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Cathedral Church of St Mary and St EthelbertCathedral Church of St Mary and St Ethelbert · Photo: Diliff · CC BY-SA 3.0
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History of Hereford · Historic England

365 listed buildings, 4 of them Grade I

On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Hereford’s built-up area, 60 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 8 scheduled monuments. We have photos of 35 of its listed buildings and 7 old views of the town. 15% of its homes were built before 1919. Hereford grades A− for history.

4Grade I41Grade II*1947old map8scheduled monuments20on St Owen Street
Listed buildings
365
60 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
4
exceptional interest
Grade II*
41
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
8
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
15%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures

Hereford in 47 photos and old views

Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed, and the town before 1950. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.

The Old HouseThe Old HouseGrade I listedCollege of Vicars ChoralCollege of Vicars ChoralGrade I listedWater TowerWater TowerGrade II listedKerry Arms HotelKerry Arms HotelGrade II listedShire Hall AnnexeShire Hall AnnexeGrade II listed+42See all photos

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.

Through time

Hereford from 1865 to 1947

An old map and 7 old photos and postcards, in date order. All public domain, made before 1950.

Hereford Cathedral from the North1865
VictorianHereford Cathedral from the NorthPhoto: Cornell University Library · No restrictions
From water tower, Hereford, Englandc. 1890
VictorianFrom water tower, Hereford, EnglandPhoto: Photochrom Print Collection · Public domain
Broad Street Hereford from Church end pc used 1907 Ref Y433 HEREFORDSHIRE POSTCARD1907
EdwardianBroad Street Hereford from Church end pc used 1907 Ref Y433 HEREFORDSHIRE POSTC…Photo: Mark Crombie · Public domain
Preston Wynne village nr Hereford Herefordshire RP POSTCARD1912
EdwardianPreston Wynne village nr Hereford Herefordshire RP POSTCARDPhoto: Mark Crombie · Public domain
Broad Street Hereford Kemble Cinema RP pc used 1941 Ref Y430 HEREFORDSHIRE POSTCARD1941
War and afterBroad Street Hereford Kemble Cinema RP pc used 1941 Ref Y430 HEREFORDSHIRE POST…Photo: Mark Crombie · Public domain
Ordnance Survey One-Inch Sheet 142 Hereford, Published 1947c. 1947
Old mapOrdnance Survey One-Inch Sheet 142 Hereford, Published 1947Map: Director General of the Ordnance Survey, UK · Public domain
Canon Pyon, Village Scene - North of Hereford - printed postcard HEREFORDSHIRE
Old viewCanon Pyon, Village Scene - North of Hereford - printed postcard HEREFORDSHIREPhoto: Mark Crombie · Public domain
Picture postcard of a house by a Hereford photographer (C46575)
Old viewPicture postcard of a house by a Hereford photographer (C46575)Photo: Mark Crombie · Public domain

Public domain, from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server. Each credit opens the image’s page with its full description and history.

The map

Where Hereford’s history is

Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.

Blackfriars Friary, preaching cross and cemetery, and hospital and chapel of St John in Hereford, scheduled monumentChurchyard cross in St Bartholomew's churchyard, scheduled monumentHereford Castle, scheduled monumentHereford city walls, ramparts and ditch, scheduled monumentRow Ditch (entrenchment), scheduled monumentSite of Rotherwas House, earthwork remains of formal gardens, and Rotherwas Chapel, scheduled monumentThe White Cross at the junction of five roads, White Cross, scheduled monumentWye Bridge, scheduled monumentAubrey's Almshouses, Grade II*Barn Approximately 20 Metres East of Precentor's House, Grade II*Berrington House, Grade II*Bewell House, Grade II*Black Lion Inn, Grade II*Blue Leader, Grade II*Booth Hall Hotel, Grade II*Broomy Hill Pumping Station, Grade II*Church of All Saints, Grade II*Church of St Peter, Grade II*City Wall to Rear, Grade II*Coningsby Hospital, Including Chapel, Grade II*Conservative Club, Grade II*Elgar Court, Grade II*Episcopal Palace, Including Gatehouse and Attached Ranges and Wall, Grade II*Gate House, Grade II*Gazebo in Garden of Number 29, Grade II*Greyfriars Surgery, Grade II*Junior House of Cathedral School, Grade II*Nelson Column, Grade II*Palace Chambers, Grade II*Preaching Cross in Grounds of Coningsby Hospital, Grade II*Remains of Blackfriars Priory, Grade II*Roman Catholic Church of St Francis Xavier, Grade II*Rotherwas Chapel, Grade II*Shire Hall, Grade II*St Owen's Chambers and Attached Railings, Grade II*Town Hall, Grade II*White Cross, Grade II*1 and 1A, Widemarsh Street, Grade II*10 and 11, Castle Street, Grade II*1A, St Owen Street, Grade II*20, Church Street, Grade II*29, 30 and 30A, Castle Street, Grade II*3, Castle Hill, Grade II*31, Castle Street, Grade II*41A, Bridge Street, Grade II*48 and 49, Broad Street, Grade II*5 and 7, Widemarsh Street, Grade II*60, St Owen Street, Grade II*9, Castle Street, Grade II*Cathedral Church of St Mary and St Ethelbert, Grade IChurch of St Bartholomew, Grade ICollege of Vicars Choral, Grade IThe Old House, Grade I
Grade IGrade II*Scheduled monument
Homes built before 1919, by neighbourhoodunder 10%10–25%25–50%50%+
2 of 39neighbourhoods 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.

365 listed buildings by grade
4 Grade I41 Grade II*320 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 4 Grade I listed buildings in Hereford

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.

Cathedral · listed 1952Hereford CathedralOn the list as Cathedral Church of St Mary and St EthelbertPhoto: Diliff · CC BY-SA 3.0
Grade II*

The 41 Grade II* listed buildings in Hereford

Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 28 are photographed.

House · listed 1952Blue LeaderPhoto: No Swan So Fine · CC BY-SA 4.0
Public · listed 1952Coningsby HospitalOn the list as Coningsby Hospital, Including ChapelPhoto: Philip Halling · CC BY-SA 2.0
Public · listed 1990Elgar CourtPhoto: Fabian Musto · CC BY-SA 2.0
Walls & gates · listed 1952Hereford Bishops PalaceOn the list as Episcopal Palace, Including Gatehouse and Attached Ranges and WallPhoto: WelshDave · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Walls & gates · listed 1952Gate HousePhoto: No Swan So Fine · CC BY-SA 4.0
Church · listed 1952St Francis Xavier ChurchOn the list as Roman Catholic Church of St Francis XavierPhoto: Ruth Sharville · CC BY-SA 2.0
Public · listed 1952Shire HallPhoto: Stephen Richards · CC BY-SA 2.0
Public · listed 1973Town HallPhoto: Trevor Rickard · CC BY-SA 2.0
Memorials · listed 1952White CrossPhoto: Philip Halling · CC BY-SA 2.0
Historic streets

St Owen Street has the most listed buildings

Streets by the listed entries with an address on them. One entry can be a whole terrace, so long rows count once.

St Owen Street20 listed · 2 II*
Bridge Street18 listed · 1 II*
Church Street17 listed · 1 II*
Widemarsh Street14 listed · 2 II*
1 and 1A, Widemarsh Street
Castle Street13 listed · 4 II*
29, 30 and 30A, Castle Street31, Castle Street9, Castle Street
High Town12 listed
King Street9 listed
Commercial Street7 listed
Broad Street6 listed · 1 II*
St Martin's Street6 listed
Barton Road4 listed
Edgar Street4 listed

Of the 365 entries, 165 are named by a street address; the rest are named buildings such as churches, halls and bridges.

What’s protected

Most of Hereford’s listed buildings are homes

Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.

Houses, terraces & villas262
Public & civic buildings43
Walls, gates & bridges21
Churches, chapels & priories20
Inns, shops & warehouses13
Memorials, crosses & tombs4
Street furniture2

262 entries (72%) are houses, terraces and villas. 20 are churches, chapels and priories, including 2 of the 4 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

320 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.

The first 150 of 320 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Abbey GrangeAcacia HouseAcorn Video Chandos House Chandos PharmacyAinslie HouseAlban HouseAll Saints ChambersAlmshouses and Chapel at Ngr 485383Athelstan HallAttached Wall, Gates and RailingsAylestone Hill HouseAylestone HouseAylestone SchoolBank HouseBarn 15 Metres to South of Gwynne HouseBarn About 20 Yards West of Watery Lane FarmhouseBarn About 60 Yards South of Rotherwas ChapelBarn Approximately 20 Metres to Rear of Numbers 38 and 40Barn to north of Harley House, 2 St John StreetBarr's Court Railway StationBarroll HouseBarton ManorBarwood HouseBeech Tree House DanesmereBelvedere South AcreBridge HouseCafe 89Capuchine HouseCasle Green House Castle Pool HouseCast Iron Railings Fronting Numbers 20 to 28Castle Cliffe Hereford Association of Youth Clubs Technical College AnnexeCastle Pool HotelCathedral Preparatory SchoolCathedral School, Excluding the Modern Building to the SouthChandos HouseCheslynChurch of St James and boundary wallChurch of St MartinChurch of St NicholasChurch of St PaulChurchill Gardens MuseumChurchyard Cross Approximately 15 Metres South of Church of St BartholomewCoach House to Number 36Collingwood HouseCopelandsCox CottageCreperie RestaurantDetached Bell Tower South of Church of St BartholomewDrybridge HouseEden Holme GwynfaEignbrook HouseEignbrook United Reformed ChurchElizabeth PlaceElmhurstEntrance Gatehouse to Market HallFormer Soup Kitchen to Rear of Number 49 Commercial StreetFormer Stable Block About 40 Yards South of Rotherwas ChapelGate Piers, Wall and Piers to Number 1Gates, Piers and Railings to Cathedral CloseGates, Piers and Railings to Numbers 8 and 10Gates, Piers, Walls and Railings to Eden Holme and GwynfaGovernor's HouseGwynne HouseHampton Manor and Attached Walls and Gate PiersHarley HouseHereford Bowling Club PavilionHereford General Hospital (Central Block)Holland HouseHolly HouseHolmer HouseHolmer War MemorialHoly Trinity ChurchHouse to Rear of Numbers 2 to 5Imperial ChambersIshymonydd HouseJubilee AlmshousesK6 Telephone Kiosk, Adjacent to Orange Tree InnK6 Telephone Kiosk, Forecourt of Shire HallKerry Arms HotelLitley CourtLloyds BankLower House FarmhouseLugg View West WynMagistrates CourtManor CottageMarbury HouseMeadow CottageMedieval Hall and Cross-wings at Freedom ChurchMilepost at Junction of Hampton Park Road and St Margarets RoadMilestone to South East of Junction with Broadlands LaneMoor FarmhouseMoor HouseMoor House Gate Piers and WallsMoorfield PlaceNo 1 St Peter's SquareNo 5 and Offa HouseNorfolk HouseNorfolk TerraceNumber 11 Including Timber Framed Wing to RearOakleigh Oakleigh CottageOld Sack WarehouseOrange Tree InnOxford Arms InnPost Office and Attached RailingsPremises Occupied by Barclays Bank and County CourtPresbytery to the Roman Catholic Church of St Francis XavierPrice's Almshouses and ChapelPublic Library, Art Gallery and MuseumPutson ManorQueen's Arms HotelRear Wing of Vaga HouseRowberry HouseRoyal National College for the BlindSaint Ethelbert's WellShire Hall AnnexeSnippets Salon the StagecoachSpread Eagle InnSt Charles HouseSt Ethelbert'sSt Ethelbert's HospitalSt Ethelbert's the ButterySt Giles' Chapel (Off St Giles Hospital)St Giles' HospitalSt Hylda'sSt John's HouseSt Martin's HouseSt Martin's PlaceSt Paul's Primary SchoolSt Paul's SchoolhouseStables About 20 Yards North-North-East of Belmont Home FarmhouseStatue of Sir George Cornewall LewisSummer House at Holmer ParkSun InnTara House, Barn and Warehouse, Shed and Attached Rubble WallTenby HouseThe Archdeacon's HouseThe BarrelsThe Canon's HouseThe CrozensThe FosseThe GranaryThe Grapes TavernThe Green Dragon HotelThe HighlandsThe LawnsThe Mansion HouseThe New MarketThe Old Deanery HouseThe Picric Acid Expense Store to the West of the Northern Magazine Section, Rotherwas Industrial ParkThe Precentor's HouseThe Priory

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Conservation areas

8 conservation areas cover 12% of Hereford

Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.

Hereford Central Area 196991 ha
Hereford, Hampton Park 196945 ha
Aylestone Hill 196926 ha
Broomy Hill 196918 ha
Widemarsh Common 196915 ha
Bodenham Road 199210 ha
Hafod Road 19928 ha
Bulmer Garden Suburb 19914 ha
216 hain conservation areas, of 1,766 ha inside the built-up area.

The first, Hereford Central Area, Hereford, Hampton Park and Aylestone Hill, were designated in 1969; the newest, Hafod Road, in 1992. 313 of the 365 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

129 of Hereford’s 365 listed buildings were added in 1952

The year each building now on the list was first listed.

1952 · 1291973 · 1161994 · 58
19501960197019801990200020102020

The first 129 entries were listed in 1952, 3 of the 4 Grade I buildings among them. Only 4 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.

8 scheduled monuments

Nationally important archaeological sites and monuments, protected by law; work on them needs consent from the Secretary of State, advised by Historic England.

Blackfriars Friary, preaching cross and cemetery, and hospital and chapel of St John in Hereford
Churchyard cross in St Bartholomew's churchyard
Hereford Castle
Hereford city walls, ramparts and ditch
The White Cross at the junction of five roads, White Cross
Wye Bridge
History Grade

Hereford grades A− for history

Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.

Protected heritage, for its size and in all (430 points, 71 per 10,000 residents)More than 80% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (15%)More than 43% 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

39 notable people born in Hereford before 1900

The 20 best known on one timeline, earliest first.

Richard Hakluyt
Thomas Traherne
Stringer Lawrence
David Garrick
Elizabeth Gwillim
Edward William Lane
Thomas Ayres
G. H. Pember
Harry Marshall Ward
Alfred Watkins
Florence Canning
George Carter
Beatrice May Baker
Bertram Sharp
Jack Sharp
Donald Heins
James Pugh
Joe Lane
Dora Carrington
Cyril Lovesey
155016001650170017501800185019001950
David Garrick
David Garrick1717–1779 · British actor, playwright, theatre manager and producer (1717–1779)
Richard Hakluyt
Richard Hakluyt1552–1616 · English author, editor and translator (1553–1616)
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Thomas Traherne1636–1674 · English poet
Edward William Lane
Edward William Lane1801–1876 · British orientalist, translator, lexicographer and peace maker (1801–…
Dora Carrington
Dora Carrington1893–1932 · British painter, photographer and decorative artist (1893–1932)
Jack Sharp
Jack Sharp1878–1938 · Cricket player of England. (1878-1938)
Harry Marshall Ward
Harry Marshall Ward1854–1906 · British botanist, mycologist and phytopathologist (1854-1906)
Stringer Lawrence
Stringer Lawrence1697–1775 · Early British military leader in India (1697-1775)

Everyone born in Hereford → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.

Towns its size

Hereford has the 31st most Grade I buildings of 182 towns its size

Places of 36,000–97,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.

Bath102
Chester54
Winchester41
Durham40
Salisbury37
Canterbury36
Bury St Edmunds26
Carlisle22
Rochester21
Bridgwater17
Shrewsbury15
Hereford4
#21 of 182for listed buildings per resident (60 per 10,000). Bath, Bury St Edmunds and Canterbury lead.

30 have more. Hereford is level with Lancaster, Newbury, Darlington and Farnborough. The typical town its size has 1.

Neighbours

Listed buildings in the places around Hereford

TownPeopleListedGrade IHistory
Hereford60,4713654A−
Bartestree1,655140B
Clehonger1,21800D
Credenhill2,334170C+
Kingstone1,500100B−
Weobley1,273721A+
Ewyas Harold1,03760B+
Ross-on-Wye10,9931471A
In brief

Hereford in brief

Per resident, Hereford has more listed heritage than 80% of UK towns. In all there are 365 listed buildings, 4 of them Grade I. Hereford Cathedral sits at the heart of it all, with 3 of the town’s Grade I buildings within 400 m. Only 30 of the 182 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings.

On St Owen Street alone there are 20 listed buildings. Its older streets lie in 8 conservation areas, the first designated in 1969. Of the whole list, 72% are houses, terraces and villas. Beyond that, 15% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.

Questions about Hereford’s history

How many listed buildings are there in Hereford?

Historic England lists 365 buildings inside Hereford’s built-up area: 4 Grade I, 41 Grade II* and 320 Grade II.

What are the Grade I listed buildings in Hereford?

4, including Cathedral Church of St Mary and St Ethelbert, Church of St Bartholomew, College of Vicars Choral and The Old House.

Which street in Hereford has the most listed buildings?

St Owen Street (20), Bridge Street (18) and Church Street (17) have the most listed entries named by an address. One entry can be a whole terrace.

Are there scheduled monuments in Hereford?

Yes, 8 scheduled monuments, including Blackfriars Friary, preaching cross and cemetery, and hospital and chapel of St John in Hereford, Churchyard cross in St Bartholomew's churchyard, Hereford Castle and Hereford city walls, ramparts and ditch.

How many conservation areas are there in Hereford?

8, covering about 216 hectares of the town. The largest are Hereford Central Area and Hereford, Hampton Park.

When were Hereford’s buildings listed?

The first in 1952; the most, 129, in 1952.

Are there old photos of Hereford?

Yes: 7 public-domain photos and postcards from 1865 to 1941, and an old map from 1947, all on this page.

Who was born in Hereford?

Among people born before 1900: David Garrick (1717), Richard Hakluyt (1552), Thomas Traherne (1636), Edward William Lane (1801) and Dora Carrington (1893).

How old are the homes in Hereford?

15% of homes were built before 1919 and 27% 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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