
How old are the homes in Romiley?
17% of homes were built before 1919 and 32% 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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