II*Church · listed 1954St Mary's ChurchOn the list as Church of St MaryPhoto: Jules & Jenny from Lincoln, UK · CC BY 2.0
Photo: Stacey Harris · CC BY-SA 2.0A+History Grade
History of Leigh · Historic England
39 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade II*
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Leigh’s built-up area, 353 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. 37% of its homes were built before 1919. Leigh grades A+ for history.
Listed buildings
39
353 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
1 registered park or garden
Homes built before 1919
37%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Leigh
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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.
The map
Where Leigh’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade II*Scheduled monumentPark or garden
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
39 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I2 Grade II*37 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 II*
The 2 Grade II* listed buildings in Leigh
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 1 is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
House · listed 1954Paul's Farmhouse
What’s protected
Most of Leigh’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas28
Public & civic buildings4
Walls, gates & bridges4
Churches, chapels & priories2
Inns, shops & warehouses1
28 entries (72%) are houses, terraces and villas. 2 are churches, chapels and priories.
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
37 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 37 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Barn to South West of Paul's Farm HouseBritish Legion HallChilling HouseChurch Hill HouseDouble Barn to East of Great BarnettsElizabeth's CottageFleur de Lis Cottages Fleur de Lis Public HouseForecourt Walls in Front of British Legion Hall and Village HallForge HouseGales Green Ways CottageGranary to North West of Great Barnetts FarmhouseGreat Barnetts FarmhouseLeigh ClubLodge and Gateway to Hall PlaceLower Mead Cottage and the FirsMounting Block at Entrance to Great Barnetts FarmhouseOak CottagesOld BrickmakersOld ChimneysOld KennardsOld Wood CottageOrchard HousePark View Cottage and West CottagePark Walls Flanking Penshurst Lodge and Entrance to Hall PlacePenshurst Lodge and Gateway to Hall PlacePorcupine HouseSouth ViewSouthdown House the SquareThe ForgeThe Old LodgeThe White HouseVillage HallWall and Lych Gate to Church of St MaryWalls in Front of the Old LodgeWaterworksWell House1 to 7, Forge Square
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 100% of Leigh
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
No data available for publication by HE61 ha
61 hain conservation areas, of 61 ha inside the built-up area.
39 of the 39 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 Leigh’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1975
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1975 · 32
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The first 4 entries were listed in 1954. 32 came in 1975, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 0 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.
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.
1 registered park or garden
Hall PlaceGrade II*
History Grade
Leigh 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 (45 points, 408 per 10,000 residents)More than 84% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (37%)More than 91% 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
37% of Leigh’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
31%
Before 1900
5.9%
1900–18
4.1%
1919–29
5.9%
1930s
5%
1945–54
7%
1955–64
4.1%
1965–72
4.1%
1973–82
12%
1983–92
2%
1993–99
5.9%
2000–08
2%
2009–15
11%
2016–25
LeighEngland & Wales
31% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1983–92, which added 12% 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 (4 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Leigh
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leigh | 1,104 | 39 | 0 | A+ |
| Hildenborough | 4,943 | 45 | 0 | B |
| Tonbridge | 36,136 | 108 | 2 | B+ |
| Southborough | 9,632 | 26 | 0 | B+ |
| Rusthall and Langton Green | 7,783 | 30 | 0 | B+ |
| Royal Tunbridge Wells | 51,215 | 275 | 1 | A |
| Hadlow | 3,168 | 66 | 1 | A |
| Plaxtol | 1,137 | 38 | 0 | A+ |
In brief
Leigh in brief
More of Leigh’s homes are old than in most places: 37% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 39 listed buildings. For its size, it has more listed heritage than 84% of UK towns. A conservation area protects part of it.
Most entries on the list, 72%, are houses, terraces and villas. The big year was 1975, when 32 of the 39 went on the list. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building; Isaac Ingram (1855) was born here before 1900; and it also has a scheduled monument.
Questions about Leigh’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Leigh?
Historic England lists 39 buildings inside Leigh’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 37 Grade II.
Are there scheduled monuments in Leigh?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Medieval moated site, Great Barnett's.
How many conservation areas are there in Leigh?
1, covering about 61 hectares of the town. The largest is No data available for publication by HE.
When were Leigh’s buildings listed?
The first in 1954; the most, 32, in 1975.
How old are the homes in Leigh?
37% of homes were built before 1919 and 47% 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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