II*Church · listed 1967St Paul's Church, BrookhouseOn the list as Church of St PaulPhoto: Alexander P Kapp · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: David Long · CC BY-SA 2.0BHistory Grade
History of Caton · Historic England
21 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade II*
Historic England counts them inside Caton’s built-up area, 82 for every 10,000 residents. Of the listed buildings in Caton, 20 are Grade II. 19% of its homes were built before 1919. Caton grades B for history: #17 of 65 in Lancashire.
Listed buildings
21
82 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
19%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Caton
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
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 Caton’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade II*
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
21 listed buildings by grade
0 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 II*
The Grade II* listed building in Caton
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
What’s protected
Most of Caton’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas12
Public & civic buildings4
Churches, chapels & priories2
Inns, shops & warehouses2
Walls, gates & bridges1
12 entries (57%) 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
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
Artle Beck BridgeAsh HouseBarn South of Brookhouse Old HallBrookhouse Old HallCaton HallChurch HillCroftlandsFarrar House and Barn Adjoining to WestFish StonesFormer Spinning Mill, Low MillGreenfield Cottage (Facing North East to Lane)Greenfield Cottage (Facing South East)Greenfield HouseMoorside CottageOld Hall FarmhouseOld Post CottageRose CottageWillow Mill1 and 2, New Street5, Sunny Bank
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 9% of Caton
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Brookhouse 19818 ha
8 hain conservation areas, of 86 ha inside the built-up area.
8 of the 21 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 Caton’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1967
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1967 · 121985 · 9
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 12 entries were listed in 1967. Only 0 have been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Caton grades B for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (22 points, 86 per 10,000 residents)More than 61% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (19%)More than 59% 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 Caton
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caton | 2,552 | 21 | 0 | B |
| Halton | 2,652 | 21 | 0 | B |
| Bolton-le-Sands | 6,728 | 47 | 0 | B |
| Lancaster | 52,646 | 323 | 4 | A |
| Carnforth | 5,852 | 16 | 0 | B |
| Warton (Lancaster) | 1,801 | 22 | 2 | A− |
| Bailrigg | 4,788 | 6 | 0 | C+ |
| Morecambe | 32,745 | 43 | 0 | B |
In brief
Caton in brief
The official list counts 21 listed buildings in Caton, including St Paul's Church, Brookhouse. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1981. Most entries on the list, 57%, are houses, terraces and villas. The big year was 1967, when 12 of the 21 went on the list. Beyond that, like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building; per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and 19% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Caton’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Caton?
Historic England lists 21 buildings inside Caton’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 20 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Caton?
1, covering about 8 hectares of the town. The largest is Brookhouse.
When were Caton’s buildings listed?
The first in 1967; the most, 12, in 1967.
How old are the homes in Caton?
19% of homes were built before 1919 and 26% 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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