IChurch · listed 1959Church of St GeorgePhoto: Philip Pankhurst · CC BY-SA 2.0
Church of St George · Photo: Philip Pankhurst · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Orleton · Historic England
22 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Orleton’s built-up area, 349 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. 33% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
22
349 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
33%
typical UK town 15%
The map
Where Orleton’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IGrade II*Scheduled monument
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
22 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I1 Grade II*20 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 I
The Grade I listed building in Orleton
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 Orleton
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest.
House · listed 1959Orleton Manor
What’s protected
Most of Orleton’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas14
Churches, chapels & priories4
Inns, shops & warehouses3
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
14 entries (64%) are houses, terraces and villas. 4 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
20 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 20 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Barn About 10 Metres North of Comberton FarmhouseBarn About 25 Metres North West of Pool CottageBrick HouseChurch CroftChurch Yard Cottage and outbuildings, OrletonChurchyard Cross About 15 Metres South of Church of St GeorgeComberton FarmhouseDeacons Cottage Ye Old HouseMill Brook CottageOrleton HouseOrleton War MemorialOutbuilding About 10 Metres North of the Boot InnPool CottageThe Boot InnThe CottageThe Upper HouseThe VicarageWell CottagesWoodcote1, Church Lane
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 73% of Orleton
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Orleton 197634 ha
34 hain conservation areas, of 46 ha inside the built-up area.
17 of the 22 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
11 of Orleton’s 22 listed buildings were added in 1959
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1959 · 111987 · 8
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 11 entries were listed in 1959, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. Only 1 has 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
33% of Orleton’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
32%
Before 1900
1.2%
1900–18
0%
1919–29
0%
1930s
2.7%
1945–54
2.7%
1955–64
8.2%
1965–72
20%
1973–82
9.4%
1983–92
3.9%
1993–99
5.5%
2000–08
2.7%
2009–15
11%
2016–25
OrletonEngland & Wales
32% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1973–82, which added 20% 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 (0 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Orleton
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orleton | 631 | 22 | 1 | — |
| Ludlow | 10,037 | 436 | 9 | A |
| Leominster | 11,206 | 236 | 1 | A |
| Tenbury Wells | 3,936 | 64 | 0 | A |
| Craven Arms | 2,563 | 9 | 0 | B− |
| Presteigne | 1,929 | 120 | 1 | A+ |
| Weobley | 1,273 | 72 | 1 | A+ |
In brief
Orleton in brief
More of Orleton’s homes are old than in most places: 33% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 22 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1976. Of the whole list, 64% are houses, terraces and villas. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: it also has a scheduled monument.
Questions about Orleton’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Orleton?
Historic England lists 22 buildings inside Orleton’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 20 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Orleton?
One: Church of St George.
Are there scheduled monuments in Orleton?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Churchyard cross in St George's churchyard.
How many conservation areas are there in Orleton?
1, covering about 34 hectares of the town. The largest is Orleton.
When were Orleton’s buildings listed?
The first in 1959; the most, 11, in 1959.
How old are the homes in Orleton?
33% of homes were built before 1919 and 33% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Orleton 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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