IPublic · listed 2015Stonyhurst College, Church of St Peter (RC)Photo: Alexander P Kapp · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Alexander P Kapp · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Hurst Green · Historic England
Old homes in Hurst Green: 57% built before 1919
For Hurst Green, that is 4 times the typical town’s share, 15%. Historic England lists 35 buildings inside Hurst Green’s built-up area, 372 for every 10,000 residents.
Listed buildings
35
372 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
3
exceptional interest
Grade II*
3
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
1 registered park or garden
Homes built before 1919
57%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Landmarks of Hurst Green
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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 Hurst Green’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.
Grade IGrade II*Park or garden
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
35 listed buildings by grade
3 Grade I3 Grade II*29 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 I
The 3 Grade I listed buildings in Hurst Green
Buildings of exceptional interest, about 2.5% of all listed buildings. 1 is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
Public · listed 2015Stonyhurst College, Old Quadrangle
Walls & gates · listed 1952The Garden Pavilions and Connecting Wall
Grade II*
The 3 Grade II* listed buildings in Hurst Green
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 1 is photographed.
II*House · listed 1952Shireburn CottagesPhoto: Alexander P Kapp · CC BY-SA 2.0
House · listed 1967Barn on North-West Side of Farmyard
Public · listed 2015Stonyhurst College, South Front, Boys' Chapel and Shirk
What’s protected
The largest group of Hurst Green’s listed buildings is homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas10
Walls, gates & bridges9
Public & civic buildings6
Memorials, crosses & tombs5
Inns, shops & warehouses3
Churches, chapels & priories2
10 entries (29%) 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
29 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 29 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Barn at South-West Side of FarmyardBayley ArmsBoer War Memorial on west side of the greenChurch of St John EvangelistFormer Font 450 Metres North-East of Observatory PondGarden Steps Walls and Piers 12 Metres North-East of Observatory PondGarden Steps Walls and Piers 12 Metres South-West of Observatory PondGate Piers 50 Metres South of ObservatoryGate Piers Opposite South Front 40 Metres North of Observatory PondGuild HallHurst Green Cross on West Side of Village GreenRetaining Wall and Statues and Observatory PondShireburn Arms Hotel and Stable Block Adjoining at Right Angles to the EastSt Marys HallStatue of St Jerome 250 Metres North-West of Observatory PondStatue of St Mary Magdalene 250 Metres North of Observatory PondStonyhurst College, Old Infirmary and attached passageStonyhurst College, Shireburn Quadrangle, Ambulacrum and former LaboratoriesThe MausoleumThe MillThe Observatory 100 Metres South-East of PondThe Vicarage at the Church of St John EvangelistWall and Gateway Door Beginning 20 Metres South-East of Church of St Peter and Running 130 Metres South-East of Church of St PeterWall on North-East Side of Playing Field Returning 70 Metres on South-East Side and Including a Pair of Gate PiersWoodfields Farmhouse and No 82 Gate Piers and Wall from South-West Corner of Infirmary Running South-East Returning North-East in Front of Church of St Peter and Containing 2 Gatepiers2,4 and 6, Whalley Road51 and 53, Avenue Road9, The Dene
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 9.3% of Hurst Green
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Hurst Green 200713 ha
13 hain conservation areas, of 138 ha inside the built-up area.
11 of the 35 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
16 of Hurst Green’s 35 listed buildings were added in 1983
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1983 · 161952 · 112015 · 5
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 11 entries were listed in 1952, 1 of the 3 Grade I buildings among them. 16 came in 1983, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 5 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 registered park or garden
Stonyhurst CollegeGrade II*
Homes by age
57% of Hurst Green’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
58%
Before 1900
1.8%
1900–18
1.8%
1919–29
3.3%
1930s
3.3%
1945–54
1.8%
1955–64
5%
1965–72
1.8%
1973–82
5%
1983–92
6.5%
1993–99
3.3%
2000–08
0%
2009–15
8.3%
2016–25
Hurst GreenEngland & Wales
58% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 2016–25, which added 8.3% 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 (11 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Hurst Green
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurst Green | 940 | 35 | 3 | — |
| Old Langho | 1,072 | 1 | 1 | C |
| Whalley | 3,411 | 25 | 3 | B+ |
| Billington | 1,743 | 0 | 0 | D |
| Langho | 1,723 | 1 | 0 | C− |
| Barrow | 1,388 | 0 | 0 | D |
| Clitheroe | 16,626 | 114 | 1 | A |
| Waddington | 1,005 | 17 | 0 | A− |
In brief
Hurst Green in brief
Old houses are part of Hurst Green’s character: 57% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 35 listed buildings, 3 of them Grade I. A conservation area has protected part of it since 2007.
Questions about Hurst Green’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Hurst Green?
Historic England lists 35 buildings inside Hurst Green’s built-up area: 3 Grade I, 3 Grade II* and 29 Grade II.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Hurst Green?
3, including Stonyhurst College, Church of St Peter (RC), Stonyhurst College, Old Quadrangle and The Garden Pavilions and Connecting Wall.
How many conservation areas are there in Hurst Green?
1, covering about 13 hectares of the town. The largest is Hurst Green.
When were Hurst Green’s buildings listed?
The first in 1952; the most, 16, in 1983.
How old are the homes in Hurst Green?
57% of homes were built before 1919 and 62% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
Hurst Green has no History Grade.
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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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