II*Church · listed 1985St Michael's ChurchOn the list as Church of St MichaelPhoto: David Long · CC BY-SA 2.0
Railway Hotel · Photo: Seasider53 · CC BY 4.0C+History Grade
History of Kirkham · Historic England
20 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade II*
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Kirkham’s built-up area, 22 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 19 of Kirkham’s listed buildings. We have photos of 6 of its listed buildings. 16% of its homes were built before 1919. Kirkham grades C+ for history: #37 of 65 in Lancashire.
Listed buildings
20
22 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
16%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Kirkham in 6 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Church of St MichaelGrade II* listed
Church of St John the EvangelistGrade II listed
Hillside and attached wingsGrade II listed
32, Poulton StreetGrade II listed
Kirkham United Reformed ChurchGrade II listed+1See 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 Kirkham’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.
Grade II*
Homes built before 1919, by neighbourhoodunder 10%10–25%25–50%50%+
0 of 6neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes; in the oldest, 40% were built before 1919.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
20 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I1 Grade II*19 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 Grade II* listed building in Kirkham
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
What’s protected
The largest group of Kirkham’s listed buildings is churches and chapels
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Churches, chapels & priories7
Houses, terraces & villas6
Street furniture2
Public & civic buildings2
Inns, shops & warehouses2
Walls, gates & bridges1
6 entries (30%) 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
19 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 19 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Ash Tree HouseChurch of St John the EvangelistChurchyard Wall and Gateway South of the Church of St John the EvangelistFishstones and LampGrammar School (Front Range Only)Hillside and attached wingsJubilee LampK6 Telephone Kiosk Opposite Post OfficeKirkham United Reformed ChurchRailway HotelSundial in Churchyard Circa 20 Metres South of the South Porch of the Church of St MichaelTomb of Edward and Dorothy King in Churchyard Circa 50 Metres South East of the Porch of the Church of St MichaelTomb of Edward and Elizabeth Birley in Churchyard Circa 50 Metres South East of the Porch of the Church of St MichaelTomb of William Birley and Others in Churchyard Circa 50 Metres South East of the Porch of the Church of St MichaelTrustee Savings Bank14, Preston Street32, Poulton Street4 and 6, Freckleton Street4, Church Steet
Conservation areas
1 conservation area covers 3.1% of Kirkham
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Kirkham9 ha
9 hain conservation areas, of 284 ha inside the built-up area.
12 of the 20 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 Kirkham’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1986
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1986 · 13
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The first 1 entry was listed in 1950. 13 came in 1986, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 2 have been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Kirkham grades C+ for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (21 points, 23 per 10,000 residents)More than 45% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (16%)More than 49% 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.
Born here
6 notable people born in Kirkham before 1900
Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Philip Shuttleworth
John Bilsborrow
Alfred Boulton
George Wilson
Bill Charnley
Fred Marquis
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GW
George Wilson1892–1961 · English footballer (1892-1961)
AB
Alfred Boulton1879–1916 · English footballer (1879-1916)
BC
Bill Charnley1895– · English footballer (1895-?)
John Bilsborrow1836–1903 · Catholic bishop
Philip Shuttleworth1782–1842 · English churchman and academic, Bishop of Chichester
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Fred Marquis1899–1957 · English footballer
Everyone born in Kirkham → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Kirkham
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirkham | 8,939 | 20 | 0 | C+ |
| Wesham | 4,474 | 2 | 0 | D |
| Wrea Green | 1,899 | 3 | 0 | C− |
| Newton-with-Scales | 1,510 | 4 | 0 | D |
| Warton (Fylde) | 4,180 | 1 | 0 | D− |
| Freckleton | 4,478 | 2 | 0 | D |
| Clifton | 1,022 | 0 | 0 | D |
| Elswick | 1,047 | 4 | 0 | C− |
In brief
Kirkham in brief
The official list counts 20 listed buildings in Kirkham, including St Michael's Church. A conservation area protects part of it. George Wilson (1892), Alfred Boulton (1879) and Bill Charnley (1895) are among the 6 people born here before 1900. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1986: 13 of 20. Beyond that, like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building; per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns; and 16% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 15% in the typical UK town.
Questions about Kirkham’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Kirkham?
Historic England lists 20 buildings inside Kirkham’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 19 Grade II.
How many conservation areas are there in Kirkham?
1, covering about 9 hectares of the town. The largest is Kirkham.
When were Kirkham’s buildings listed?
The first in 1950; the most, 13, in 1986.
Who was born in Kirkham?
Among people born before 1900: George Wilson (1892), Alfred Boulton (1879), Bill Charnley (1895), John Bilsborrow (1836) and Philip Shuttleworth (1782).
How old are the homes in Kirkham?
16% of homes were built before 1919 and 24% 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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