IChurch · listed 1950St Peter's ChurchOn the list as Parish Church of St PeterPhoto: Ian Taylor · CC BY-SA 2.0
19, Main Street · Photo: Bob Harvey · CC BY-SA 2.0B−History Grade
History of Heysham · Historic England
24 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
Historic England counts them inside Heysham’s built-up area, 14 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. We have photos of 5 of its listed buildings and 1 old view of the town. 17% of its homes were built before 1919. Heysham grades B− for history: #33 of 65 in Lancashire.
Listed buildings
24
14 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
1
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
1
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
17%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Heysham in 7 photos and old views
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed, and the town before 1950. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Parish Church of St PeterGrade I listed
The Old Hall InnGrade II* listed
High cross in St Peter's churchyard, HeyshamScheduled monument
Jenny Wren CottageGrade II listed
The Lodge to Heysham Head HouseGrade 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.
Through time
Heysham in old photos
1 old photo or postcard, in date order. All public domain, made before 1950.
c. 1890Public domain, from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server. Each credit opens the image’s page with its full description and history.
The map
Where Heysham’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.
Grade IGrade II*Scheduled monument
Homes built before 1919, by neighbourhoodunder 10%10–25%25–50%50%+
2 of 13neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes; in the oldest, 90% were built before 1919.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
24 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade I1 Grade II*22 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 I
The Grade I listed building in Heysham
Buildings of exceptional interest, about 2.5% of all listed buildings. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
Grade II*
The Grade II* listed building in Heysham
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed.
II*Public · listed 1950The Old Hall InnPhoto: Karl and Ali · CC BY-SA 2.0
What’s protected
The largest group of Heysham’s listed buildings is homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas11
Churches, chapels & priories6
Walls, gates & bridges3
Public & civic buildings2
Inns, shops & warehouses2
11 entries (46%) are houses, terraces and villas. 6 are churches, chapels and priories, including 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings.
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
22 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 22 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Archway Approximately 32 Metres West South West of Parish Church of St PeterCarr GarthChurch of St John the DivineHeysham Head HouseJenny Wren CottageManor HousePenhale CourtShop Adjoining Number 22 to SouthSt Patrick's WellStone Coffin Approximately 12 Metres South of Parish Church of St PeterSundial Shaft Approximately 18 Metres South of Parish Church of St PeterThe LodgeThe Lodge to Heysham Head HouseThe Royal Hotel Including Adjoining OutbuildingsWall Enclosing 2 Sides of Garden to North of Number 18 Including Pair of Gate PiersWalling to West of Archway in Churchyard of Parish Church of St PeterWalls at Heysham Head to South of HouseWalls on 3 Sides of Rose Garden at Heysham Head1-5, Main Street19, Main Street40, Main Street8, 10 and 12, Main Street
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 1.9% of Heysham
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Heysham 19729 ha
9 hain conservation areas, of 462 ha inside the built-up area.
16 of the 24 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
11 of Heysham’s 24 listed buildings were added in 1950
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1950 · 111979 · 11
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 11 entries were listed in 1950, 1 of the 1 Grade I buildings among them. Only 0 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
Heysham 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 (29 points, 17 per 10,000 residents)More than 46% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (17%)More than 52% 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.
Towns its size
Heysham has the 102nd most Grade I buildings of 518 towns its size
Places of 10,000–27,000 people outside London, by Grade I listed buildings.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Heysham
In brief
Heysham in brief
The official list counts 24 listed buildings in Heysham, 1 of them Grade I, including St Peter's Church. Only 101 of the 518 towns nearest its size have more Grade I buildings. A conservation area has protected part of it since 1972. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; Gertrude Partington Albright (1874) and Florence Everilda Goodeve (1848) were born here before 1900; and it also has a scheduled monument.
Questions about Heysham’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Heysham?
Historic England lists 24 buildings inside Heysham’s built-up area: 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 22 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Heysham?
One: Parish Church of St Peter.
Are there scheduled monuments in Heysham?
Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including High cross in St Peter's churchyard, Heysham.
How many conservation areas are there in Heysham?
1, covering about 9 hectares of the town. The largest is Heysham.
When were Heysham’s buildings listed?
The first in 1950; the most, 11, in 1979.
Are there old photos of Heysham?
Yes: 1 public-domain photo or postcard from 1890 to 1890, all on this page.
How old are the homes in Heysham?
17% of homes were built before 1919 and 45% 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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