IChurch · listed 1968St Michael's ChurchOn the list as Church of St MichaelPhoto: Small-town hero · Public domain
Church of St Michael · Photo: Small-town hero · Public domain–Not graded
History of Aughton · Historic England
5 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Aughton’s built-up area, 175 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 4 of Aughton’s listed buildings. 29% of its homes were built before 1919.
Listed buildings
5
175 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
29%
typical UK town 15%
The map
Where Aughton’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade I
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
5 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I0 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.
Grade I
The Grade I listed building in Aughton
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
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 100% of Aughton
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 HE38 ha
38 hain conservation areas, of 38 ha inside the built-up area.
5 of the 5 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.
Homes by age
29% of Aughton’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
25%
Before 1900
2.9%
1900–18
2.9%
1919–29
2.9%
1930s
22%
1945–54
13%
1955–64
5.9%
1965–72
11%
1973–82
4.4%
1983–92
4.4%
1993–99
1.5%
2000–08
0%
2009–15
4.4%
2016–25
AughtonEngland & Wales
25% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1945–54, which added 22% 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 Aughton
In brief
Aughton in brief
Old houses are part of Aughton’s character: 29% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 5 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I. A conservation area protects part of it. Beyond that, the list grew between 1968 and 1988.
Questions about Aughton’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Aughton?
Historic England lists 5 buildings inside Aughton’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 4 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Aughton?
One: Church of St Michael.
How many conservation areas are there in Aughton?
1, covering about 38 hectares of the town. The largest is No data available for publication by HE.
How old are the homes in Aughton?
29% of homes were built before 1919 and 35% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Aughton 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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