39 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade II*

Croston Town BridgeScheduled monumentThe Lord Nelson Public HouseGrade II listedYarrow CottageGrade II listedRectoryGrade II listed129 and 133, Station RoadGrade 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.

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.

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.

The first 3 entries were listed in 1952. 21 came in 1967. Only 3 have been added in the last 15 years.

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.

Croston Town Bridge

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.

32% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1973–82, which added 15% 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 (22 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.

Thomas Norris

Sir John Wright, 1st Baronet

William Silcock

Billy Hayes

George Rawstorne

Robert Etherington

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Robert Etherington1899–1981 · Footballer (1899-1981)

Billy Hayes1895– · English footballer (1895-?)

WS

William Silcock1868–1933 · British cricketer (1868-1933)

GR

George Rawstorne1895–1962 · English cricketer (1895-1962)

TN

Thomas Norris1765–1852 · English businessman, art collector, natural historian and astronomer,…

SB

Sir John Wright, 1st Baronet1843–1926 · English businessman

Everyone born in Croston → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.

Old houses are part of Croston’s character: 36% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 39 listed buildings, including Church of St Michael. For its size, it has more listed heritage than 75% of UK towns. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1969.

Of the whole list, 69% are houses, terraces and villas. Robert Etherington (1899), Billy Hayes (1895) and William Silcock (1868) are among the 6 people born here before 1900. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1967: 21 of 39. Beyond that, like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building; and it also has a scheduled monument.