II*Church · listed 1967St Bartholomew's ChurchOn the list as Church of St BartholomewPhoto: Dr Greg · CC BY 3.0
Photo: Dr Greg · CC BY 3.0–Not graded
History of Chipping · Historic England
Chipping: 51% of homes built before 1919
The typical town has 15%: Chipping has 3 times the share. Historic England lists 28 buildings inside Chipping’s built-up area, 442 for every 10,000 residents.
Listed buildings
28
442 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
51%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Chipping
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 Chipping’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.
28 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I2 Grade II*26 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 Chipping
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
II*Public · listed 1952Post Office and John Brabin's HousePhoto: Alexander P Kapp · CC BY-SA 2.0
What’s protected
The largest group of Chipping’s listed buildings is homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas12
Churches, chapels & priories5
Inns, shops & warehouses5
Public & civic buildings4
Walls, gates & bridges2
12 entries (43%) are houses, terraces and villas. 5 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
26 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 26 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Church of St MaryChurchyard Wall and Steps at Church of St BartholomewCongregational ChurchGrove HouseJohn Brabin's AlmshousesJohn Brabin's Old SchoolKirk HouseKirk Mill and its associated mill ponds retaining walls, outflow and stone-built leatNo 6 and Stable Adjoining to South-EastPresbytery at Church of St MaryProctor's ShopSt Mary's Old SchoolStable and Barn South-West of Talbot HotelSundial in Churchyard to South of Church of St BartholomewTalbot HotelThe Sun InnThe Village Tuck Shop12 and 14, Talbot Street12, Windy Street15, Windy Street17 and 19, Windy Street2 and 4, Church Raike2, Talbot Street4, Windy Street7, Talbot Street8 and 10, Talbot Street
Conservation areas
2 conservation areas cover 20% of Chipping
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Chipping 19693 ha
Kirk Mill 20103 ha
6 hain conservation areas, of 33 ha inside the built-up area.
The first, Chipping, was designated in 1969; the newest, Kirk Mill, in 2010. 28 of the 28 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 Chipping’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1967
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1967 · 151983 · 9
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 2 entries were listed in 1952. 15 came in 1967. Only 2 have been added in the last 15 years.
Homes by age
51% of Chipping’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
48%
Before 1900
1.3%
1900–18
0%
1919–29
4.2%
1930s
5.8%
1945–54
4.2%
1955–64
2.9%
1965–72
7.1%
1973–82
2.9%
1983–92
4.2%
1993–99
2.9%
2000–08
4.2%
2009–15
13%
2016–25
ChippingEngland & Wales
48% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 2016–25, which added 13% 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 (5 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Chipping
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipping | 633 | 28 | 0 | — |
| Longridge | 8,739 | 9 | 0 | C+ |
| Goosnargh | 1,892 | 11 | 0 | C+ |
| Grimsargh | 2,594 | 1 | 0 | D |
| Old Langho | 1,072 | 1 | 1 | C |
| Waddington | 1,005 | 17 | 0 | A− |
| Barton | 1,492 | 2 | 0 | D |
| Broughton | 2,468 | 11 | 0 | C |
In brief
Chipping in brief
Old houses are part of Chipping’s character: 51% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 28 listed buildings. Its older streets lie in 2 conservation areas, the first designated in 1969. The big year was 1967, when 15 of the 28 went on the list.
Questions about Chipping’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Chipping?
Historic England lists 28 buildings inside Chipping’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 26 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Chipping?
2, covering about 6 hectares of the town. The largest are Chipping and Kirk Mill.
When were Chipping’s buildings listed?
The first in 1952; the most, 15, in 1967.
How old are the homes in Chipping?
51% of homes were built before 1919 and 55% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Chipping has no History Grade.
© 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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