II*Public · listed 1979Ewood HallPhoto: Trappedinburnley · CC BY-SA 4.0
Ewood Hall · Photo: Trappedinburnley · CC BY-SA 4.0B+History Grade
History of Haslingden · Historic England
27 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade II*
Historic England counts them inside Haslingden’s built-up area, 17 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. 35% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 6 of its listed buildings. Haslingden grades B+ for history: #13 of 65 in Lancashire.
Listed buildings
27
17 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
35%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Haslingden in 7 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Higher Mill, HelmshoreScheduled monument
Two Railway Viaducts and Linking RevetmentGrade II listed
Museum of the Lancashire Textile IndustryGrade II listed
The Woolpack InnGrade II listed
Church of St PeterGrade II listed+2See 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 Haslingden’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%+
3 of 12neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes; in the oldest, 94% were built before 1919.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
27 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I2 Grade II*25 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 Haslingden
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
II*Walls & gates · listed 2016Grane Mill, Haslingden including boundary walls and north yardPhoto: robert wade · CC BY-SA 2.0
What’s protected
The largest group of Haslingden’s listed buildings is homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas13
Churches, chapels & priories7
Public & civic buildings3
Inns, shops & warehouses2
Walls, gates & bridges1
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
13 entries (48%) are houses, terraces and villas. 7 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
25 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 25 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Ashenbottom FarmhouseBritannia MillCauseway Head FarmhouseChurch of St JamesChurch of St PeterChurch of St ThomasDuckworth Monument C10 Metres South of Church of St JamesFold HouseFormer Church of St StephenGateway to Victoria ParkGregory Fold BarnHigher Mill MuseumMethodist ChurchMuseum of the Lancashire Textile IndustrySnig Hole CottagesSyke HouseThe LindensThe Woolpack InnThree Linked Monuments to Members of Lonsdale Family, C12 Metres South of Church of St JamesTwo Railway Viaducts and Linking RevetmentWar Memorial in Memorial Gardens29, Manchester Road31, Manchester Road4-14, Coal Hey6 and 8, Church Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 5.3% of Haslingden
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Haslingden 201823 ha
23 hain conservation areas, of 433 ha inside the built-up area.
10 of the 27 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 Haslingden’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1984
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1984 · 23
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The first 1 entry was listed in 1969. 23 came in 1984, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 2 have 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
Haslingden 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 (31 points, 19 per 10,000 residents)More than 48% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (35%)More than 90% 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
35% of Haslingden’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
31%
Before 1900
3.7%
1900–18
3.4%
1919–29
5.8%
1930s
7.8%
1945–54
2.1%
1955–64
13%
1965–72
12%
1973–82
6.5%
1983–92
5.1%
1993–99
5.9%
2000–08
2%
2009–15
1.7%
2016–25
HaslingdenEngland & Wales
31% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1965–72, 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 (62 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Born here
12 notable people born in Haslingden before 1900
Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
William Cockerill
John Cockerill
James Duckworth
Choppy Warburton
John Ashworth
George Yates
Lucy Wamsley
Robert Scott
James Lamberton
William Thomson
William Foster
Bob Heap
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WF
William Foster1890–1963 · British swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, former world record-holder
John Cockerill1790–1840 · British businessman (1790-1840)
William Cockerill1757–1832 · British entrepreneur
Choppy Warburton1845–1897 · Athlete and cycling coach (1845–1897)
JA
John Ashworth1850–1901 · English cricketer (1850-1901)
GY
George Yates1856–1925 · English cricketer (1856-1925)
JD
James Duckworth1840–1915 · British politician
LW
Lucy Wamsley1871–1947 · British nurse (1871–1947)
Everyone born in Haslingden → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Haslingden
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haslingden | 16,005 | 27 | 0 | B+ |
| Rawtenstall | 23,683 | 78 | 0 | A− |
| Edenfield | 2,048 | 2 | 0 | C+ |
| Accrington | 34,897 | 36 | 0 | B+ |
| Oswaldtwistle | 10,810 | 6 | 0 | C+ |
| Ramsbottom | 17,074 | 38 | 0 | B+ |
| Hoddlesden | 1,218 | 4 | 0 | B− |
| Edgworth | 1,649 | 13 | 0 | A− |
In brief
Haslingden in brief
Old houses are part of Haslingden’s character: 35% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 27 listed buildings, including Ewood Hall. A conservation area has protected part of it since 2018.
Of the 12 people born here before 1900, the best known include William Foster (1890), John Cockerill (1790) and William Cockerill (1757). The big year was 1984, when 23 of the 27 went on the list. 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 Haslingden’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Haslingden?
Historic England lists 27 buildings inside Haslingden’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 25 Grade II.
Are there scheduled monuments in Haslingden?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Higher Mill, Helmshore.
How many conservation areas are there in Haslingden?
1, covering about 23 hectares of the town. The largest is Haslingden.
When were Haslingden’s buildings listed?
The first in 1969; the most, 23, in 1984.
Who was born in Haslingden?
Among people born before 1900: William Foster (1890), John Cockerill (1790), William Cockerill (1757), Choppy Warburton (1845) and John Ashworth (1850).
How old are the homes in Haslingden?
35% of homes were built before 1919 and 45% 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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