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Church of St JohnChurch of St John · Photo: Small-town hero · Public domain
C+History Grade
History of Burscough · Historic England

25 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade II*

Historic England counts them inside Burscough’s built-up area, 28 for every 10,000 residents. 23 of Burscough’s listed buildings are Grade II. We have photos of 5 of its listed buildings. 13% of its homes were built before 1919. Burscough grades C+ for history: #36 of 65 in Lancashire.

2Grade II*
Listed buildings
25
28 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
13%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures

Burscough in 5 photos

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

Railway Bridge over Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Ainscough's MillRailway Bridge over Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Ainscough's MillGrade II listedBurscough Bridge Railway Station Building on North Side of TrackBurscough Bridge Railway Station Building on North Side of TrackGrade II listedLeeds and Liverpool Canal Top Locks, Upper Lock (That Part in Burscough) Top Locks, Upper Lock (That Part in Lathom)Leeds and Liverpool Canal Top Locks, Upper Lock (That Part in Burscough) Top Locks, Upper Lock (That Part in Lathom)Grade II listedMartin Lane BridgeMartin Lane BridgeGrade II listed+1See 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.

The map

Where Burscough’s history is

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

Barn Approximately 100 Metres South West of Martin Hall Farmhouse (Not Included), Grade II*Church of St John, Grade II*
Grade II*
Homes built before 1919, by neighbourhoodunder 10%10–25%25–50%50%+
0 of 5neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes; in the oldest, 28% 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 Burscough

Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 1 is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.

Church · listed 1972St John's ChurchOn the list as Church of St JohnPhoto: Small-town hero · Public domain
What’s protected

The largest group of Burscough’s listed buildings is homes

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

Houses, terraces & villas11
Walls, gates & bridges7
Inns, shops & warehouses2
Public & civic buildings2
Churches, chapels & priories2
Memorials, crosses & tombs1

11 entries (44%) 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

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
Ainscough's MillBarn Approximately 15 Metres South of Wood House FarmhouseBarton's FarmhouseBurscough Bridge Railway Station Building on North Side of TrackBurscough Hall FarmhouseCrabtree FarmhouseHatherleighJunction Bridge Canal Basin and Former Dry Dock, Top Locks (That Part in Lathom) Leeds and Liverpool Canal Junction Bridge Canal Basin and Former Dry Dock, Top Locks (That Part in Burscough)Junction Bridge at Top Locks (That Part in Lathom) Leeds and Liverpool Canal Junction Bridge at Top Locks (That Part in Burscough)Lathom and Burscough War MemorialLathom's FarmhouseLeeds and Liverpool Canal Top Locks, Upper Lock (That Part in Burscough) Top Locks, Upper Lock (That Part in Lathom)Martin Lane BridgeMerscar HouseMill Dam Lane End FarmhouseNo. 172, LIVERPOOL ROAD SOUTHOffice at Ainscoughs Mill and Attached Boundary WallRailway Bridge over Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Ainscough's MillRoman Catholic Church of St John with PresbyterySquare HouseWood House FarmhouseYew Tree House2 and 4, Merscar Lane
Conservation areas

1 conservation area covers 100% of Burscough

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 HE375 ha
375 hain conservation areas, of 375 ha inside the built-up area.

25 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

More than half of Burscough’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1993

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

1993 · 141972 · 7
19501960197019801990200020102020

The first 7 entries were listed in 1972. 14 came in 1993. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.

History Grade

Burscough grades C+ for history

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

Protected heritage, for its size and in all (27 points, 31 per 10,000 residents)More than 51% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (13%)More than 37% 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.

Neighbours

Listed buildings in the places around Burscough

TownPeopleListedGrade IHistory
Burscough8,773250C+
Rufford1,56271C+
Parbold2,40990C+
Ormskirk27,720570B−
Skelmersdale34,921380C−
Croston2,793390A
Appley Bridge5,13130D
Eccleston4,543150B−
In brief

Burscough in brief

The official list counts 25 listed buildings in Burscough, including St John's Church. A conservation area protects part of it. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1993: 14 of 25. 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 13% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.

Questions about Burscough’s history

How many listed buildings are there in Burscough?

Historic England lists 25 buildings inside Burscough’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 23 Grade II.

How many conservation areas are there in Burscough?

1, covering about 375 hectares of the town. The largest is No data available for publication by HE.

When were Burscough’s buildings listed?

The first in 1972; the most, 14, in 1993.

How old are the homes in Burscough?

13% of homes were built before 1919 and 24% 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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