II*Walls & gates · listed 1952Higherford Old BridgePhoto: Trappedinburnley · CC BY-SA 4.0
Higherford Old Bridge · Photo: Trappedinburnley · CC BY-SA 4.0A−History Grade
History of Barrowford · Historic England
Old homes in Barrowford: 44% built before 1919
The typical town has 15%: Barrowford has 3 times the share. Historic England lists 25 buildings inside Barrowford’s built-up area, 42 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. We have photos of 6 of its listed buildings. Barrowford grades A− for history: #9 of 65 in Lancashire.
Listed buildings
25
42 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
44%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Barrowford in 6 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Lamb Working Mens ClubGrade II* listed
White Bear InnGrade II listed
Crowtrees Farmhouse, barn, associated cobble surface and stone water tankGrade II listed
Toll HouseGrade II listed
Higherford MillGrade 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 Barrowford’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.
Grade II*Scheduled monument
Homes built before 1919, by neighbourhoodunder 10%10–25%25–50%50%+
1 of 4neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes; in the oldest, 64% were built before 1919.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
25 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I2 Grade II*23 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 2 Grade II* listed buildings in Barrowford
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
II*House · listed 1952Lamb Working Mens ClubPhoto: Trappedinburnley · CC BY-SA 4.0
What’s protected
Most of Barrowford’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas18
Inns, shops & warehouses4
Walls, gates & bridges2
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
18 entries (72%) are houses, terraces and villas.
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
23 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 23 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Band StandBarn at Park HillBarrowford BridgeBlacko War MemorialClerk's HouseCrowtree CottageCrowtrees Farmhouse, barn, associated cobble surface and stone water tankCruck Barn at Pendle Heritage CentreFoldFoldGeorge and Dragon Public HouseHigherford MillHigherford Mill ChimneyLaund Farmhouse and CottageManor HouseNumber 1 Fold and Numbers 2, 4 and 6 Holt SquarePark HillToll HouseWhite Bear Inn13-17, Foreside195-211, Gisburn Road239-247, Gisburn Road99, 101, 103 and 103A, Gisburn Road
Conservation areas
4 conservation areas cover 20% of Barrowford
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Carr Hall and Wheatley Lane Road, Barrowford 198420 ha
Carr Hall Road, Barrowford 19847 ha
Higherford 19817 ha
Barrowford 19876 ha
39 hain conservation areas, of 196 ha inside the built-up area.
The first, Higherford, was designated in 1981; the newest, Barrowford, in 1987. 22 of the 25 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
9 of Barrowford’s 25 listed buildings were added in 1968
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1968 · 91952 · 61988 · 6
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 6 entries were listed in 1952. 9 came in 1968, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. 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.
History Grade
Barrowford 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 (29 points, 49 per 10,000 residents)More than 57% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (44%)More than 96% 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
44% of Barrowford’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
36%
Before 1900
8.4%
1900–18
1.7%
1919–29
6.5%
1930s
5.4%
1945–54
3.2%
1955–64
7.6%
1965–72
7.6%
1973–82
7.4%
1983–92
5.9%
1993–99
7%
2000–08
1%
2009–15
2.8%
2016–25
BarrowfordEngland & Wales
36% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1900–18, which added 8.4% 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 (53 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Born here
3 notable people born in Barrowford before 1900
Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Abraham England
Arthur Dixon
Frank Shanley
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AD
Arthur Dixon1879–1946 · English footballer, born 1879
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Abraham England1867–1949 · British politician (1867-1949)
FS
Frank Shanley1889–1917 · English footballer (1889-1917)
Everyone born in Barrowford → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Barrowford
In brief
Barrowford in brief
Old houses are part of Barrowford’s character: 44% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 25 listed buildings, including Higherford Old Bridge. Its older streets lie in 4 conservation areas, the first designated in 1981.
Most entries on the list, 72%, are houses, terraces and villas. Arthur Dixon (1879), Abraham England (1867) and Frank Shanley (1889) were all born here before 1900. 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 it also has a scheduled monument.
Questions about Barrowford’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Barrowford?
Historic England lists 25 buildings inside Barrowford’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 23 Grade II.
Are there scheduled monuments in Barrowford?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Higherford Old Bridge.
How many conservation areas are there in Barrowford?
4, covering about 39 hectares of the town. The largest are Carr Hall and Wheatley Lane Road, Barrowford and Carr Hall Road, Barrowford.
When were Barrowford’s buildings listed?
The first in 1952; the most, 9, in 1968.
Who was born in Barrowford?
Among people born before 1900: Arthur Dixon (1879), Abraham England (1867) and Frank Shanley (1889).
How old are the homes in Barrowford?
44% of homes were built before 1919 and 52% 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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